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[jalview.git] / forester / java / src / org / forester / test / Test.java
index 637d05c..66f883e 100644 (file)
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.forester.application.support_transfer;
+import org.forester.datastructures.IntMatrix;
 import org.forester.development.DevelopmentTools;
 import org.forester.evoinference.TestPhylogenyReconstruction;
 import org.forester.evoinference.matrix.character.CharacterStateMatrix;
@@ -54,14 +55,17 @@ import org.forester.io.parsers.nhx.NHXParser;
 import org.forester.io.parsers.phyloxml.PhyloXmlParser;
 import org.forester.io.parsers.tol.TolParser;
 import org.forester.io.writers.PhylogenyWriter;
+import org.forester.msa.BasicMsa;
 import org.forester.msa.Mafft;
 import org.forester.msa.Msa;
 import org.forester.msa.MsaInferrer;
+import org.forester.msa.MsaMethods;
 import org.forester.pccx.TestPccx;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.Phylogeny;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.PhylogenyBranch;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.PhylogenyMethods;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.PhylogenyNode;
+import org.forester.phylogeny.PhylogenyNode.NH_CONVERSION_SUPPORT_VALUE_STYLE;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.data.BinaryCharacters;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.data.BranchWidth;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.data.Confidence;
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ import org.forester.phylogeny.data.DomainArchitecture;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.data.Event;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.data.Identifier;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.data.PhylogenyData;
+import org.forester.phylogeny.data.PhylogenyDataUtil;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.data.Polygon;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.data.PropertiesMap;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.data.Property;
@@ -79,14 +84,15 @@ import org.forester.phylogeny.data.Taxonomy;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.factories.ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.factories.PhylogenyFactory;
 import org.forester.phylogeny.iterators.PhylogenyNodeIterator;
+import org.forester.protein.Protein;
+import org.forester.sdi.GSDI;
+import org.forester.sdi.RIO;
 import org.forester.sdi.SDI;
 import org.forester.sdi.SDIR;
 import org.forester.sdi.SDIse;
-import org.forester.sdi.TaxonomyAssigner;
 import org.forester.sdi.TestGSDI;
 import org.forester.sequence.BasicSequence;
 import org.forester.sequence.Sequence;
-import org.forester.surfacing.Protein;
 import org.forester.surfacing.TestSurfacing;
 import org.forester.tools.ConfidenceAssessor;
 import org.forester.tools.SupportCount;
@@ -99,10 +105,10 @@ import org.forester.util.DescriptiveStatistics;
 import org.forester.util.ForesterConstants;
 import org.forester.util.ForesterUtil;
 import org.forester.util.GeneralTable;
-import org.forester.ws.uniprot.DatabaseTools;
-import org.forester.ws.uniprot.SequenceDatabaseEntry;
-import org.forester.ws.uniprot.UniProtTaxonomy;
-import org.forester.ws.uniprot.UniProtWsTools;
+import org.forester.util.SequenceIdParser;
+import org.forester.ws.seqdb.SequenceDatabaseEntry;
+import org.forester.ws.seqdb.SequenceDbWsTools;
+import org.forester.ws.seqdb.UniProtTaxonomy;
 import org.forester.ws.wabi.TxSearch;
 import org.forester.ws.wabi.TxSearch.RANKS;
 import org.forester.ws.wabi.TxSearch.TAX_NAME_CLASS;
@@ -133,7 +139,7 @@ public final class Test {
 
     private final static Event getEvent( final Phylogeny p, final String n1, final String n2 ) {
         final PhylogenyMethods pm = PhylogenyMethods.getInstance();
-        return pm.obtainLCA( p.getNode( n1 ), p.getNode( n2 ) ).getNodeData().getEvent();
+        return PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p.getNode( n1 ), p.getNode( n2 ) ).getNodeData().getEvent();
     }
 
     public static boolean isEqual( final double a, final double b ) {
@@ -167,6 +173,16 @@ public final class Test {
             System.exit( -1 );
         }
         final long start_time = new Date().getTime();
+        System.out.print( "Sequence id parsing: " );
+        if ( testSequenceIdParsing() ) {
+            System.out.println( "OK." );
+            succeeded++;
+        }
+        else {
+            System.out.println( "failed." );
+            System.exit( -1 ); //TODO FIXME remove me!! ~
+            failed++;
+        }
         System.out.print( "Hmmscan output parser: " );
         if ( testHmmscanOutputParser() ) {
             System.out.println( "OK." );
@@ -230,6 +246,15 @@ public final class Test {
             System.out.println( "failed." );
             failed++;
         }
+        System.out.print( "NHX parsing (MrBayes): " );
+        if ( Test.testNHXParsingMB() ) {
+            System.out.println( "OK." );
+            succeeded++;
+        }
+        else {
+            System.out.println( "failed." );
+            failed++;
+        }
         System.out.print( "Nexus characters parsing: " );
         if ( Test.testNexusCharactersParsing() ) {
             System.out.println( "OK." );
@@ -455,8 +480,8 @@ public final class Test {
             System.out.println( "failed." );
             failed++;
         }
-        System.out.print( "Calculation of distance between nodes: " );
-        if ( Test.testGetDistance() ) {
+        System.out.print( "Finding of LCA 2: " );
+        if ( Test.testGetLCA2() ) {
             System.out.println( "OK." );
             succeeded++;
         }
@@ -464,8 +489,8 @@ public final class Test {
             System.out.println( "failed." );
             failed++;
         }
-        System.out.print( "SDIse: " );
-        if ( Test.testSDIse() ) {
+        System.out.print( "Calculation of distance between nodes: " );
+        if ( Test.testGetDistance() ) {
             System.out.println( "OK." );
             succeeded++;
         }
@@ -473,8 +498,8 @@ public final class Test {
             System.out.println( "failed." );
             failed++;
         }
-        System.out.print( "Taxonomy assigner: " );
-        if ( Test.testTaxonomyAssigner() ) {
+        System.out.print( "SDIse: " );
+        if ( Test.testSDIse() ) {
             System.out.println( "OK." );
             succeeded++;
         }
@@ -500,6 +525,15 @@ public final class Test {
             System.out.println( "failed." );
             failed++;
         }
+        System.out.print( "Ortholog table: " );
+        if ( Test.testOrthologTable() ) {
+            System.out.println( "OK." );
+            succeeded++;
+        }
+        else {
+            System.out.println( "failed." );
+            failed++;
+        }
         System.out.print( "Descriptive statistics: " );
         if ( Test.testDescriptiveStatistics() ) {
             System.out.println( "OK." );
@@ -674,9 +708,27 @@ public final class Test {
             System.out.println( "failed." );
             failed++;
         }
-        if ( Mafft.isInstalled() ) {
+        //----
+        String path = "";
+        final String os = ForesterUtil.OS_NAME.toLowerCase();
+        if ( ( os.indexOf( "mac" ) >= 0 ) && ( os.indexOf( "os" ) > 0 ) ) {
+            path = "/usr/local/bin/mafft";
+        }
+        else if ( os.indexOf( "win" ) >= 0 ) {
+            path = "C:\\Program Files\\mafft-win\\mafft.bat";
+        }
+        else {
+            path = "/home/czmasek/bin/mafft";
+        }
+        if ( !MsaInferrer.isInstalled( path ) ) {
+            path = "mafft";
+        }
+        if ( !MsaInferrer.isInstalled( path ) ) {
+            path = "/usr/local/bin/mafft";
+        }
+        if ( MsaInferrer.isInstalled( path ) ) {
             System.out.print( "MAFFT (external program): " );
-            if ( Test.testMafft() ) {
+            if ( Test.testMafft( path ) ) {
                 System.out.println( "OK." );
                 succeeded++;
             }
@@ -684,6 +736,25 @@ public final class Test {
                 System.out.println( "failed [will not count towards failed tests]" );
             }
         }
+        //----
+        System.out.print( "Next nodes with collapsed: " );
+        if ( Test.testNextNodeWithCollapsing() ) {
+            System.out.println( "OK." );
+            succeeded++;
+        }
+        else {
+            System.out.println( "failed." );
+            failed++;
+        }
+        System.out.print( "Simple MSA quality: " );
+        if ( Test.testMsaQualityMethod() ) {
+            System.out.println( "OK." );
+            succeeded++;
+        }
+        else {
+            System.out.println( "failed." );
+            failed++;
+        }
         //        System.out.print( "WABI TxSearch: " );
         //        if ( Test.testWabiTxSearch() ) {
         //            System.out.println( "OK." );
@@ -785,11 +856,11 @@ public final class Test {
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n1 = new PhylogenyNode();
             final PhylogenyNode n2 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             final PhylogenyNode n3 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n3", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n3", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             final PhylogenyNode n4 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n4:0.01", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n4:0.01", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( n1.isHasAssignedEvent() ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -914,67 +985,67 @@ public final class Test {
             if ( !t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAccession().getSource().equals( "UniProtKB" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getDesc()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getDesc()
                     .equals( "apoptosis" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getRef()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getRef()
                     .equals( "GO:0006915" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getSource()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getSource()
                     .equals( "UniProtKB" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getEvidence()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getEvidence()
                     .equals( "experimental" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getType()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getType()
                     .equals( "function" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( ( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getConfidence()
+            if ( ( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getConfidence()
                     .getValue() != 1 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getConfidence()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getConfidence()
                     .getType().equals( "ml" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getDesc()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getDesc()
                     .equals( "apoptosis" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( ( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getProperties()
+            if ( ( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getProperties()
                     .getProperty( "AFFY:expression" ).getAppliesTo() != AppliesTo.ANNOTATION ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getProperties()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getProperties()
                     .getProperty( "AFFY:expression" ).getDataType().equals( "xsd:double" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getProperties()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getProperties()
                     .getProperty( "AFFY:expression" ).getRef().equals( "AFFY:expression" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getProperties()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getProperties()
                     .getProperty( "AFFY:expression" ).getUnit().equals( "AFFY:x" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getProperties()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getProperties()
                     .getProperty( "AFFY:expression" ).getValue().equals( "0.2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getProperties()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getProperties()
                     .getProperty( "MED:disease" ).getValue().equals( "lymphoma" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 0 ) ).getRef()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getRef()
                     .equals( "GO:0005829" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getDesc()
+            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 0 ) ).getDesc()
                     .equals( "intracellular organelle" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -988,114 +1059,6 @@ public final class Test {
             if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getLocation().equals( "12p13-p12" ) ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            //if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getDistribution().getDesc().equals( "irgendwo" ) ) ) {
-            //     return false;
-            //}
-            //            if ( !( t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getReference().getDoi().equals( "10.1074/jbc.M005889200" ) ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( !t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getType().equals( "host" ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( !t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getTaxonomyCode().equals( "ECDYS" ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( !t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ecdysozoa" ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( !t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getCommonName().equals( "molting animals" ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( !t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getIdentifier().getValue().equals( "1" ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( !t3.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getIdentifier().getType().equals( "ncbi" ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node bc" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getDomainArchitecture().getTotalLength() != 124 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( !t3.getNode( "node bc" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getDomainArchitecture().getDomain( 0 ).getName()
-            //                    .equals( "B" ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node bc" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getDomainArchitecture().getDomain( 0 ).getFrom() != 21 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node bc" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getDomainArchitecture().getDomain( 0 ).getTo() != 44 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node bc" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getDomainArchitecture().getDomain( 0 ).getLength() != 24 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node bc" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getDomainArchitecture().getDomain( 0 )
-            //                    .getConfidence() != 2144 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( !t3.getNode( "node bc" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getDomainArchitecture().getDomain( 0 ).getId()
-            //                    .equals( "pfam" ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node bb" ).getNodeData().getBinaryCharacters().getGainedCharacters().size() != 3 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node bb" ).getNodeData().getBinaryCharacters().getPresentCharacters().size() != 2 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node bb" ).getNodeData().getBinaryCharacters().getLostCharacters().size() != 1 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( !t3.getNode( "node bb" ).getNodeData().getBinaryCharacters().getType().equals( "domains" ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( ( ( BinaryCharacters ) t3.getNode( "node bb" ).getNodeData().getBinaryCharacters().copy() )
