Alignments

Class Ambiguous

java.lang.Object

Alignments.Ambiguous

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Ambiguous
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Stores details of ambiguous characters

Version:

2.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Ambiguous() Default constructor for use when there are no ambiguous characters
Ambiguous(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.util.Set<java.lang.String>> ambig) Constructor for use when there are ambiguous characters

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Ambiguous	fromFile(java.io.File f) Reads in ambiguous data information from a file.
java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	getPossible(java.lang.String c) Gets the characters an ambiguous character could represent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Ambiguous

public Ambiguous()

Default constructor for use when there are no ambiguous characters

Ambiguous

public Ambiguous(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.util.Set<java.lang.String>> ambig)

Constructor for use when there are ambiguous characters

Parameters:

ambig - A map from the ambiguous characters to the set of characters the ambiguous character could represent. Recursive definitions are not allowed.

Method Detail

getPossible

public java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getPossible(java.lang.String c)

Gets the characters an ambiguous character could represent

Parameters:

c - The ambiguous character

Returns:

The set of characters that could be represented by it

fromFile

public static Ambiguous fromFile(java.io.File f)
                          throws InputException

Reads in ambiguous data information from a file. File should be a tab delimited file with one ambiguous character per line. The first field on each line is the ambiguous character while also subsequent field represents a character that could be represented by it

Parameters:

f - File object for the input file

Returns:

An Ambiguous object

Throws:

InputException