org.expasy.jpl.commons.collection.symbol
Interface AlphabetView<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the data symbol type.

All Known Subinterfaces:

Alphabet<T>, DataSymbolRegister<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDataSymbolRegister, AlphabetImpl

public interface AlphabetView<T>

This AlphabetView interface is implemented by any read-only alphabet. An alphabet is a set of finite symbols.

Version:

1.0

Author:

nikitin

Method Summary

Set<Character>	getLetters()
String	getRegEx()
int	getSymbolNumber()
boolean	hasSymbol(char name)
Symbol<T>	lookupSymbol(char name)
TreeView<? extends Symbol<T>>	lookupSymbolNode(char name)

Method Detail

lookupSymbolNode

TreeView<? extends Symbol<T>> lookupSymbolNode(char name)

Returns:

a tree node over symbol of type T

lookupSymbol

Symbol<T> lookupSymbol(char name)

Returns:

a symbol of type T

hasSymbol

boolean hasSymbol(char name)

Returns:

true if symbol exists

getLetters

Set<Character> getLetters()

Returns:

the set of letters.

getRegEx

String getRegEx()

Returns:

the pattern that match this alphabet

getSymbolNumber

int getSymbolNumber()

Returns:

the number of symbols