/* * 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.seq; import org.biojava.bio.BioException; import org.biojava.bio.symbol.IllegalAlphabetException; import org.biojava.utils.ChangeVetoException; /** * An object which adds some additional information to a Sequence. * *
* There are two approaches which can be taken to adding features * to a sequence: * *
seq
(may be the
* same object).
* @throws IllegalAlphabetException If the sequence is over
* an inappropriate alphabet for
* the annotated method being
* encapsulated
* @throws BioException if the sequence fails to be annotated
* @throws ChangeVetoException if either the sequence doesn't allow
* annotation or if the change was vetoed
*/
public Sequence annotate(Sequence seq) throws BioException,
IllegalAlphabetException,
ChangeVetoException;
}