libbpp-seq-dev 2.0.3-1 / usr / include / Bpp / Seq / GeneticCode / GeneticCode.h

//
// File: GeneticCode.h
// Created by: Julien Dutheil
// Created on: Mon Oct 13 15:37:25 2003
//

/*
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#ifndef _GENETICCODE_H_
#define _GENETICCODE_H_

#include "../Transliterator.h"
#include "../Alphabet/CodonAlphabet.h"
#include "../Alphabet/ProteicAlphabet.h"
#include <Bpp/Exceptions.h>

namespace bpp
{

/**
 * @brief Exception thrown when a stop codon is found.
 */
class StopCodonException:
  public Exception
{
	private:
    std::string codon_;
			
	public:
		// Class constructor
		StopCodonException(const std::string& text, const std::string& codon);
	
		// Class destructor
		virtual ~StopCodonException() throw () {}
		
	public:
		virtual const std::string& getCodon() const { return codon_; }
};

/**
 * @brief Partial implementation of the Transliterator interface for genetic code object.
 *
 * A genetic code object if a translator from a codon alphabet to a proteic alphabet.
 * Depending on the codon alphabet used, several genetic code can be implemented.
 *
 * @see CodonAlphabet, ProteicAlphabet
 */
class GeneticCode:
  public AbstractTransliterator
{
	protected:
		const CodonAlphabet* codonAlphabet_;
		const ProteicAlphabet* proteicAlphabet_;
	
	public:
		GeneticCode():
      AbstractTransliterator() ,
      codonAlphabet_(0),
      proteicAlphabet_(0)
    {}

    GeneticCode(const GeneticCode& gc):
      AbstractTransliterator(gc),
      codonAlphabet_(gc.codonAlphabet_),
      proteicAlphabet_(gc.proteicAlphabet_)
    {}

    GeneticCode& operator=(const GeneticCode& gc)
    {
      AbstractTransliterator::operator=(gc);
      codonAlphabet_ = gc.codonAlphabet_;
      proteicAlphabet_ = gc.proteicAlphabet_;
      return *this;
    }

		virtual ~GeneticCode() {}
	
	public:
		/**
		 * @name Methods form the Transliterator interface.
		 *
		 * @{
		 */
		const Alphabet* getSourceAlphabet() const { return codonAlphabet_; }
		const Alphabet* getTargetAlphabet() const { return proteicAlphabet_; }
		virtual int translate(int state) const throw (BadIntException, Exception)  = 0;		
		virtual std::string translate(const std::string& state) const throw (BadCharException, Exception) = 0;
		virtual Sequence* translate(const Sequence& sequence) const throw (Exception)
    {
			return AbstractTransliterator::translate(sequence);	
		}
		/** @} */
		
	public:
		/**
		 * @name Specific methods.
		 *
		 * @{
		 */
		bool areSynonymous(int i, int j) const throw (BadIntException)
    {
    	return (translate(i) == translate(j));
    }
		bool areSynonymous(const std::string & i, const std::string & j) const throw (BadCharException)
    {
      return (translate(i) == translate(j));
    }
    std::vector<int> getSynonymous(int aminoacid) const throw (BadIntException);
    std::vector<std::string> getSynonymous(const std::string & aminoacid) const throw (BadCharException);

    /**
     * @return True if the specified codon is fourfold degenerated
     * (that is, if a mutation in the fourth position does not change the aminoacid).
     * @author Benoit Nabholz, Annabelle Haudry
     * @param codon The codon to test.
     */
    bool isFourFoldDegenerated(int codon) const;

    /**
     * @brief Get the subsequence corresponding to the coding part of a given sequence.
     *
     * If lookForInitCodon if set to 'true', the subsequence will start at the first AUG motif,
     * otherwise the subsequence will start at the begining of the sequence.
     * The subsequence ends at the first stop codon (excluded) found, or the end of the sequence.
     *
     * The sequence may have a nucleotide or codon alphabet.
     * The subsequence has the same alphabet, name and comments of the input sequence.
     * In case of nucleotide sequence and if the lookForInitCodon option is checked, the phase
     * will be determined from the sequence.
     *
     * @param sequence The sequence to parse.
     * @param lookForInitCodon Tell if the AUG codon must be found.
     * @param includeInitCodon (if lookForInitCodon is true) tell if the init codon must be included in the subsequence.
     * @return A nucleotide/codon subsequence.
     */
    Sequence* getCodingSequence(const Sequence& sequence, bool lookForInitCodon = false, bool includeInitCodon = false) const throw (Exception);
		/** @} */
};

} //end of namespace bpp.

#endif	//_GENETICCODE_H_