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package org.biojava.nbio.structure.secstruc;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.biojava.nbio.structure.ResidueNumber;
import org.biojava.nbio.structure.ResidueRangeAndLength;

/**
 * A secondary structure element (SSE) is an object representing a block of
 * sequential residues that share the same secondary structure type.
 *
 * @author Aleix Lafita
 * @since 4.1.1
 *
 */
public class SecStrucElement implements Serializable  {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = -8485685793171396131L;
	
	private SecStrucType type;
	private ResidueRangeAndLength range;
	private int index;

	/**
	 * Create a new SSE object. The start and end residue numbers cannot be the
	 * same.
	 *
	 * @param type
	 *            object describing the type of SS
	 * @param start
	 *            first residue of the SSE
	 * @param end
	 *            final residue of the SSE
	 * @param length
	 *            number of residues included in the SSE
	 * @param index
	 * @param chainID
	 *            the chain ID
	 */
	public SecStrucElement(SecStrucType type, ResidueNumber start,
			ResidueNumber end, int length, int index, String chainID) {

		this.type = type;
		this.index = index;
		range = new ResidueRangeAndLength(chainID, start, end, length);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the {@link SecStrucType} of this element.
	 *
	 * @return
	 */
	public SecStrucType getType() {
		return type;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the index of the SSE for its type. This is, the sequential
	 * position of this SSE relative to the other SSE of the same type.
	 *
	 * @return
	 */
	public int getIndex() {
		return index;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the length (number of residues) in the SSE.
	 *
	 * @return
	 */
	public int getLength() {
		return range.getLength();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the ID of this element. The ID is the concatenation of the type
	 * letter and the numerical element identifier (e.g. H1, S1, ...).
	 *
	 * @return
	 */
	public String getId() {
		return type.toString() + index + "";
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the residue range of this SSE.
	 *
	 * @return
	 */
	public ResidueRangeAndLength getRange() {
		return range;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return getId() + ": " + range.toString();
	}

}
