Enum BasePair

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<BasePair>
      BasePair

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<BasePair>

public enum BasePair
extends java.lang.Enum<BasePair>

Enumeration of the possible base pairs - two nucleotides on opposite complementary RNA strands that are connected via hydrogen bonds.

The six basepairs are:

 5' g c g u a u  3'
    | | | | | |
 3' c g u g u a  5'
 

The base pair GC:

 5' g  3'
    |  
 3' c  5'
 

So the first nucleotide is the top one and the second the bottom one.

See also http://2008.igem.org/Team:TUDelft/Temperature_software

Author:

Bastiaan van den Berg

See Also:

Nucleotide

Enum Constant Summary

AU

CG

GC

GU

UA

UG

Method Summary

Nucleotide	getBottom() Returns the nucleotide at the bottom of the base pair.
Nucleotide	getTop() Returns the nucleotide at the top of the base pair.
static BasePair	valueOf(java.lang.String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static BasePair[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

GC

public static final BasePair GC

CG

public static final BasePair CG

GU

public static final BasePair GU

UG

public static final BasePair UG

AU

public static final BasePair AU

UA

public static final BasePair UA

Method Detail

values

public static BasePair[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (BasePair c : BasePair.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static BasePair valueOf(java.lang.String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null

getTop

public Nucleotide getTop()

Returns the nucleotide at the top of the base pair.

Returns:

The top nucleotide.

getBottom

public Nucleotide getBottom()

Returns the nucleotide at the bottom of the base pair.

Returns:

The bottom nucleotide.