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 * Created on 01-21-2010
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package org.biojava3.core.sequence.io;

import java.io.BufferedReader;

import org.biojava3.core.sequence.io.template.SequenceParserInterface;

/**
 * Used to parse a stream of a fasta file to get the sequence
 * @author Scooter Willis <willishf at gmail dot com>
 */
public class FastaSequenceParser implements SequenceParserInterface {

    public String getSequence(BufferedReader bufferedReader, int sequenceLength) throws Exception {
        StringBuilder sb;
        if (sequenceLength != -1) {
            sb = new StringBuilder(sequenceLength);
        } else {
            sb = new StringBuilder();
        }
        boolean keepGoing = true;
        while (keepGoing) {
            String line = bufferedReader.readLine();
            if (line == null || line.startsWith(">")) {
                break;
            }
            sb.append(line.trim());
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}
