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package dist;
 
import java.util.*;

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

/**
 * Common stuff that the demos rely on.
 *
 * @author Matthew Pocock
 */
public class Tools {
  /**
   * Creates a random DNA sequence.
   *
   * @param length  the number of residues in the sequence
   * @return the generated sequence
   */
  public static SymbolList createSymbolList(int length)
  throws IllegalSymbolException {
    List l = new ArrayList(length);
    for(int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
      l.add(DNATools.forIndex((int) (4.0*Math.random())));
    }
    return new SimpleSymbolList(DNATools.getDNA(), l);
  }
}