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 * Created on June 11, 2010
 * Author: Mark Chapman
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package org.biojava.nbio.alignment;

import org.biojava.nbio.alignment.routines.AnchoredPairwiseSequenceAligner;
import org.biojava.nbio.core.alignment.template.AlignedSequence;
import org.biojava.nbio.alignment.template.GapPenalty;
import org.biojava.nbio.core.alignment.template.SubstitutionMatrix;
import org.biojava.nbio.core.sequence.template.Compound;
import org.biojava.nbio.core.sequence.template.Sequence;

/**
 * Needleman and Wunsch defined an algorithm for pairwise global sequence alignments (from the first until the last
 * {@link Compound} of each {@link Sequence}).  This class performs such global sequence comparisons efficiently by
 * dynamic programming.
 *
 * @author Mark Chapman
 * @param <S> each {@link Sequence} of the alignment pair is of type S
 * @param <C> each element of an {@link AlignedSequence} is a {@link Compound} of type C
 */
public class NeedlemanWunsch<S extends Sequence<C>, C extends Compound> extends AnchoredPairwiseSequenceAligner<S, C> {

	/**
	 * Before running a pairwise global sequence alignment, data must be sent in via calls to
	 * {@link #setQuery(Sequence)}, {@link #setTarget(Sequence)}, {@link #setGapPenalty(GapPenalty)}, and
	 * {@link #setSubstitutionMatrix(SubstitutionMatrix)}.
	 */
	public NeedlemanWunsch() {
	}

	/**
	 * Prepares for a pairwise global sequence alignment.
	 *
	 * @param query the first {@link Sequence} of the pair to align
	 * @param target the second {@link Sequence} of the pair to align
	 * @param gapPenalty the gap penalties used during alignment
	 * @param subMatrix the set of substitution scores used during alignment
	 */
	public NeedlemanWunsch(S query, S target, GapPenalty gapPenalty, SubstitutionMatrix<C> subMatrix) {
		super(query, target, gapPenalty, subMatrix);
	}
}