org.biojava.bio.structure.io
Class CAConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.biojava.bio.structure.io.CAConverter

public class CAConverter
extends Object

Converts full atom representations to Calpha only ones.

Version:

%I% %G%

Author:

Andreas Prlic

Constructor Summary

CAConverter()

Method Summary

static Chain	getCAOnly(Chain chain) Convert a Chain to a new Chain containing C-alpha atoms only.
static List<Chain>	getCAOnly(List<Chain> chains) Convert a List of chain objects to another List of chains, containing C-alpha atoms only.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CAConverter

public CAConverter()

Method Detail

getCAOnly

public static List<Chain> getCAOnly(List<Chain> chains)

Convert a List of chain objects to another List of chains, containing C-alpha atoms only.

Parameters:

chains - list of chains

Returns:

a list of chains

getCAOnly

public static Chain getCAOnly(Chain chain)

Convert a Chain to a new Chain containing C-alpha atoms only.

Parameters:

chain - to convert

Returns:

a new chain containing Amino acids with C-alpha only.