/*
* ContinuousDataType.java
*
* Copyright (c) 2002-2015 Alexei Drummond, Andrew Rambaut and Marc Suchard
*
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*/
package dr.evolution.datatype;
/**
* @author Andrew Rambaut
*
* Continuous data type. This is a place holder to allow mixing of continuous with
* discrete traits. None of the methods will return anything useful.
*/
public class ContinuousDataType extends DataType {
public static final String DESCRIPTION = "continuous";
public static final ContinuousDataType INSTANCE = new ContinuousDataType();
/**
* Constructor
*/
public ContinuousDataType(){
stateCount = 0;
ambiguousStateCount = 0;
}
@Override
public char[] getValidChars() {
return null;
}
/**
* @return the description of the data type
*/
public String getDescription() {
return DESCRIPTION;
}
public int getType(){
return CONTINUOUS;
}
}