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package org.biojava.bio.symbol;

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

import org.biojava.bio.*;
import org.biojava.bio.seq.*;

/**
 * An reverse view of another SymbolList.
 *
 * @author Matthew Pocock
 */
public class ReverseSymbolList
extends AbstractSymbolList implements Serializable {
  /**
   * The source sequence that we will transliterate.
   */
  private final SymbolList source;
  /**
   * Retrieve the underlying SymbolList being viewed.
   *
   * @return the source SymbolList
   */
  public SymbolList getSource() {
    return source;
  }
  
  /**
   * Create a reverse view of source.
   */
  public ReverseSymbolList(SymbolList source) {
    this.source = source;
  }

  public Alphabet getAlphabet() {
    return source.getAlphabet();
  }

  public int length() {
    return source.length();
  }
  
  public Symbol symbolAt(int index)
  throws IndexOutOfBoundsException {
    return source.symbolAt(length() - index + 1);
  }
}
