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package org.biojava.bio.seq;

/**
 * Process strings and return strand objects.
 *
 * @author Matthew Pocock
 */
public final class StrandParser {
  public static final StrandedFeature.Strand parseStrand(String strand) {
    if(
      "+".equals(strand) ||
      "1".equals(strand) ||
      "plus".equals(strand) ||
      "POSITIVE".equals(strand)
    ) {
      return StrandedFeature.POSITIVE;
    } else if(
      "-".equals(strand) ||
      "-1".equals(strand) ||
      "minus".equals(strand) ||
      "NEGATIVE".equals(strand)
    ) {
      return StrandedFeature.NEGATIVE;
    } else if(
      ".".equals(strand) ||
      "0".equals(strand) ||
      "none".equals(strand) ||
      "UNKNOWN".equals(strand)
    ) {
      return StrandedFeature.UNKNOWN;
    }

    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a legal strand: " + strand);
  }
}