org.biojava.bio.symbol
Interface SoftMaskedAlphabet.MaskingDetector

All Known Implementing Classes:

SoftMaskedAlphabet.MaskingDetector.DefaultMaskingDetector

Enclosing class:

SoftMaskedAlphabet

public static interface SoftMaskedAlphabet.MaskingDetector

Implementations will define how soft masking looks. The DEFAULT implementation considers softmasking to be represented by lower case characters.

Copyright (c) 2004 Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases

Version:

1.0

Author:

Mark Schreiber

Nested Class Summary

static class

SoftMaskedAlphabet.MaskingDetector.DefaultMaskingDetector

Field Summary

static SoftMaskedAlphabet.MaskingDetector

DEFAULT

Method Summary

boolean	isMasked(String token)
String	mask(String token) Present the token for a Symbol as it would appear if masked
String	unmask(String token) Present the token for a Symbol as it would appear if it wasn't softmasked

Field Detail

DEFAULT

static final SoftMaskedAlphabet.MaskingDetector DEFAULT

Method Detail

isMasked

boolean isMasked(String token)

mask

String mask(String token)

Present the token for a Symbol as it would appear if masked

Parameters:

token - the String to mask.

Returns:

the masked token

unmask

String unmask(String token)

Present the token for a Symbol as it would appear if it wasn't softmasked

Parameters:

token - the String to un-mask.

Returns:

the un-masked token