-            //                    .getLostCount() != BinaryCharacters.COUNT_DEFAULT ) {
-            //                ;
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node b" ).getNodeData().getBinaryCharacters().getGainedCount() != 1 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node b" ).getNodeData().getBinaryCharacters().getGainedCharacters().size() != 1 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node b" ).getNodeData().getBinaryCharacters().getLostCount() != 3 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node b" ).getNodeData().getBinaryCharacters().getLostCharacters().size() != 3 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node b" ).getNodeData().getBinaryCharacters().getPresentCount() != 2 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( t3.getNode( "node b" ).getNodeData().getBinaryCharacters().getPresentCharacters().size() != 2 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( !t3.getNode( "node b" ).getNodeData().getBinaryCharacters().getType().equals( "characters" ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            final Phylogeny[] phylogenies_1 = factory.create( Test.PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "phyloxml_test_t4.xml",
-            //                                                              xml_parser );
-            //            if ( xml_parser.getErrorCount() > 0 ) {
-            //                System.out.println( xml_parser.getErrorMessages().toString() );
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( phylogenies_1.length != 2 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            final Phylogeny a = phylogenies_1[ 0 ];
-            //            if ( !a.getName().equals( "tree 4" ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( a.getNumberOfExternalNodes() != 3 ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( !a.getNode( "node b1" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getName().equals( "b1 gene" ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
-            //            if ( !a.getNode( "node b1" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getCommonName().equals( "b1 species" ) ) {
-            //                return false;
-            //            }
         }
         catch ( final Exception e ) {
             e.printStackTrace( System.out );
@@ -1201,67 +1164,67 @@ public final class Test {
                     .equals( "UniProtKB" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getDesc()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getDesc()
                     .equals( "apoptosis" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getRef()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getRef()
                     .equals( "GO:0006915" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getSource()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getSource()
                     .equals( "UniProtKB" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getEvidence()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getEvidence()
                     .equals( "experimental" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getType()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getType()
                     .equals( "function" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( ( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getConfidence()
+            if ( ( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getConfidence()
                     .getValue() != 1 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getConfidence()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getConfidence()
                     .getType().equals( "ml" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getDesc()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getDesc()
                     .equals( "apoptosis" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( ( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getProperties()
+            if ( ( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getProperties()
                     .getProperty( "AFFY:expression" ).getAppliesTo() != AppliesTo.ANNOTATION ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getProperties()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getProperties()
                     .getProperty( "AFFY:expression" ).getDataType().equals( "xsd:double" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getProperties()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getProperties()
                     .getProperty( "AFFY:expression" ).getRef().equals( "AFFY:expression" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getProperties()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getProperties()
                     .getProperty( "AFFY:expression" ).getUnit().equals( "AFFY:x" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getProperties()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getProperties()
                     .getProperty( "AFFY:expression" ).getValue().equals( "0.2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getProperties()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getProperties()
                     .getProperty( "MED:disease" ).getValue().equals( "lymphoma" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 0 ) ).getRef()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 1 ) ).getRef()
                     .equals( "GO:0005829" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 2 ) ).getDesc()
+            if ( !( t3_rt.getNode( "root node" ).getNodeData().getSequence().getAnnotation( 0 ) ).getDesc()
                     .equals( "intracellular organelle" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -1683,6 +1646,7 @@ public final class Test {
             final List<BasicTable<String>> tl = BasicTableParser.parse( source2.toString(),
                                                                         ";",
                                                                         false,
+                                                                        false,
                                                                         "comment:",
                                                                         false );
             if ( tl.size() != 2 ) {
@@ -1883,26 +1847,6 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n = t3.getNode( "ABC" );
-            PhylogenyNodeIterator it;
-            for( it = n.iterateChildNodesForward(); it.hasNext(); ) {
-                it.next();
-            }
-            for( it.reset(); it.hasNext(); ) {
-                it.next();
-            }
-            final PhylogenyNodeIterator it2 = n.iterateChildNodesForward();
-            if ( !it2.next().getName().equals( "A" ) ) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            if ( !it2.next().getName().equals( "B" ) ) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            if ( !it2.next().getName().equals( "C" ) ) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            if ( it2.hasNext() ) {
-                return false;
-            }
             final Phylogeny t4 = factory.create( "((A:1,B:2,C:10)ABC:1,(D:3,E:5)DE:3,(F,G,H,I))", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
             if ( t4.getNumberOfExternalNodes() != 9 ) {
                 return false;
@@ -1987,7 +1931,6 @@ public final class Test {
                     .create( "((A,C),X);((A,X),C);(A,C);((((A,B),C),D),E);((A,B),((E,D),C));(((A,B),C),(E,D));(A,(((E,D),C),B));(B,(A,((E,D),C)));(C,((E,D),(A,B)));(D,(E,((A,B),C)));((((A,C)ac,D)acd,E)acde,B)abcd",
                              new NHXParser() );
             ConfidenceAssessor.evaluate( "bootstrap", ev_b, t_b, false, 1 );
-            // Archaeopteryx.createApplication( t_b ); //TODO use me again me working here...
             if ( !isEqual( t_b.getNode( "ac" ).getBranchData().getConfidence( 0 ).getValue(), 4 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -2102,7 +2045,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             t2.setIdentifier( new Identifier( "ecoli" ) );
-            t2.setTaxonomyCode( "other" );
+            t2.setTaxonomyCode( "OTHER" );
             t2.setScientificName( "what" );
             t2.setCommonName( "something" );
             if ( !t1.isEqual( t2 ) ) {
@@ -2830,7 +2773,7 @@ public final class Test {
             dss3.addValue( 10 );
             final AsciiHistogram histo = new AsciiHistogram( dss3 );
             histo.toStringBuffer( 10, '=', 40, 5 );
-            histo.toStringBuffer( 3, 8, 10, '=', 40, 5 );
+            histo.toStringBuffer( 3, 8, 10, '=', 40, 5, null );
         }
         catch ( final Exception e ) {
             e.printStackTrace( System.out );
@@ -3180,200 +3123,199 @@ public final class Test {
             final PhylogenyFactory factory = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance();
             final Phylogeny p1 = factory.create( "((((((A,B)ab,C)abc,D)abcd,E)abcde,F)abcdef,(G,H)gh)abcdefgh",
                                                  new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            final PhylogenyMethods pm = PhylogenyMethods.getInstance();
-            final PhylogenyNode A = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode A = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
             if ( !A.getName().equals( "A" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode gh = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "gh" ), p1.getNode( "gh" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode gh = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "gh" ), p1.getNode( "gh" ) );
             if ( !gh.getName().equals( "gh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode ab = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "B" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode ab = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "B" ) );
             if ( !ab.getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode ab2 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "B" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode ab2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "B" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
             if ( !ab2.getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode gh2 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "H" ), p1.getNode( "G" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode gh2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "H" ), p1.getNode( "G" ) );
             if ( !gh2.getName().equals( "gh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode gh3 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "G" ), p1.getNode( "H" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode gh3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "G" ), p1.getNode( "H" ) );
             if ( !gh3.getName().equals( "gh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode abc = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "C" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode abc = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "C" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
             if ( !abc.getName().equals( "abc" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode abc2 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "C" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode abc2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "C" ) );
             if ( !abc2.getName().equals( "abc" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode abcd = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "D" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode abcd = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "D" ) );
             if ( !abcd.getName().equals( "abcd" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode abcd2 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "D" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode abcd2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "D" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
             if ( !abcd2.getName().equals( "abcd" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode abcdef = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "F" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode abcdef = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "F" ) );
             if ( !abcdef.getName().equals( "abcdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode abcdef2 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "F" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode abcdef2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "F" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
             if ( !abcdef2.getName().equals( "abcdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode abcdef3 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "ab" ), p1.getNode( "F" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode abcdef3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "ab" ), p1.getNode( "F" ) );
             if ( !abcdef3.getName().equals( "abcdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode abcdef4 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "F" ), p1.getNode( "ab" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode abcdef4 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "F" ), p1.getNode( "ab" ) );
             if ( !abcdef4.getName().equals( "abcdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode abcde = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "E" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode abcde = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "E" ) );
             if ( !abcde.getName().equals( "abcde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode abcde2 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "E" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode abcde2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "E" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
             if ( !abcde2.getName().equals( "abcde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode r = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "abcdefgh" ), p1.getNode( "abcdefgh" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode r = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "abcdefgh" ), p1.getNode( "abcdefgh" ) );
             if ( !r.getName().equals( "abcdefgh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode r2 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "H" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode r2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "A" ), p1.getNode( "H" ) );
             if ( !r2.getName().equals( "abcdefgh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode r3 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "H" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode r3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "H" ), p1.getNode( "A" ) );
             if ( !r3.getName().equals( "abcdefgh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode abcde3 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "E" ), p1.getNode( "abcde" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode abcde3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "E" ), p1.getNode( "abcde" ) );
             if ( !abcde3.getName().equals( "abcde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode abcde4 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "abcde" ), p1.getNode( "E" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode abcde4 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "abcde" ), p1.getNode( "E" ) );
