001package com.hfg.bio.phylogeny;
002
003import com.hfg.bio.seq.BioSequence;
004
005
006//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
007/**
008 Interface defining a distance matrix calculation method.
009
010 See the <a href='http://embossgui.sourceforge.net/demo/manual/distmat.html'>emboss distmat manual</a>
011 for simple descriptions of some of the common methods.
012
013 @author J. Alex Taylor, hairyfatguy.com
014 */
015//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
016// com.hfg Library
017//
018// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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020// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
021// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
022//
023// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
024// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
025// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
026// Lesser General Public License for more details.
027//
028// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
029// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
030// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
031//
032// J. Alex Taylor, President, Founder, CEO, COO, CFO, OOPS hairyfatguy.com
033// jataylor@hairyfatguy.com
034//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
035
036public interface DistanceMatrixModel
037{
038   public String name();
039
040   public float calculateDistance(BioSequence inSeq1, BioSequence inSeq2);
041
042}