SoftMaskedAlphabet.MaskingDetector (BioJava-1.7.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

SoftMaskedAlphabet.MaskingDetector.DefaultMaskingDetector

Enclosing class:

SoftMaskedAlphabet
```
public static interface SoftMaskedAlphabet.MaskingDetector
```
Implementations will define how soft masking looks. The DEFAULT implementation considers softmasking to be represented by lower case characters.
Copyright (c) 2004 Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases

Version:

1.0

Author:

Mark Schreiber

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class SoftMaskedAlphabet.MaskingDetector.DefaultMaskingDetector

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static SoftMaskedAlphabet.MaskingDetector DEFAULT

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isMasked(java.lang.String token)`
`java.lang.String`	`mask(java.lang.String token)`	Present the token for a `Symbol` as it would appear if masked
`java.lang.String`	`unmask(java.lang.String token)`	Present the token for a `Symbol` as it would appear if it wasn't softmasked

- Field Detail
  - DEFAULT
```
static final SoftMaskedAlphabet.MaskingDetector DEFAULT
```
- Method Detail
  - isMasked
```
boolean isMasked(java.lang.String token)
```
  - mask
```
java.lang.String mask(java.lang.String token)
```
    Present the token for a Symbol as it would appear if masked
    
    Parameters:
    
    token - the String to mask.
    
    Returns:
    
    the masked token
  - unmask
```
java.lang.String unmask(java.lang.String token)
```
    Present the token for a Symbol as it would appear if it wasn't softmasked
    
    Parameters:
    
    token - the String to un-mask.
    
    Returns:
    
    the un-masked token