             if ( !abcde4.getName().equals( "abcde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode ab3 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "ab" ), p1.getNode( "B" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode ab3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "ab" ), p1.getNode( "B" ) );
             if ( !ab3.getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode ab4 = pm.obtainLCA( p1.getNode( "B" ), p1.getNode( "ab" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode ab4 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p1.getNode( "B" ), p1.getNode( "ab" ) );
             if ( !ab4.getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             final Phylogeny p2 = factory.create( "(a,b,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,f)cdef)r", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            final PhylogenyNode cd = pm.obtainLCA( p2.getNode( "c" ), p2.getNode( "d" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode cd = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p2.getNode( "c" ), p2.getNode( "d" ) );
             if ( !cd.getName().equals( "cd" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode cd2 = pm.obtainLCA( p2.getNode( "d" ), p2.getNode( "c" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode cd2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p2.getNode( "d" ), p2.getNode( "c" ) );
             if ( !cd2.getName().equals( "cd" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode cde = pm.obtainLCA( p2.getNode( "c" ), p2.getNode( "e" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode cde = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p2.getNode( "c" ), p2.getNode( "e" ) );
             if ( !cde.getName().equals( "cde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode cde2 = pm.obtainLCA( p2.getNode( "e" ), p2.getNode( "c" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode cde2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p2.getNode( "e" ), p2.getNode( "c" ) );
             if ( !cde2.getName().equals( "cde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode cdef = pm.obtainLCA( p2.getNode( "c" ), p2.getNode( "f" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode cdef = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p2.getNode( "c" ), p2.getNode( "f" ) );
             if ( !cdef.getName().equals( "cdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode cdef2 = pm.obtainLCA( p2.getNode( "d" ), p2.getNode( "f" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode cdef2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p2.getNode( "d" ), p2.getNode( "f" ) );
             if ( !cdef2.getName().equals( "cdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode cdef3 = pm.obtainLCA( p2.getNode( "f" ), p2.getNode( "d" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode cdef3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p2.getNode( "f" ), p2.getNode( "d" ) );
             if ( !cdef3.getName().equals( "cdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode rt = pm.obtainLCA( p2.getNode( "c" ), p2.getNode( "a" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode rt = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p2.getNode( "c" ), p2.getNode( "a" ) );
             if ( !rt.getName().equals( "r" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             final Phylogeny p3 = factory
                     .create( "((((a,(b,c)bc)abc,(d,e)de)abcde,f)abcdef,(((g,h)gh,(i,j)ij)ghij,k)ghijk,l)",
                              new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            final PhylogenyNode bc_3 = pm.obtainLCA( p3.getNode( "b" ), p3.getNode( "c" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode bc_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p3.getNode( "b" ), p3.getNode( "c" ) );
             if ( !bc_3.getName().equals( "bc" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode ac_3 = pm.obtainLCA( p3.getNode( "a" ), p3.getNode( "c" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode ac_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p3.getNode( "a" ), p3.getNode( "c" ) );
             if ( !ac_3.getName().equals( "abc" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode ad_3 = pm.obtainLCA( p3.getNode( "a" ), p3.getNode( "d" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode ad_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p3.getNode( "a" ), p3.getNode( "d" ) );
             if ( !ad_3.getName().equals( "abcde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode af_3 = pm.obtainLCA( p3.getNode( "a" ), p3.getNode( "f" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode af_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p3.getNode( "a" ), p3.getNode( "f" ) );
             if ( !af_3.getName().equals( "abcdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode ag_3 = pm.obtainLCA( p3.getNode( "a" ), p3.getNode( "g" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode ag_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p3.getNode( "a" ), p3.getNode( "g" ) );
             if ( !ag_3.getName().equals( "" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             if ( !ag_3.isRoot() ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode al_3 = pm.obtainLCA( p3.getNode( "a" ), p3.getNode( "l" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode al_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p3.getNode( "a" ), p3.getNode( "l" ) );
             if ( !al_3.getName().equals( "" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             if ( !al_3.isRoot() ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode kl_3 = pm.obtainLCA( p3.getNode( "k" ), p3.getNode( "l" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode kl_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p3.getNode( "k" ), p3.getNode( "l" ) );
             if ( !kl_3.getName().equals( "" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             if ( !kl_3.isRoot() ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode fl_3 = pm.obtainLCA( p3.getNode( "f" ), p3.getNode( "l" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode fl_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p3.getNode( "f" ), p3.getNode( "l" ) );
             if ( !fl_3.getName().equals( "" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             if ( !fl_3.isRoot() ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode gk_3 = pm.obtainLCA( p3.getNode( "g" ), p3.getNode( "k" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode gk_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p3.getNode( "g" ), p3.getNode( "k" ) );
             if ( !gk_3.getName().equals( "ghijk" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             final Phylogeny p4 = factory.create( "(a,b,c)r", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            final PhylogenyNode r_4 = pm.obtainLCA( p4.getNode( "b" ), p4.getNode( "c" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode r_4 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p4.getNode( "b" ), p4.getNode( "c" ) );
             if ( !r_4.getName().equals( "r" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             final Phylogeny p5 = factory.create( "((a,b),c,d)root", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            final PhylogenyNode r_5 = pm.obtainLCA( p5.getNode( "a" ), p5.getNode( "c" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode r_5 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p5.getNode( "a" ), p5.getNode( "c" ) );
             if ( !r_5.getName().equals( "root" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             final Phylogeny p6 = factory.create( "((a,b),c,d)rot", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            final PhylogenyNode r_6 = pm.obtainLCA( p6.getNode( "c" ), p6.getNode( "a" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode r_6 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p6.getNode( "c" ), p6.getNode( "a" ) );
             if ( !r_6.getName().equals( "rot" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             final Phylogeny p7 = factory.create( "(((a,b)x,c)x,d,e)rott", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            final PhylogenyNode r_7 = pm.obtainLCA( p7.getNode( "a" ), p7.getNode( "e" ) );
+            final PhylogenyNode r_7 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCA( p7.getNode( "a" ), p7.getNode( "e" ) );
             if ( !r_7.getName().equals( "rott" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -3385,159 +3327,458 @@ public final class Test {
         return true;
     }
 
-    private static boolean testHmmscanOutputParser() {
-        final String test_dir = Test.PATH_TO_TEST_DATA;
+    private static boolean testGetLCA2() {
         try {
-            final HmmscanPerDomainTableParser parser1 = new HmmscanPerDomainTableParser( new File( test_dir
-                    + ForesterUtil.getFileSeparator() + "hmmscan30b3_output_1" ), "MONBR", INDIVIDUAL_SCORE_CUTOFF.NONE );
-            parser1.parse();
-            final HmmscanPerDomainTableParser parser2 = new HmmscanPerDomainTableParser( new File( test_dir
-                    + ForesterUtil.getFileSeparator() + "hmmscan30b3_output_2" ), "MONBR", INDIVIDUAL_SCORE_CUTOFF.NONE );
-            final List<Protein> domain_collections = parser2.parse();
-            if ( parser2.getProteinsEncountered() != 4 ) {
+            final PhylogenyFactory factory = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance();
+            final Phylogeny p1 = factory.create( "((((((A,B)ab,C)abc,D)abcd,E)abcde,F)abcdef,(G,H)gh)abcdefgh",
+                                                 new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            PhylogenyMethods.preOrderReId( p1 );
+            final PhylogenyNode A = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "A" ),
+                                                                                          p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            if ( !A.getName().equals( "A" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( domain_collections.size() != 4 ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode gh = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "gh" ),
+                                                                                           p1.getNode( "gh" ) );
+            if ( !gh.getName().equals( "gh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( parser2.getDomainsEncountered() != 69 ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode ab = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "A" ),
+                                                                                           p1.getNode( "B" ) );
+            if ( !ab.getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( parser2.getDomainsIgnoredDueToDuf() != 0 ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode ab2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "B" ),
+                                                                                            p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            if ( !ab2.getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( parser2.getDomainsIgnoredDueToEval() != 0 ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode gh2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "H" ),
+                                                                                            p1.getNode( "G" ) );
+            if ( !gh2.getName().equals( "gh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final Protein p1 = domain_collections.get( 0 );
-            if ( p1.getNumberOfProteinDomains() != 15 ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode gh3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "G" ),
+                                                                                            p1.getNode( "H" ) );
+            if ( !gh3.getName().equals( "gh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final Protein p4 = domain_collections.get( 3 );
-            if ( p4.getNumberOfProteinDomains() != 1 ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode abc = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "C" ),
+                                                                                            p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            if ( !abc.getName().equals( "abc" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getDomainId().toString().equals( "DNA_pol_B_new" ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode abc2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "A" ),
+                                                                                             p1.getNode( "C" ) );
+            if ( !abc2.getName().equals( "abc" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getFrom() != 51 ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode abcd = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "A" ),
+                                                                                             p1.getNode( "D" ) );
+            if ( !abcd.getName().equals( "abcd" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getTo() != 395 ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode abcd2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "D" ),
+                                                                                              p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            if ( !abcd2.getName().equals( "abcd" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !Test.isEqual( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getPerDomainEvalue(), 1.2e-39 ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode abcdef = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "A" ),
+                                                                                               p1.getNode( "F" ) );
+            if ( !abcdef.getName().equals( "abcdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !Test.isEqual( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getPerDomainScore(), 135.7 ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode abcdef2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "F" ),
+                                                                                                p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            if ( !abcdef2.getName().equals( "abcdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !Test.isEqual( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getPerSequenceEvalue(), 8.3e-40 ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode abcdef3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "ab" ),
+                                                                                                p1.getNode( "F" ) );
+            if ( !abcdef3.getName().equals( "abcdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !Test.isEqual( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getPerSequenceScore(), 136.3 ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode abcdef4 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "F" ),
+                                                                                                p1.getNode( "ab" ) );
+            if ( !abcdef4.getName().equals( "abcdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !Test.isEqual( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getNumber(), 1 ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode abcde = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "A" ),
+                                                                                              p1.getNode( "E" ) );
+            if ( !abcde.getName().equals( "abcde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !Test.isEqual( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getTotalCount(), 1 ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode abcde2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "E" ),
+                                                                                               p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            if ( !abcde2.getName().equals( "abcde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-        }
