public NucleotideAlphabet(AlphabetType nucleotideAlphabet, GeneticCode geneticCode)
        {
            if (nucleotideAlphabet == AlphabetType.ExtendedProtein || nucleotideAlphabet == AlphabetType.StandardProtein)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException(String.Format(AlphabetDataProvider.InvalidNucleotideAlphabet, nucleotideAlphabet));
            }

            GeneticCode        = geneticCode;
            AllowedSymbols     = AlphabetDataProvider.GetAllowedNucleotideSymbols(nucleotideAlphabet);
            ComplementTable    = AlphabetDataProvider.GetComplementTable(nucleotideAlphabet);
            TranscriptionTable = AlphabetDataProvider.GetTranscriptionTable(nucleotideAlphabet);
            TranslationTable   = AlphabetDataProvider.GetTranslationTable(geneticCode, nucleotideAlphabet);
            GcContentSymbols   = AlphabetDataProvider.GcContentSymbols(nucleotideAlphabet);
        }
        public ConsensusBuilder(IEnumerable <ISequence> sequences)
        {
            _sequences = sequences.ToList();

            var firstElement = _sequences.First();

            _sequenceLength = firstElement.Sequence.Length;
            _alphabet       = firstElement.ActiveAlphabet;
            foreach (var sequence in _sequences)
            {
                if (sequence.Sequence.Length != _sequenceLength)
                {
                    throw new ArgumentException("Sequences were not all of uniform length");
                }

                if (_alphabet != sequence.ActiveAlphabet)
                {
                    throw new ArgumentException("Sequences must all be of the same type");
                }
            }

            char[] alphabetChars;

            switch (_alphabet)
            {
            case AlphabetType.StrictRna:
            case AlphabetType.AmbiguousRna:
            case AlphabetType.StrictDna:
            case AlphabetType.AmbiguousDna:
            {
                var symbols = AlphabetDataProvider.GetAllowedNucleotideSymbols(_alphabet).ToArray();
                alphabetChars = new char[symbols.Length];

                for (var i = 0; i < symbols.Length; i++)
                {
                    alphabetChars[i] = (char)symbols[i];
                }
            }
            break;

            case AlphabetType.ExtendedProtein:
            case AlphabetType.StandardProtein:
            {
                var symbols = AlphabetDataProvider.GetAllowedProteinSymbols(_alphabet).ToArray();
                alphabetChars = new char[symbols.Length];

                for (var i = 0; i < symbols.Length; i++)
                {
                    alphabetChars[i] = (char)symbols[i];
                }
            }
            break;

            default:
                throw new ArgumentException("Unknown alphabet type");
            }

            _consensusMatrix = new Dictionary <char, int[]>(alphabetChars.Length);

            foreach (var character in alphabetChars)
            {
                _consensusMatrix.Add(character, new int[_sequenceLength]);
            }
        }