org.forester.phylogeny.factories
Class BasicPhylogenyFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.forester.phylogeny.factories.BasicPhylogenyFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

PhylogenyFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory

public abstract class BasicPhylogenyFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements PhylogenyFactory

Constructor Summary

BasicPhylogenyFactory()

Method Summary

Phylogeny	create() This must be implemented in such a way that it returns an empty Phylogeny.
Phylogeny[]	create(java.lang.Object source, java.lang.Object creator) This must create a Phylogeny from source (e.g.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.forester.phylogeny.factories.PhylogenyFactory

create

Constructor Detail

BasicPhylogenyFactory

public BasicPhylogenyFactory()

Method Detail

create

public Phylogeny create()

Description copied from interface: PhylogenyFactory

This must be implemented in such a way that it returns an empty Phylogeny.

Specified by:

create in interface PhylogenyFactory

Returns:

an empty Phylogeny

create

public Phylogeny[] create(java.lang.Object source,
                          java.lang.Object creator)
                   throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from interface: PhylogenyFactory

This must create a Phylogeny from source (e.g. an XML file, an alignment, pairwise distances) by using creator (e.g. an XML file parser, an algorithm implementation).

Specified by:

create in interface PhylogenyFactory

Parameters:

source - a source to create a Phylogeny from

creator - a means to create a Phylogeny

Returns:

a Phylogeny[] based on argument source

Throws:

java.io.IOException