-        catch ( final Exception e ) {
-            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private static boolean testLastExternalNodeMethods() {
-        try {
-            final PhylogenyFactory factory = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance();
-            final char[] a0 = { '(', '(', 'A', ',', 'B', ')', ',', '(', 'C', ',', 'D', ')', ')', };
-            final Phylogeny t0 = factory.create( a0, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            final PhylogenyNode n1 = t0.getNode( "A" );
-            if ( n1.isLastExternalNode() ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode r = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "abcdefgh" ),
+                                                                                          p1.getNode( "abcdefgh" ) );
+            if ( !r.getName().equals( "abcdefgh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode n2 = t0.getNode( "B" );
-            if ( n2.isLastExternalNode() ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode r2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "A" ),
+                                                                                           p1.getNode( "H" ) );
+            if ( !r2.getName().equals( "abcdefgh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode n3 = t0.getNode( "C" );
-            if ( n3.isLastExternalNode() ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode r3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "H" ),
+                                                                                           p1.getNode( "A" ) );
+            if ( !r3.getName().equals( "abcdefgh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final PhylogenyNode n4 = t0.getNode( "D" );
-            if ( !n4.isLastExternalNode() ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode abcde3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "E" ),
+                                                                                               p1.getNode( "abcde" ) );
+            if ( !abcde3.getName().equals( "abcde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-        }
-        catch ( final Exception e ) {
-            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private static boolean testLevelOrderIterator() {
-        try {
-            final PhylogenyFactory factory = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance();
-            final Phylogeny t0 = factory.create( "((A,B)ab,(C,D)cd)r", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            PhylogenyNodeIterator it0;
-            for( it0 = t0.iteratorLevelOrder(); it0.hasNext(); ) {
-                it0.next();
-            }
-            for( it0.reset(); it0.hasNext(); ) {
-                it0.next();
-            }
-            final PhylogenyNodeIterator it = t0.iteratorLevelOrder();
-            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "r" ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode abcde4 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "abcde" ),
+                                                                                               p1.getNode( "E" ) );
+            if ( !abcde4.getName().equals( "abcde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode ab3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "ab" ),
+                                                                                            p1.getNode( "B" ) );
+            if ( !ab3.getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "cd" ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode ab4 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p1.getNode( "B" ),
+                                                                                            p1.getNode( "ab" ) );
+            if ( !ab4.getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "A" ) ) {
+            final Phylogeny p2 = factory.create( "(a,b,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,f)cdef)r", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            PhylogenyMethods.preOrderReId( p2 );
+            final PhylogenyNode cd = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p2.getNode( "c" ),
+                                                                                           p2.getNode( "d" ) );
+            if ( !cd.getName().equals( "cd" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "B" ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode cd2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p2.getNode( "d" ),
+                                                                                            p2.getNode( "c" ) );
+            if ( !cd2.getName().equals( "cd" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "C" ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode cde = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p2.getNode( "c" ),
+                                                                                            p2.getNode( "e" ) );
+            if ( !cde.getName().equals( "cde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "D" ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode cde2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p2.getNode( "e" ),
+                                                                                             p2.getNode( "c" ) );
+            if ( !cde2.getName().equals( "cde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( it.hasNext() ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode cdef = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p2.getNode( "c" ),
+                                                                                             p2.getNode( "f" ) );
+            if ( !cdef.getName().equals( "cdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final Phylogeny t2 = factory.create( "(((1,2,(a,(X,Y,Z)b)3,4,5,6)A,B,C)abc,(D,E,(f1,(f21)f2,f3)F,G)defg)r",
-                                                 new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            PhylogenyNodeIterator it2;
-            for( it2 = t2.iteratorLevelOrder(); it2.hasNext(); ) {
-                it2.next();
-            }
-            for( it2.reset(); it2.hasNext(); ) {
-                it2.next();
-            }
-            final PhylogenyNodeIterator it3 = t2.iteratorLevelOrder();
-            if ( !it3.next().getName().equals( "r" ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode cdef2 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p2.getNode( "d" ),
+                                                                                              p2.getNode( "f" ) );
+            if ( !cdef2.getName().equals( "cdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !it3.next().getName().equals( "abc" ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode cdef3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p2.getNode( "f" ),
+                                                                                              p2.getNode( "d" ) );
+            if ( !cdef3.getName().equals( "cdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !it3.next().getName().equals( "defg" ) ) {
+            final PhylogenyNode rt = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p2.getNode( "c" ),
+                                                                                           p2.getNode( "a" ) );
+            if ( !rt.getName().equals( "r" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !it3.next().getName().equals( "A" ) ) {
-                return false;
+            final Phylogeny p3 = factory
+                    .create( "((((a,(b,c)bc)abc,(d,e)de)abcde,f)abcdef,(((g,h)gh,(i,j)ij)ghij,k)ghijk,l)",
+                             new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            PhylogenyMethods.preOrderReId( p3 );
+            final PhylogenyNode bc_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p3.getNode( "b" ),
+                                                                                             p3.getNode( "c" ) );
+            if ( !bc_3.getName().equals( "bc" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode ac_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p3.getNode( "a" ),
+                                                                                             p3.getNode( "c" ) );
+            if ( !ac_3.getName().equals( "abc" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode ad_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p3.getNode( "a" ),
+                                                                                             p3.getNode( "d" ) );
+            if ( !ad_3.getName().equals( "abcde" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode af_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p3.getNode( "a" ),
+                                                                                             p3.getNode( "f" ) );
+            if ( !af_3.getName().equals( "abcdef" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode ag_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p3.getNode( "a" ),
+                                                                                             p3.getNode( "g" ) );
+            if ( !ag_3.getName().equals( "" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ag_3.isRoot() ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode al_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p3.getNode( "a" ),
+                                                                                             p3.getNode( "l" ) );
+            if ( !al_3.getName().equals( "" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !al_3.isRoot() ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode kl_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p3.getNode( "k" ),
+                                                                                             p3.getNode( "l" ) );
+            if ( !kl_3.getName().equals( "" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !kl_3.isRoot() ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode fl_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p3.getNode( "f" ),
+                                                                                             p3.getNode( "l" ) );
+            if ( !fl_3.getName().equals( "" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !fl_3.isRoot() ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode gk_3 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p3.getNode( "g" ),
+                                                                                             p3.getNode( "k" ) );
+            if ( !gk_3.getName().equals( "ghijk" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final Phylogeny p4 = factory.create( "(a,b,c)r", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            PhylogenyMethods.preOrderReId( p4 );
+            final PhylogenyNode r_4 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p4.getNode( "b" ),
+                                                                                            p4.getNode( "c" ) );
+            if ( !r_4.getName().equals( "r" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final Phylogeny p5 = factory.create( "((a,b),c,d)root", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            PhylogenyMethods.preOrderReId( p5 );
+            final PhylogenyNode r_5 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p5.getNode( "a" ),
+                                                                                            p5.getNode( "c" ) );
+            if ( !r_5.getName().equals( "root" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final Phylogeny p6 = factory.create( "((a,b),c,d)rot", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            PhylogenyMethods.preOrderReId( p6 );
+            final PhylogenyNode r_6 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p6.getNode( "c" ),
+                                                                                            p6.getNode( "a" ) );
+            if ( !r_6.getName().equals( "rot" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final Phylogeny p7 = factory.create( "(((a,b)x,c)x,d,e)rott", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            PhylogenyMethods.preOrderReId( p7 );
+            final PhylogenyNode r_7 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p7.getNode( "a" ),
+                                                                                            p7.getNode( "e" ) );
+            if ( !r_7.getName().equals( "rott" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode r_71 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p7.getNode( "e" ),
+                                                                                             p7.getNode( "a" ) );
+            if ( !r_71.getName().equals( "rott" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode r_72 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p7.getNode( "e" ),
+                                                                                             p7.getNode( "rott" ) );
+            if ( !r_72.getName().equals( "rott" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode r_73 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p7.getNode( "rott" ),
+                                                                                             p7.getNode( "a" ) );
+            if ( !r_73.getName().equals( "rott" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode r_74 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p7.getNode( "rott" ),
+                                                                                             p7.getNode( "rott" ) );
+            if ( !r_74.getName().equals( "rott" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode r_75 = PhylogenyMethods.calculateLCAonTreeWithIdsInPreOrder( p7.getNode( "e" ),
+                                                                                             p7.getNode( "e" ) );
+            if ( !r_75.getName().equals( "e" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean testHmmscanOutputParser() {
+        final String test_dir = Test.PATH_TO_TEST_DATA;
+        try {
+            final HmmscanPerDomainTableParser parser1 = new HmmscanPerDomainTableParser( new File( test_dir
+                    + ForesterUtil.getFileSeparator() + "hmmscan30b3_output_1" ), "MONBR", INDIVIDUAL_SCORE_CUTOFF.NONE );
+            parser1.parse();
+            final HmmscanPerDomainTableParser parser2 = new HmmscanPerDomainTableParser( new File( test_dir
+                    + ForesterUtil.getFileSeparator() + "hmmscan30b3_output_2" ), "MONBR", INDIVIDUAL_SCORE_CUTOFF.NONE );
+            final List<Protein> proteins = parser2.parse();
+            if ( parser2.getProteinsEncountered() != 4 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( proteins.size() != 4 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( parser2.getDomainsEncountered() != 69 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( parser2.getDomainsIgnoredDueToDuf() != 0 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( parser2.getDomainsIgnoredDueToEval() != 0 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final Protein p1 = proteins.get( 0 );
+            if ( p1.getNumberOfProteinDomains() != 15 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( p1.getLength() != 850 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final Protein p2 = proteins.get( 1 );
+            if ( p2.getNumberOfProteinDomains() != 51 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( p2.getLength() != 1291 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final Protein p3 = proteins.get( 2 );
+            if ( p3.getNumberOfProteinDomains() != 2 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final Protein p4 = proteins.get( 3 );
