/* AlignMatchVector.java
 *
 * created: Sat Jun 17 2000
 *
 * This file is part of Artemis
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2000,2001  Genome Research Limited
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 *
 * $Header: /cvsroot/pathsoft/artemis/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/AlignMatchVector.java,v 1.1 2004/06/09 09:44:07 tjc Exp $
 */

package uk.ac.sanger.artemis;

import uk.ac.sanger.artemis.util.FastVector;

import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Collections;

/**
 *  This class is a Vector of AlignMatch objects.
 *
 *  @author Kim Rutherford <kmr@sanger.ac.uk>
 *  @version $Id: AlignMatchVector.java,v 1.1 2004/06/09 09:44:07 tjc Exp $
 **/

public class AlignMatchVector {
  /**
   *  Create a new (empty) AlignMatchVector object.
   **/
  public AlignMatchVector () {

  }

  /**
   *  Appends the given AlignMatch object to the vector if and only if it
   *  isn't already in the vector.
   **/
  public void addElement (AlignMatch item) {
    vector.add (item);
  }
  
  /**
   *  Appends the given AlignMatch object to the vector if and only if it
   *  isn't already in the vector.  (same as addElement ()).
   **/
  public void add (AlignMatch item) {
    addElement (item);
  }
  
  /**
   *  Performs the same function as Vector.elementAt ()
   **/
  public AlignMatch elementAt (int index) {
    return (AlignMatch) vector.elementAt (index);
  }

  /**
   *  Performs the same function as Vector.removeElement ()
   **/
  public boolean remove (AlignMatch item) {
    return vector.remove (item);
  }

  /**
   *  Return true if this object contains the given AlignMatch.
   **/
  public boolean contains (AlignMatch item) {
    if (indexOf (item) == -1) {
      return false;
    } else {
      return true;
    }
  }

  /**
   *  Performs the same function as Vector.removeAllElements ()
   **/
  public void removeAllElements () {
    vector.removeAllElements ();
  }

  /**
   *   Performs the same function as Vector.removeElement ()
   **/
  public int indexOf (AlignMatch item) {
    return vector.indexOf (item);
  }

  /**
   *  Performs the same function as Vector.size ()
   **/
  public int size () {
    return vector.size ();
  }
  
  /**
   *  Sort this vector.
   *  @param cmp The returned vector will be sorted with this Comparator.
   **/
  public void sort (final Comparator cmp) {
    vector = vector.sort (cmp);
  }

  /**
   *  Create a new AlignMatchVector with the same contents as this one.
   **/
  public Object clone () {
    final AlignMatchVector return_vector = new AlignMatchVector ();
    return_vector.vector = (FastVector) vector.clone ();
    return return_vector;
  }

  /**
   *  Storage for AlignMatch objects.
   **/
  private FastVector vector = new FastVector ();
}
