/* * BioJava development code * * This code may be freely distributed and modified under the * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence. This should * be distributed with the code. If you do not have a copy, * see: * * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html * * Copyright for this code is held jointly by the individual * authors. These should be listed in @author doc comments. * * For more information on the BioJava project and its aims, * or to join the biojava-l mailing list, visit the home page * at: * * http://www.biojava.org/ * */ package org.biojava.bio.program.phred; import org.biojava.bio.symbol.Symbol; import org.biojava.bio.symbol.SymbolList; /** *
Qualitative is an interface for classes wanting to hold quality * data in symbolic form such as Phred scores.
* *
Copyright (c) 2001
*Company: AgResearch
* * @author Mark Schreiber * @since 1.1 */ public interface Qualitative { /** * Retreives the list of quality symbols from the underlying object. */ SymbolList getQuality(); /** * Retreives the quality symbol for the specified index. * @param index - Must be greater than zero. * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is outside of the quality symbol list. */ Symbol getQualityAt(int index) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException; }