+            if ( p4.getNumberOfProteinDomains() != 1 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getDomainId().toString().equals( "DNA_pol_B_new" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getFrom() != 51 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getTo() != 395 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !Test.isEqual( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getPerDomainEvalue(), 1.2e-39 ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !Test.isEqual( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getPerDomainScore(), 135.7 ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !Test.isEqual( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getPerSequenceEvalue(), 8.3e-40 ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !Test.isEqual( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getPerSequenceScore(), 136.3 ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !Test.isEqual( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getNumber(), 1 ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !Test.isEqual( p4.getProteinDomain( 0 ).getTotalCount(), 1 ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean testLastExternalNodeMethods() {
+        try {
+            final PhylogenyFactory factory = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance();
+            final char[] a0 = { '(', '(', 'A', ',', 'B', ')', ',', '(', 'C', ',', 'D', ')', ')', };
+            final Phylogeny t0 = factory.create( a0, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            final PhylogenyNode n1 = t0.getNode( "A" );
+            if ( n1.isLastExternalNode() ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode n2 = t0.getNode( "B" );
+            if ( n2.isLastExternalNode() ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode n3 = t0.getNode( "C" );
+            if ( n3.isLastExternalNode() ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode n4 = t0.getNode( "D" );
+            if ( !n4.isLastExternalNode() ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean testLevelOrderIterator() {
+        try {
+            final PhylogenyFactory factory = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance();
+            final Phylogeny t0 = factory.create( "((A,B)ab,(C,D)cd)r", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            PhylogenyNodeIterator it0;
+            for( it0 = t0.iteratorLevelOrder(); it0.hasNext(); ) {
+                it0.next();
+            }
+            for( it0.reset(); it0.hasNext(); ) {
+                it0.next();
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNodeIterator it = t0.iteratorLevelOrder();
+            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "r" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "cd" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "A" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "B" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "C" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !it.next().getName().equals( "D" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( it.hasNext() ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final Phylogeny t2 = factory.create( "(((1,2,(a,(X,Y,Z)b)3,4,5,6)A,B,C)abc,(D,E,(f1,(f21)f2,f3)F,G)defg)r",
+                                                 new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            PhylogenyNodeIterator it2;
+            for( it2 = t2.iteratorLevelOrder(); it2.hasNext(); ) {
+                it2.next();
+            }
+            for( it2.reset(); it2.hasNext(); ) {
+                it2.next();
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNodeIterator it3 = t2.iteratorLevelOrder();
+            if ( !it3.next().getName().equals( "r" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !it3.next().getName().equals( "abc" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !it3.next().getName().equals( "defg" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !it3.next().getName().equals( "A" ) ) {
+                return false;
             }
             if ( !it3.next().getName().equals( "B" ) ) {
                 return false;
@@ -4200,7 +4441,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final NHXParser nhxp = new NHXParser();
-            nhxp.setTaxonomyExtraction( ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.NO );
+            nhxp.setTaxonomyExtraction( NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.NO );
             nhxp.setReplaceUnderscores( true );
             final Phylogeny uc0 = factory.create( "(A__A_,_B_B)", nhxp )[ 0 ];
             if ( !uc0.getRoot().getChildNode( 0 ).getName().equals( "A A " ) ) {
@@ -4426,42 +4667,93 @@ public final class Test {
             if ( ( p46.length != 1 ) || !p46[ 0 ].isEmpty() ) {
                 return false;
             }
-        }
-        catch ( final Exception e ) {
-            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private static boolean testNHXconversion() {
-        try {
-            final PhylogenyNode n1 = new PhylogenyNode();
-            final PhylogenyNode n2 = PhylogenyNode.createInstanceFromNhxString( "" );
-            final PhylogenyNode n3 = PhylogenyNode.createInstanceFromNhxString( "n3" );
-            final PhylogenyNode n4 = PhylogenyNode.createInstanceFromNhxString( "n4:0.01" );
-            final PhylogenyNode n5 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n5:0.1[&&NHX:S=Ecoli:E=1.1.1.1:D=Y:Co=Y:B=56:T=1:W=2:C=10.20.30:XN=S=tag1=value1=unit1]" );
-            final PhylogenyNode n6 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n6:0.000001[&&NHX:S=Ecoli:E=1.1.1.1:D=N:Co=N:B=100:T=1:W=2:C=0.0.0:XN=B=bool_tag=T]" );
-            if ( !n1.toNewHampshireX().equals( "" ) ) {
+            final Phylogeny p47 = factory.create( new StringBuffer( "((A,B)ab:2[0.44],C)" ), new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            if ( !isEqual( 0.44, p47.getNode( "ab" ).getBranchData().getConfidence( 0 ).getValue() ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !n2.toNewHampshireX().equals( "" ) ) {
+            final Phylogeny p48 = factory.create( new StringBuffer( "((A,B)ab:2[88],C)" ), new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            if ( !isEqual( 88, p48.getNode( "ab" ).getBranchData().getConfidence( 0 ).getValue() ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !n3.toNewHampshireX().equals( "n3" ) ) {
+            final Phylogeny p49 = factory
+                    .create( new StringBuffer( "((A,B)a[comment:a,b;(a)]b:2[0.44][comment(a,b,b);],C)" ),
+                             new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            if ( !isEqual( 0.44, p49.getNode( "ab" ).getBranchData().getConfidence( 0 ).getValue() ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !n4.toNewHampshireX().equals( "n4:0.01" ) ) {
+            final Phylogeny p50 = factory.create( new StringBuffer( "((\"A\",B)ab:2[88],C)" ), new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            if ( p50.getNode( "A" ) == null ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !p50.toNewHampshire( false, NH_CONVERSION_SUPPORT_VALUE_STYLE.IN_SQUARE_BRACKETS )
+                    .equals( "((A,B)ab:2.0[88],C);" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !p50.toNewHampshire( false, NH_CONVERSION_SUPPORT_VALUE_STYLE.NONE ).equals( "((A,B)ab:2.0,C);" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !p50.toNewHampshire( false, NH_CONVERSION_SUPPORT_VALUE_STYLE.AS_INTERNAL_NODE_NAMES )
+                    .equals( "((A,B)88:2.0,C);" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final Phylogeny p51 = factory.create( new StringBuffer( "((\"A(A\",B)ab:2[88],C)" ), new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            if ( p51.getNode( "A(A" ) == null ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final Phylogeny p52 = factory.create( new StringBuffer( "(('A(A',B)ab:2[88],C)" ), new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            if ( p52.getNode( "A(A" ) == null ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final Phylogeny p53 = factory
+                    .create( new StringBuffer( "(('A(A',\"B (x (a' ,b) f(x);\"[com])[ment]ab:2[88],C)" ),
+                             new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            if ( p53.getNode( "B (x (a' ,b) f(x);" ) == null ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            // 
+            final Phylogeny p54 = factory.create( new StringBuffer( "((A,B):[88],C)" ), new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            if ( p54.getNode( "A" ) == null ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !p54.toNewHampshire( false, NH_CONVERSION_SUPPORT_VALUE_STYLE.IN_SQUARE_BRACKETS )
+                    .equals( "((A,B)[88],C);" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean testNHXconversion() {
+        try {
+            final PhylogenyNode n1 = new PhylogenyNode();
+            final PhylogenyNode n2 = PhylogenyNode.createInstanceFromNhxString( "" );
+            final PhylogenyNode n3 = PhylogenyNode.createInstanceFromNhxString( "n3" );
+            final PhylogenyNode n4 = PhylogenyNode.createInstanceFromNhxString( "n4:0.01" );
+            final PhylogenyNode n5 = PhylogenyNode
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n5:0.1[&&NHX:S=Ecoli:E=1.1.1.1:D=Y:Co=Y:B=56:T=1:W=2:C=10.20.30:XN=S=tag1=value1=unit1]" );
+            final PhylogenyNode n6 = PhylogenyNode
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n6:0.000001[&&NHX:S=Ecoli:E=1.1.1.1:D=N:Co=N:B=100:T=1:W=2:C=0.0.0:XN=B=bool_tag=T]" );
+            if ( !n1.toNewHampshireX().equals( "" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !n2.toNewHampshireX().equals( "" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !n3.toNewHampshireX().equals( "n3" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !n4.toNewHampshireX().equals( "n4:0.01" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             if ( !n5.toNewHampshireX()
-                    .equals( "n5:0.1[&&NHX:T=1:S=Ecoli:D=Y:XN=S=tag1=value1=unit1:B=56.0:W=2.0:C=10.20.30]" ) ) {
+                    .equals( "n5:0.1[&&NHX:T=1:S=Ecoli:D=Y:XN=S=tag1=value1=unit1:B=56:W=2.0:C=10.20.30]" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !n6.toNewHampshireX()
-                    .equals( "n6:1.0E-6[&&NHX:T=1:S=Ecoli:D=N:XN=B=bool_tag=T:B=100.0:W=2.0:C=0.0.0]" ) ) {
+            if ( !n6.toNewHampshireX().equals( "n6:1.0E-6[&&NHX:T=1:S=Ecoli:D=N:XN=B=bool_tag=T:B=100:W=2.0:C=0.0.0]" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -4483,7 +4775,7 @@ public final class Test {
             if ( !n3.getName().equals( "n3" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( n3.getDistanceToParent() != PhylogenyNode.DISTANCE_DEFAULT ) {
+            if ( n3.getDistanceToParent() != PhylogenyDataUtil.BRANCH_LENGTH_DEFAULT ) {
                 return false;
             }
             if ( n3.isDuplication() ) {
@@ -4526,7 +4818,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n8 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n8_ECOLI/12:0.01", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n8_ECOLI/12:0.01", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n8.getName().equals( "n8_ECOLI/12" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4534,8 +4826,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n9 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n9_ECOLI/12=12:0.01",
-                                                  ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n9_ECOLI/12=12:0.01", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n9.getName().equals( "n9_ECOLI/12=12" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4543,12 +4834,12 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n10 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10.ECOLI", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10.ECOLI", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n10.getName().equals( "n10.ECOLI" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n20 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n20_ECOLI/1-2", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n20_ECOLI/1-2", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n20.getName().equals( "n20_ECOLI/1-2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4556,7 +4847,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n20x = PhylogenyNode.createInstanceFromNhxString( "n20_ECOL1/1-2",
-                                                                                  ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.YES );
+                                                                                  NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.YES );
             if ( !n20x.getName().equals( "n20_ECOL1/1-2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4564,7 +4855,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n20xx = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n20_eCOL1/1-2", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n20_eCOL1/1-2", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n20xx.getName().equals( "n20_eCOL1/1-2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4572,7 +4863,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n20xxx = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n20_ecoli/1-2", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n20_ecoli/1-2", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n20xxx.getName().equals( "n20_ecoli/1-2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4580,7 +4871,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n20xxxx = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n20_Ecoli/1-2", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n20_Ecoli/1-2", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n20xxxx.getName().equals( "n20_Ecoli/1-2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4588,7 +4879,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n21 = PhylogenyNode.createInstanceFromNhxString( "n21_PIG",
-                                                                                 ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.YES );
+                                                                                 NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.YES );
             if ( !n21.getName().equals( "n21_PIG" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4596,7 +4887,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n21x = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n21_PIG", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n21_PIG", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n21x.getName().equals( "n21_PIG" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4604,7 +4895,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n22 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n22/PIG", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n22/PIG", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n22.getName().equals( "n22/PIG" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4612,60 +4903,91 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n23 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n23/PIG_1", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n23/PIG_1", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n23.getName().equals( "n23/PIG_1" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             if ( PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( n23 ).length() > 0 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( NHXParser.LIMIT_SPECIES_NAMES_TO_FIVE_CHARS ) {
-                final PhylogenyNode a = PhylogenyNode
-                        .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_ECOLI/1-2", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
-                if ( !a.getName().equals( "n10_ECOLI/1-2" ) ) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( a ).equals( "ECOLI" ) ) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                final PhylogenyNode b = PhylogenyNode
-                        .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_ECOLI1/1-2",
-                                                      ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
