Class IllegalSymbolException

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Serializable

    public class IllegalSymbolException
    extends BioException
    The exception to indicate that a symbol is not valid within a context.

    The usual reason for throwing an IllegalSymbolException is that you are trying to add a symbol to a sequence with an alpabet that does not contain the symbol. This is the sequence/alphabet equivalent of a ClassCastException for objects.

    Frequently, these excepions are actualy generated from Alphabet.validate.

    Author:
    Matthew Pocock
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    Serialized Form
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      Symbol getSymbol()
      Retrieve the symbol that caused this exception, or null.
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

        addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
    • Method Detail

      • getSymbol

        public Symbol getSymbol()
        Retrieve the symbol that caused this exception, or null.