org.biojava.bio.seq
Interface SequenceFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:
SimpleSequenceFactory

public interface SequenceFactory

The interface for objects that will manufacture sequences.

The factory layer is in here as sequences are potentialy heavy-weight, so we want to decouple their possibly complicated creation from the code that wants to make them.

Author:
Matthew Pocock

Method Summary
 Sequence createSequence(SymbolList symList, java.lang.String uri, java.lang.String name, Annotation annotation)
          Creates a sequence using these parameters.
 

Method Detail

createSequence

public Sequence createSequence(SymbolList symList,
                               java.lang.String uri,
                               java.lang.String name,
                               Annotation annotation)
Creates a sequence using these parameters.

Parameters:
symList - the SymbolList defining the 'sequence'
uri - the uri of the sequence. This will be returned by the getURN() method on Sequence.
name - the name
annotation - a hint for the annotation of the resulting sequence
Returns:
a new Sequence object