-                if ( !b.getName().equals( "n10_ECOLI1/1-2" ) ) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( b ).equals( "ECOLI" ) ) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                final PhylogenyNode c = PhylogenyNode
-                        .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_RATAF12/1000-2000",
-                                                      ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
-                if ( !c.getName().equals( "n10_RATAF12/1000-2000" ) ) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( c ).equals( "RATAF" ) ) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                final PhylogenyNode d = PhylogenyNode
-                        .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_RAT1/1-2", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
-                if ( !d.getName().equals( "n10_RAT1/1-2" ) ) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( d ).equals( "RAT" ) ) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                final PhylogenyNode e = PhylogenyNode
-                        .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_RAT1", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
-                if ( !e.getName().equals( "n10_RAT1" ) ) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                if ( !ForesterUtil.isEmpty( PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( e ) ) ) {
-                    return false;
-                }
+            final PhylogenyNode a = PhylogenyNode
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_ECOLI/1-2", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+            if ( !a.getName().equals( "n10_ECOLI/1-2" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( a ).equals( "ECOLI" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode b = PhylogenyNode
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_ECOLI1/1-2", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+            if ( !b.getName().equals( "n10_ECOLI1/1-2" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( b ).equals( "ECOLI" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode c = PhylogenyNode
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_RATAF12/1000-2000",
+                                                  NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+            if ( !c.getName().equals( "n10_RATAF12/1000-2000" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( c ).equals( "RATAF" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode c1 = PhylogenyNode
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_BOVIN_1/1000-2000",
+                                                  NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+            if ( !c1.getName().equals( "n10_BOVIN_1/1000-2000" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( c1 ).equals( "BOVIN" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode c2 = PhylogenyNode
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_Bovin_1/1000-2000",
+                                                  NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+            if ( !c2.getName().equals( "n10_Bovin_1/1000-2000" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( c2 ).equals( "" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode d = PhylogenyNode
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_RAT1/1-2", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+            if ( !d.getName().equals( "n10_RAT1/1-2" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( d ).equals( "RAT" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode e = PhylogenyNode
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_RAT1", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+            if ( !e.getName().equals( "n10_RAT1" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ForesterUtil.isEmpty( PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( e ) ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode e2 = PhylogenyNode.createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_RAT1",
+                                                                                NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.YES );
+            if ( !e2.getName().equals( "n10_RAT1" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( e2 ).equals( "RAT" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode e3 = PhylogenyNode.createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_RAT~",
+                                                                                NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.YES );
+            if ( !e3.getName().equals( "n10_RAT~" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( e3 ).equals( "RAT" ) ) {
+                return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n11 = PhylogenyNode
                     .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n111111_ECOLI/jdj:0.4",
-                                                  ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                                                  NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n11.getName().equals( "n111111_ECOLI/jdj" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4677,7 +4999,7 @@ public final class Test {
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n12 = PhylogenyNode
                     .createInstanceFromNhxString( "n111111-ECOLI---/jdj:0.4",
-                                                  ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                                                  NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n12.getName().equals( "n111111-ECOLI---/jdj" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4687,6 +5009,22 @@ public final class Test {
             if ( PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( n12 ).length() > 0 ) {
                 return false;
             }
+            final PhylogenyNode m = PhylogenyNode.createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_MOUSEa",
+                                                                               NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.YES );
+            if ( !m.getName().equals( "n10_MOUSEa" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( m ).equals( "MOUSE" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final PhylogenyNode o = PhylogenyNode.createInstanceFromNhxString( "n10_MOUSE_",
+                                                                               NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.YES );
+            if ( !o.getName().equals( "n10_MOUSE_" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( o ).equals( "MOUSE" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
             final Property tvu1 = n5.getNodeData().getProperties().getProperty( "tag1" );
             final Property tvu3 = n5.getNodeData().getProperties().getProperty( "tag3" );
             if ( !tvu1.getRef().equals( "tag1" ) ) {
@@ -4719,7 +5057,7 @@ public final class Test {
             if ( PhylogenyMethods.getConfidenceValue( n1 ) != Confidence.CONFIDENCE_DEFAULT_VALUE ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( n1.getDistanceToParent() != PhylogenyNode.DISTANCE_DEFAULT ) {
+            if ( n1.getDistanceToParent() != PhylogenyDataUtil.BRANCH_LENGTH_DEFAULT ) {
                 return false;
             }
             if ( n2.getName().compareTo( "" ) != 0 ) {
@@ -4728,7 +5066,7 @@ public final class Test {
             if ( PhylogenyMethods.getConfidenceValue( n2 ) != Confidence.CONFIDENCE_DEFAULT_VALUE ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( n2.getDistanceToParent() != PhylogenyNode.DISTANCE_DEFAULT ) {
+            if ( n2.getDistanceToParent() != PhylogenyDataUtil.BRANCH_LENGTH_DEFAULT ) {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n00 = PhylogenyNode
@@ -4766,15 +5104,15 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n13 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "blah_12345/1-2", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "blah_12345/1-2", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n13.getName().equals( "blah_12345/1-2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( n13 ).equals( "" ) ) {
+            if ( !PhylogenyMethods.getSpecies( n13 ).equals( "12345" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n14 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "blah_12X45/1-2", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "blah_12X45/1-2", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n14.getName().equals( "blah_12X45/1-2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4783,7 +5121,7 @@ public final class Test {
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n15 = PhylogenyNode
                     .createInstanceFromNhxString( "something_wicked[123]",
-                                                  ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                                                  NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n15.getName().equals( "something_wicked" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4794,8 +5132,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n16 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "something_wicked2[9]",
-                                                  ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "something_wicked2[9]", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n16.getName().equals( "something_wicked2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4806,8 +5143,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n17 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "something_wicked3[a]",
-                                                  ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( "something_wicked3[a]", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !n17.getName().equals( "something_wicked3" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4815,7 +5151,7 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final PhylogenyNode n18 = PhylogenyNode
-                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( ":0.5[91]", ForesterUtil.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
+                    .createInstanceFromNhxString( ":0.5[91]", NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.PFAM_STYLE_ONLY );
             if ( !isEqual( n18.getDistanceToParent(), 0.5 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4845,7 +5181,7 @@ public final class Test {
             if ( !p2[ 0 ].toNewHampshireX().equals( p2_S ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final String p2b_S = "(((((((A:0.2[&NHX:S=qwerty]):0.2[&:S=uiop]):0.3[&NHX:S=asdf]):0.4[S=zxc]):0.5[]):0.6[&&NH:S=asd]):0.7[&&HX:S=za]):0.8[&&:S=zaq]";
+            final String p2b_S = "(((((((A:0.2[&NHX:S=qw,erty]):0.2[&:S=u(io)p]):0.3[&NHX:S=asdf]):0.4[S=zxc]):0.5[]):0.6[&&NH:S=asd]):0.7[&&HX:S=za]):0.8[&&:S=zaq]";
             final Phylogeny[] p2b = factory.create( p2b_S, new NHXParser() );
             if ( !p2b[ 0 ].toNewHampshireX().equals( "(((((((A:0.2):0.2):0.3):0.4):0.5):0.6):0.7):0.8" ) ) {
                 return false;
@@ -4887,13 +5223,13 @@ public final class Test {
                 return false;
             }
             final Phylogeny p9 = factory.create( "((A:0.2,B:0.3):0.5[91],C:0.1)root:0.1[100]", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            if ( !p9.toNewHampshireX().equals( "((A:0.2,B:0.3):0.5[&&NHX:B=91.0],C:0.1)root:0.1[&&NHX:B=100.0]" ) ) {
+            if ( !p9.toNewHampshireX().equals( "((A:0.2,B:0.3):0.5[&&NHX:B=91],C:0.1)root:0.1[&&NHX:B=100]" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
             final Phylogeny p10 = factory
                     .create( " [79]   ( (A [co mment] :0 .2[comment],B:0.3[com])[com ment]: 0. 5 \t[ 9 1 ][ comment],C: 0.1)[comment]root:0.1[100] [comment]",
                              new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            if ( !p10.toNewHampshireX().equals( "((A:0.2,B:0.3):0.5[&&NHX:B=91.0],C:0.1)root:0.1[&&NHX:B=100.0]" ) ) {
+            if ( !p10.toNewHampshireX().equals( "((A:0.2,B:0.3):0.5[&&NHX:B=91],C:0.1)root:0.1[&&NHX:B=100]" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -4968,7 +5304,7 @@ public final class Test {
             final Phylogeny p10 = factory
                     .create( " [79]   ( (\"A \n\tB \" [co mment] :0 .2[comment],'B':0.3[com])[com ment]: 0. 5 \t[ 9 1 ][ comment],'C (or D?\\//;,))': 0.1)[comment]'\nroot is here (cool,  was! ) ':0.1[100] [comment]",
                              new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            final String p10_clean_str = "(('A B':0.2,B:0.3):0.5[&&NHX:B=91.0],'C (or D?\\//;,))':0.1)'root is here (cool,  was! )':0.1[&&NHX:B=100.0]";
+            final String p10_clean_str = "(('A B':0.2,B:0.3):0.5[&&NHX:B=91],'C (or D?\\//;,))':0.1)'root is here (cool,  was! )':0.1[&&NHX:B=100]";
             if ( !p10.toNewHampshireX().equals( p10_clean_str ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -4980,7 +5316,7 @@ public final class Test {
             final Phylogeny p12 = factory
                     .create( " [79]   ( (\"A \n\tB \" [[][] :0 .2[comment][\t&\t&\n N\tH\tX:S=mo\tnkey !],'\tB\t\b\t\n\f\rB B ':0.0\b3[])\t[com ment]: 0. 5 \t[ 9 1 ][ \ncomment],'C\t (or D?\\//;,))': 0.\b1)[comment]'\nroot \tis here (cool, \b\t\n\f\r was! ) ':0.1[100] [comment]",
                              new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            final String p12_clean_str = "(('A B':0.2[&&NHX:S=monkey!],'BB B':0.03):0.5[&&NHX:B=91.0],'C (or D?\\//;,))':0.1)'root is here (cool,  was! )':0.1[&&NHX:B=100.0]";
+            final String p12_clean_str = "(('A B':0.2[&&NHX:S=monkey!],'BB B':0.03):0.5[&&NHX:B=91],'C (or D?\\//;,))':0.1)'root is here (cool,  was! )':0.1[&&NHX:B=100]";
             if ( !p12.toNewHampshireX().equals( p12_clean_str ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -5004,6 +5340,60 @@ public final class Test {
         return true;
     }
 
+    private static boolean testNHXParsingMB() {
+        try {
+            final PhylogenyFactory factory = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance();
+            final Phylogeny p1 = factory.create( "(1[&prob=0.9500000000000000e+00,prob_stddev=0.1100000000000000e+00,"
+                    + "prob_range={1.000000000000000e+00,1.000000000000000e+00},prob(percent)=\"100\","
+                    + "prob+-sd=\"100+-0\"]:4.129000000000000e-02[&length_mean=4.153987461671767e-02,"
+                    + "length_median=4.129000000000000e-02,length_95%HPD={3.217800000000000e-02,"
+                    + "5.026800000000000e-02}],2[&prob=0.810000000000000e+00,prob_stddev=0.000000000000000e+00,"
+                    + "prob_range={1.000000000000000e+00,1.000000000000000e+00},prob(percent)=\"100\","
+                    + "prob+-sd=\"100+-0\"]:6.375699999999999e-02[&length_mean=6.395210411945065e-02,"
+                    + "length_median=6.375699999999999e-02,length_95%HPD={5.388600000000000e-02,"
+                    + "7.369400000000000e-02}])", new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            if ( !isEqual( p1.getNode( "1" ).getDistanceToParent(), 4.129e-02 ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !isEqual( p1.getNode( "1" ).getBranchData().getConfidence( 0 ).getValue(), 0.9500000000000000e+00 ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !isEqual( p1.getNode( "1" ).getBranchData().getConfidence( 0 ).getStandardDeviation(),
+                           0.1100000000000000e+00 ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !isEqual( p1.getNode( "2" ).getDistanceToParent(), 6.375699999999999e-02 ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !isEqual( p1.getNode( "2" ).getBranchData().getConfidence( 0 ).getValue(), 0.810000000000000e+00 ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final Phylogeny p2 = factory
+                    .create( "(1[something_else(?)s,prob=0.9500000000000000e+00{}(((,p)rob_stddev=0.110000000000e+00,"
+                                     + "prob_range={1.000000000000000e+00,1.000000000000000e+00},prob(percent)=\"100\","
