edu.rit.compbio.phyl

Class HammingDistance

java.lang.Object

edu.rit.compbio.phyl.HammingDistance

All Implemented Interfaces:

Distance

public class HammingDistance
extends java.lang.Object
implements Distance

Class HammingDistance provides an object that computes the Hamming distance between two DnaSequences. The Hamming distance is the number of positions at which the sequences differ.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HammingDistance() Construct a new Hamming distance object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	distance(DnaSequence seq1, DnaSequence seq2) Compute the distance between the two given DNA sequences.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HammingDistance

public HammingDistance()

Construct a new Hamming distance object.

Method Detail

distance

public double distance(DnaSequence seq1,
                       DnaSequence seq2)

Compute the distance between the two given DNA sequences. It is assumed that the DNA sequences are the same length.

Specified by:

distance in interface Distance

Parameters:

seq1 - First DNA sequence.

seq2 - Second DNA sequence.

Returns:

Distance.