NucleicAlphabet.h

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//
// File: NucleicAlphabet.h
// Authors: Guillaume Deuchst
//          Julien Dutheil
//          Sylvain Gaillard
// Created on: Tue Jul 22 2003
//

/*
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#ifndef _NUCLEICALPHABET_H_
#define _NUCLEICALPHABET_H_

#include "LetterAlphabet.h"
#include "NucleicAlphabetState.h"

#include <map>
#include <iostream>

namespace bpp
{

class NucleicAlphabet :
  public LetterAlphabet
{
  private:
    std::map<int, unsigned int> binCodes_;
    void updateMaps_(int pos, const NucleicAlphabetState& st) {
      if (binCodes_.find(st.getBinaryCode()) == binCodes_.end())
        binCodes_[st.getBinaryCode()] = pos;
    }

  public:
    NucleicAlphabet(): binCodes_() {}

    virtual ~NucleicAlphabet() {}

  protected:
    void registerState(const NucleicAlphabetState& st) {
      LetterAlphabet::registerState(st);
      updateMaps_(getNumberOfChars(), st);
    }
    void setState(unsigned int pos, const NucleicAlphabetState& st) {
      LetterAlphabet::setState(pos, st);
      updateMaps_(pos, st);
    }
    const NucleicAlphabetState& getStateAt(unsigned int pos) const
      throw (IndexOutOfBoundsException) {
        return dynamic_cast<const NucleicAlphabetState&>(
            AbstractAlphabet::getStateAt(pos)
            );
      }
    NucleicAlphabetState& getStateAt(unsigned int pos)
      throw (IndexOutOfBoundsException) {
        return dynamic_cast<NucleicAlphabetState&>(
            AbstractAlphabet::getStateAt(pos)
            );
      }
  public:
    const NucleicAlphabetState& getState(const std::string& letter) const
      throw (BadCharException) {
        return dynamic_cast<const NucleicAlphabetState&>(
            AbstractAlphabet::getState(letter)
            );
      }
    const NucleicAlphabetState& getState(int num) const
      throw (BadIntException) {
        return dynamic_cast<const NucleicAlphabetState&>(
            AbstractAlphabet::getState(num)
            );
      }
    const NucleicAlphabetState& getStateByBinCode(int code) const
      throw (BadIntException) {
        std::map<int, unsigned int>::const_iterator it = binCodes_.find(code);
      if (it == binCodes_.end())
        throw BadIntException(code, "NucleicAlphabet::getState(unsigned char): Binary code not in alphabet", this);
      return getStateAt(it->second);
    }

    int subtract(int s1, int s2) const throw (BadIntException) {
      return getStateByBinCode(getState(s1).getBinaryCode() & ~ getState(s2).getBinaryCode()).getNum();
    }

    std::string subtract(const std::string& s1, const std::string& s2) const throw (BadCharException) {
      return intToChar(subtract(charToInt(s1), charToInt(s2)));
    }

    int getOverlap(int s1, int s2) const throw (BadIntException) {
      return getStateByBinCode(getState(s1).getBinaryCode() & getState(s2).getBinaryCode()).getNum();
    }

    std::string getOverlap(const std::string& s1, const std::string& s2) const throw (BadCharException) {
      return intToChar(getOverlap(charToInt(s1), charToInt(s2)));
    }

  public:
    // return 4 : A, C, G, T (or U)
    unsigned int getSize() const { return 4; }

    // return 15 : gap isn't included, generic unresolved bases (N, X, ?, O, 0) count for one
    unsigned int getNumberOfTypes() const { return 15; }
    
    int getUnknownCharacterCode() const { return 14; }

    bool isUnresolved(int state) const { return state > 3; }
    bool isUnresolved(const std::string& state) const { return charToInt(state) > 3; }

};

} //end of namespace bpp.

#endif // _NUCLEICALPHABET_H_