+                                     + "prob+-sd=\"100+-0\"]:4.129000000000000e-02[&length_mean=4.153987461671767e-02,"
+                                     + "length_median=4.129000000000000e-02,length_95%HPD={3.217800000000000e-02,"
+                                     + "5.026800000000000e-02}],2[&prob=0.810000000000000e+00,prob_stddev=0.000000000000000e+00,"
+                                     + "prob_range={1.000000000000000e+00,1.000000000000000e+00},prob(percent)=\"100\","
+                                     + "prob+-sd=\"100+-0\"]:6.375699999999999e-02[&length_mean=6.395210411945065e-02,"
+                                     + "length_median=6.375699999999999e-02,length_95%HPD={5.388600000000000e-02,"
+                                     + "7.369400000000000e-02}])",
+                             new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            if ( p2.getNode( "1" ) == null ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( p2.getNode( "2" ) == null ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
+            System.exit( -1 );
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private static boolean testPhylogenyBranch() {
         try {
             final PhylogenyNode a1 = PhylogenyNode.createInstanceFromNhxString( "a" );
@@ -5575,46 +5965,46 @@ public final class Test {
             if ( p.getNode( "r" ).getId() != count ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "A" ).getId() != count + 1 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "A" ).getId() != ( count + 1 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "B" ).getId() != count + 1 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "B" ).getId() != ( count + 1 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "C" ).getId() != count + 1 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "C" ).getId() != ( count + 1 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "1" ).getId() != count + 2 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "1" ).getId() != ( count + 2 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "2" ).getId() != count + 2 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "2" ).getId() != ( count + 2 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "3" ).getId() != count + 2 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "3" ).getId() != ( count + 2 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "4" ).getId() != count + 2 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "4" ).getId() != ( count + 2 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "5" ).getId() != count + 2 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "5" ).getId() != ( count + 2 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "6" ).getId() != count + 2 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "6" ).getId() != ( count + 2 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "a" ).getId() != count + 3 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "a" ).getId() != ( count + 3 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "b" ).getId() != count + 3 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "b" ).getId() != ( count + 3 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "X" ).getId() != count + 4 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "X" ).getId() != ( count + 4 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "Y" ).getId() != count + 4 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "Y" ).getId() != ( count + 4 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p.getNode( "Z" ).getId() != count + 4 ) {
+            if ( p.getNode( "Z" ).getId() != ( count + 4 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -6439,6 +6829,28 @@ public final class Test {
         return true;
     }
 
+    private static boolean testOrthologTable() {
+        try {
+            final PhylogenyFactory factory = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance();
+            final Phylogeny s1 = factory.create( Test.PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "rio_species.xml", new PhyloXmlParser() )[ 0 ];
+            final NHXParser p = new NHXParser();
+            p.setTaxonomyExtraction( NHXParser.TAXONOMY_EXTRACTION.YES );
+            final Phylogeny g1[] = factory.create( new File( Test.PATH_TO_TEST_DATA
+                    + "rio_Bcl-2_e1_20_mafft_05_40_fme.mlt" ), p );
+            for( final Phylogeny gt : g1 ) {
+                gt.setRooted( true );
+                final GSDI sdi = new GSDI( gt, s1, true, true, true );
+            }
+            final IntMatrix m = RIO.calculateOrthologTable( g1 );
+            // System.out.println( m.toString() );
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private static boolean testSplit() {
         try {
             final PhylogenyFactory factory = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance();
@@ -7306,351 +7718,477 @@ public final class Test {
         return true;
     }
 
-    private static boolean testTaxonomyAssigner() {
+    private static boolean testUniprotTaxonomySearch() {
         try {
-            String s0_str = "(((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=B])[&&NHX:S=AB],[&&NHX:S=C])[&&NHX:S=ABC],[&&NHX:S=D])[&&NHX:S=ABCD],[&&NHX:S=E])[&&NHX:S=ABCDE]";
-            String g0_str = "((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A])a,[&&NHX:S=B])b,[&&NHX:S=C])c";
-            Phylogeny s0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( s0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            Phylogeny g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            s0.setRooted( true );
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "A" ) ) {
+            List<UniProtTaxonomy> results = SequenceDbWsTools.getTaxonomiesFromCommonNameStrict( "starlet sea anemone",
+                                                                                                 10 );
+            if ( results.size() != 1 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "AB" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCode().equals( "NEMVE" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABC" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCommonName().equalsIgnoreCase( "starlet sea anemone" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A])a,[&&NHX:S=A])b,[&&NHX:S=A])c";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "A" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getId().equalsIgnoreCase( "45351" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "A" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getRank().equalsIgnoreCase( "species" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "A" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getScientificName().equals( "Nematostella vectensis" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=B])a,[&&NHX:S=A])b,[&&NHX:S=A])c";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "AB" ) ) {
+            results = null;
+            results = SequenceDbWsTools.getTaxonomiesFromScientificNameStrict( "Nematostella vectensis", 10 );
+            if ( results.size() != 1 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "AB" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCode().equals( "NEMVE" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "AB" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCommonName().equalsIgnoreCase( "starlet sea anemone" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=B])a,[&&NHX:S=C])b,[&&NHX:S=A])c";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "AB" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getId().equalsIgnoreCase( "45351" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABC" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getRank().equalsIgnoreCase( "species" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABC" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getScientificName().equals( "Nematostella vectensis" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=B])a,[&&NHX:S=C])b,[&&NHX:S=D])c";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "AB" ) ) {
+            results = null;
+            results = SequenceDbWsTools.getTaxonomiesFromId( "45351", 10 );
+            if ( results.size() != 1 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABC" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCode().equals( "NEMVE" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCommonName().equalsIgnoreCase( "starlet sea anemone" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=E])a,[&&NHX:S=C])b,[&&NHX:S=D])c";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCDE" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getId().equalsIgnoreCase( "45351" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCDE" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getRank().equalsIgnoreCase( "species" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCDE" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getScientificName().equals( "Nematostella vectensis" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=E])a,[&&NHX:S=A])b,[&&NHX:S=A])c";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCDE" ) ) {
+            results = null;
+            results = SequenceDbWsTools.getTaxonomiesFromTaxonomyCode( "NEMVE", 10 );
+            if ( results.size() != 1 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCDE" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCode().equals( "NEMVE" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCDE" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCommonName().equalsIgnoreCase( "starlet sea anemone" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            s0_str = "(([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=B],[&&NHX:S=C],[&&NHX:S=D])[&&NHX:S=ABCD],"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=E],[&&NHX:S=F],[&&NHX:S=G],[&&NHX:S=H])[&&NHX:S=EFGH],"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=I],[&&NHX:S=J],[&&NHX:S=K],[&&NHX:S=L])[&&NHX:S=IJKL], "
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=M],[&&NHX:S=N],[&&NHX:S=O],[&&NHX:S=P])[&&NHX:S=MNOP])[&&NHX:S=ROOT]";
-            s0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( s0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            s0.setRooted( true );
-            g0_str = "(([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=B],[&&NHX:S=C],[&&NHX:S=D])a,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=E],[&&NHX:S=F],[&&NHX:S=G],[&&NHX:S=H])b,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=I],[&&NHX:S=J],[&&NHX:S=K],[&&NHX:S=L])c, "
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=M],[&&NHX:S=N],[&&NHX:S=O],[&&NHX:S=P])d)r";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getId().equalsIgnoreCase( "45351" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "EFGH" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getRank().equalsIgnoreCase( "species" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "IJKL" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getScientificName().equals( "Nematostella vectensis" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "d" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "MNOP" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getLineage().get( 1 ).equals( "Eukaryota" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "r" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getLineage().get( 2 ).equals( "Metazoa" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "(([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=B],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=B])a,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=E],[&&NHX:S=F],[&&NHX:S=F],[&&NHX:S=F])b,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=I])c, "
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=M],[&&NHX:S=N],[&&NHX:S=O],[&&NHX:S=O])d)r";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getLineage().get( results.get( 0 ).getLineage().size() - 1 )
+                    .equals( "Nematostella vectensis" ) ) {
+                System.out.println( results.get( 0 ).getLineage() );
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "EFGH" ) ) {
+        }
+        catch ( final IOException e ) {
+            System.out.println();
+            System.out.println( "the following might be due to absence internet connection:" );
+            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean testEmblEntryRetrieval() {
+        //The format for GenBank Accession numbers are:
+        //Nucleotide: 1 letter + 5 numerals OR 2 letters + 6 numerals
+        //Protein:    3 letters + 5 numerals
+        //http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Sequin/acc.html
+        if ( !SequenceIdParser.parseGenbankAccessor( "AY423861" ).equals( "AY423861" ) ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !SequenceIdParser.parseGenbankAccessor( ".AY423861." ).equals( "AY423861" ) ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceIdParser.parseGenbankAccessor( "AAY423861" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceIdParser.parseGenbankAccessor( "AY4238612" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceIdParser.parseGenbankAccessor( "AAY4238612" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceIdParser.parseGenbankAccessor( "Y423861" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !SequenceIdParser.parseGenbankAccessor( "S12345" ).equals( "S12345" ) ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !SequenceIdParser.parseGenbankAccessor( "|S12345|" ).equals( "S12345" ) ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceIdParser.parseGenbankAccessor( "|S123456" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceIdParser.parseGenbankAccessor( "ABC123456" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !SequenceIdParser.parseGenbankAccessor( "ABC12345" ).equals( "ABC12345" ) ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !SequenceIdParser.parseGenbankAccessor( "&ABC12345&" ).equals( "ABC12345" ) ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceIdParser.parseGenbankAccessor( "ABCD12345" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean testUniprotEntryRetrieval() {
+        if ( !SequenceDbWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P12345" ).equals( "P12345" ) ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceDbWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "EP12345" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceDbWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "3 4P12345" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceDbWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P12345E" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceDbWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P123455" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceDbWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "EP12345E" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceDbWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "AY423861" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !SequenceDbWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P1DDD5" ).equals( "P1DDD5" ) ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( SequenceDbWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P1DDDD" ) != null ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !SequenceDbWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P1234X/P12345/12-42" ).equals( "P12345" ) ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !SequenceDbWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P1234X P12345 12-42" ).equals( "P12345" ) ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !SequenceDbWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P12345/12-42" ).equals( "P12345" ) ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !SequenceDbWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P1234X/P12345" ).equals( "P12345" ) ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        try {
+            final SequenceDatabaseEntry entry = SequenceDbWsTools.obtainUniProtEntry( "P12345", 200 );
+            if ( !entry.getAccession().equals( "P12345" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "IJKL" ) ) {
