org.biojava.bio.dist
Interface DistributionFactory
- All Known Implementing Classes:
- DistributionFactory.DefaultDistributionFactory
- public interface DistributionFactory
A thing that can make Distributions.
This decouples programs from needing to know what implementation of Distribution
to instantiate for a given alphabet. It also lets you parameterise model creation
for things like profile HMMs.
- Author:
- Matthew Pocock
DEFAULT
public static final DistributionFactory DEFAULT
- The default DistributionFactory object.
You may wish to alias this within your scripts with something like:
DistributionFactory dFact = DistributionFactory.DEFAULT; dFact.createDistribution(...);
createDistribution
public Distribution createDistribution(Alphabet alpha)
throws IllegalAlphabetException
- Generate a new Distribution as requested.
- Parameters:
alpha
- the emission alphabet for the state- Throws:
- IllegalAlphabetException - if the factory is unable to generate a
distribution for the required alphabet