[Biojava-l] RNATools.translate

[Thomas Down]

I guess there's always option 3:

  - Add a new `placeholder' class called something like
    GeneticCodes, which becomes the new common calling
    point for getting the translation tables, and also
    the convenience `translate' methods.

Once the method is there, it makes a lot of sense to have
something that can handle both DNA and RNA.  I must admit
I like this option...

   Thomas.


On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:59:07AM -0400, Cox, Greg wrote:
> Well, the first place I looked was DNATools.  Then I checked ProteinTools,
> and I eventually stumbled across RNATools.  Having a method that takes a DNA
> list and returns a Protein list in RNATools isn't intuitive for me.
> 
> Greg
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Down [mailto:td2@sanger.ac.uk]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 8:05 AM
> > To: Keith James
> > Cc: Cox, Greg; biojava-l (E-mail)
> > Subject: Re: [Biojava-l] RNATools.translate
> > 
> > 
> > I think Ewan is probably right insofar as there should be
> > a convenience method for translating DNA, too.  I guess the
> > options are:
> > 
> >   - Put it on DNATools (probably neatest).
> > 
> >   - Add another trap to RNATools.translate to catch DNA.

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