org.biojava.bio.symbol
Interface ManyToOneTranslationTable

All Superinterfaces:
TranslationTable
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractManyToOneTranslationTable, SimpleGeneticCodeTable, SimpleManyToOneTranslationTable

public interface ManyToOneTranslationTable
extends TranslationTable

A translation table that will handle the many-to-one mappings that you see, for example, with genetic codes.

It differs from a ReversibleTranslationTable in that the reverse translation returns a Set of Symbols in the source alphabet that translate to give that Symbol in the target Alphabet.

Author:
David Huen

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.symbol.TranslationTable
ALT_YEAST_NUC, ASCID_MITO, BACTERIAL, BLEPH_MNUC, CHLORO_MITO, CILIATE_NUC, ECHIN_MITO, EUPL_NUC, FWORM_MITO, INVERT_MITO, MOLD_MITO, SCENE_MITO, TREMA_MITO, UNIVERSAL, VERT_MITO, YEAST_MITO
 
Method Summary
 Set untranslate(Symbol sym)
          Translate a single symbol from target alphabet to the source alphabet.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.symbol.TranslationTable
getSourceAlphabet, getTargetAlphabet, translate
 

Method Detail

untranslate

Set untranslate(Symbol sym)
                throws IllegalSymbolException
Translate a single symbol from target alphabet to the source alphabet.

Parameters:
sym - the Symbol to reverse-translate (member of target alphabet)
Returns:
a Set containing symbols that translate to the specified Symbol.
Throws:
IllegalSymbolException - if sym is not a member of the target alphabet