+            if ( !entry.getTaxonomyScientificName().equals( "Oryctolagus cuniculus" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "d" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "MNOP" ) ) {
+            if ( !entry.getSequenceName().equals( "Aspartate aminotransferase, mitochondrial" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "r" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            if ( !entry.getSequenceSymbol().equals( "GOT2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "(([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=B],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=B])a,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=E],[&&NHX:S=F],[&&NHX:S=F],[&&NHX:S=F])b,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L])c, "
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=M],[&&NHX:S=N],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=O])d)r";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            if ( !entry.getTaxonomyIdentifier().equals( "9986" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( final IOException e ) {
+            System.out.println();
+            System.out.println( "the following might be due to absence internet connection:" );
+            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean testWabiTxSearch() {
+        try {
+            String result = "";
+            result = TxSearch.searchSimple( "nematostella" );
+            result = TxSearch.getTxId( "nematostella" );
+            if ( !result.equals( "45350" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            result = TxSearch.getTxName( "45350" );
+            if ( !result.equals( "Nematostella" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            result = TxSearch.getTxId( "nematostella vectensis" );
+            if ( !result.equals( "45351" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "EFGH" ) ) {
+            result = TxSearch.getTxName( "45351" );
+            if ( !result.equals( "Nematostella vectensis" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "L" ) ) {
+            result = TxSearch.getTxId( "Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. N170" );
+            if ( !result.equals( "536089" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "d" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            result = TxSearch.getTxName( "536089" );
+            if ( !result.equals( "Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. N170" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "r" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            final List<String> queries = new ArrayList<String>();
+            queries.add( "Campylobacter coli" );
+            queries.add( "Escherichia coli" );
+            queries.add( "Arabidopsis" );
+            queries.add( "Trichoplax" );
+            queries.add( "Samanea saman" );
+            queries.add( "Kluyveromyces marxianus" );
+            queries.add( "Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. N170" );
+            queries.add( "Bornavirus parrot/PDD/2008" );
+            final List<RANKS> ranks = new ArrayList<RANKS>();
+            ranks.add( RANKS.SUPERKINGDOM );
+            ranks.add( RANKS.KINGDOM );
+            ranks.add( RANKS.FAMILY );
+            ranks.add( RANKS.GENUS );
+            ranks.add( RANKS.TRIBE );
+            result = TxSearch.searchLineage( queries, ranks );
+            result = TxSearch.searchParam( "Homo sapiens", TAX_NAME_CLASS.ALL, TAX_RANK.SPECIES, 10, true );
+            result = TxSearch.searchParam( "Samanea saman", TAX_NAME_CLASS.SCIENTIFIC_NAME, TAX_RANK.ALL, 10, true );
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            System.out.println();
+            System.out.println( "the following might be due to absence internet connection:" );
+            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean testAminoAcidSequence() {
+        try {
+            final Sequence aa1 = BasicSequence.createAaSequence( "aa1", "aAklm-?xX*z$#" );
+            if ( aa1.getLength() != 13 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "(([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L])a,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L])b,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L])c, "
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L])d)r";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "L" ) ) {
+            if ( aa1.getResidueAt( 0 ) != 'A' ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "L" ) ) {
+            if ( aa1.getResidueAt( 2 ) != 'K' ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "L" ) ) {
+            if ( !new String( aa1.getMolecularSequence() ).equals( "AAKLM-XXX*ZXX" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "d" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "L" ) ) {
+            final Sequence aa2 = BasicSequence.createAaSequence( "aa3", "ARNDCQEGHILKMFPSTWYVX*-BZOJU" );
+            if ( !new String( aa2.getMolecularSequence() ).equals( "ARNDCQEGHILKMFPSTWYVX*-BZXXU" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "r" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "L" ) ) {
+            final Sequence dna1 = BasicSequence.createDnaSequence( "dna1", "ACGTUX*-?RYMKWSN" );
+            if ( !new String( dna1.getMolecularSequence() ).equals( "ACGTNN*-NRYMKWSN" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A])a,[&&NHX:S=A])b,[&&NHX:S=A])c";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "A" ) ) {
+            final Sequence rna1 = BasicSequence.createRnaSequence( "rna1", "..ACGUTX*-?RYMKWSN" );
+            if ( !new String( rna1.getMolecularSequence() ).equals( "--ACGUNN*-NRYMKWSN" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "A" ) ) {
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean testCreateBalancedPhylogeny() {
+        try {
+            final Phylogeny p0 = DevelopmentTools.createBalancedPhylogeny( 6, 5 );
+            if ( p0.getRoot().getNumberOfDescendants() != 5 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "A" ) ) {
+            if ( p0.getNumberOfExternalNodes() != 15625 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=B])a,[&&NHX:S=I])b,[&&NHX:S=J])c";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            final Phylogeny p1 = DevelopmentTools.createBalancedPhylogeny( 2, 10 );
+            if ( p1.getRoot().getNumberOfDescendants() != 10 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            if ( p1.getNumberOfExternalNodes() != 100 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean testFastaParser() {
+        try {
+            if ( !FastaParser.isLikelyFasta( new FileInputStream( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "fasta_0.fasta" ) ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "(((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=B],[&&NHX:S=C],[&&NHX:S=D])a,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=D],[&&NHX:S=C],[&&NHX:S=B],[&&NHX:S=A])b)ab,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L])c)abc, "
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L])d)r";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            if ( FastaParser.isLikelyFasta( new FileInputStream( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "msa_3.txt" ) ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            final Msa msa_0 = FastaParser.parseMsa( new FileInputStream( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "fasta_0.fasta" ) );
+            if ( !msa_0.getSequenceAsString( 0 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "ACGTGKXFMFDMXEXXXSFMFMF" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "ab" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_0.getIdentifier( 0 ).equals( "one dumb" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "L" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_0.getSequenceAsString( 1 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "DKXASDFXSFXFKFKSXDFKSLX" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "abc" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_0.getSequenceAsString( 2 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "SXDFKSXLFSFPWEXPRXWXERR" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "d" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "L" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_0.getSequenceAsString( 3 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "r" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_0.getSequenceAsString( 4 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDAXF" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "(((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=C],[&&NHX:S=D])a,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=D],[&&NHX:S=D],[&&NHX:S=B],[&&NHX:S=A])b)ab,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L])c)abc, "
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L])d)r";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean testGeneralMsaParser() {
+        try {
+            final String msa_str_0 = "seq1 abcd\n\nseq2 efgh\n";
+            final Msa msa_0 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new ByteArrayInputStream( msa_str_0.getBytes() ) );
+            final String msa_str_1 = "seq1 abc\nseq2 ghi\nseq1 def\nseq2 jkm\n";
+            final Msa msa_1 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new ByteArrayInputStream( msa_str_1.getBytes() ) );
+            final String msa_str_2 = "seq1 abc\nseq2 ghi\n\ndef\njkm\n";
+            final Msa msa_2 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new ByteArrayInputStream( msa_str_2.getBytes() ) );
+            final String msa_str_3 = "seq1 abc\n def\nseq2 ghi\n jkm\n";
+            final Msa msa_3 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new ByteArrayInputStream( msa_str_3.getBytes() ) );
+            if ( !msa_1.getSequenceAsString( 0 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "abcdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_1.getSequenceAsString( 1 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "ghixkm" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "ab" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_1.getIdentifier( 0 ).toString().equals( "seq1" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "L" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_1.getIdentifier( 1 ).toString().equals( "seq2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "abc" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_2.getSequenceAsString( 0 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "abcdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "d" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "L" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_2.getSequenceAsString( 1 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "ghixkm" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "r" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_2.getIdentifier( 0 ).toString().equals( "seq1" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "(((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=C],[&&NHX:S=D])a,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=D],[&&NHX:S=D],[&&NHX:S=B],[&&NHX:S=A])b)ab,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L])c)abc, "
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=A])d)r";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_2.getIdentifier( 1 ).toString().equals( "seq2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_3.getSequenceAsString( 0 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "abcdef" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "ab" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_3.getSequenceAsString( 1 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "ghixkm" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "L" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_3.getIdentifier( 0 ).toString().equals( "seq1" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "abc" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_3.getIdentifier( 1 ).toString().equals( "seq2" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "d" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            final Msa msa_4 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new FileInputStream( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "msa_1.txt" ) );
+            if ( !msa_4.getSequenceAsString( 0 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "abcdefeeeeeeeexx" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "r" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_4.getSequenceAsString( 1 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "efghixffffffffyy" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            g0_str = "(((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=C],[&&NHX:S=D])a,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=D],[&&NHX:S=D],[&&NHX:S=B],[&&NHX:S=A])b)ab,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A])c)abc, "
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=A])d)r";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_4.getSequenceAsString( 2 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "klmnxphhhhhhhhzz" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "b" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            final Msa msa_5 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new FileInputStream( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "msa_2.txt" ) );
+            if ( !msa_5.getSequenceAsString( 0 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "abcdefxx" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "ab" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_5.getSequenceAsString( 1 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "efghixyy" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "A" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_5.getSequenceAsString( 2 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "klmnxpzz" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "abc" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ABCD" ) ) {
+            final Msa msa_6 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new FileInputStream( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "msa_3.txt" ) );
+            if ( !msa_6.getSequenceAsString( 0 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "abcdefeeeeeeeexx" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "d" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_6.getSequenceAsString( 1 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "efghixffffffffyy" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "r" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "ROOT" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa_6.getSequenceAsString( 2 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "klmnxphhhhhhhhzz" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            s0_str = "(([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=B],[&&NHX:S=C],[&&NHX:S=D]),"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=E],[&&NHX:S=F],[&&NHX:S=G],[&&NHX:S=H]),"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=I],[&&NHX:S=J],[&&NHX:S=K],[&&NHX:S=L]), "
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=M],[&&NHX:S=N],[&&NHX:S=O],[&&NHX:S=P]))";
-            s0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( s0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            s0.setRooted( true );
-            g0_str = "(((([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=C],[&&NHX:S=D])a,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=D],[&&NHX:S=D],[&&NHX:S=B],[&&NHX:S=A])b)ab,"
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A],[&&NHX:S=A])c)abc, "
-                    + "([&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=L],[&&NHX:S=A])d)r";
-            g0 = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance().create( g0_str, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
-            g0.setRooted( true );
-            TaxonomyAssigner.execute( g0, s0 );
-            if ( g0.getNode( "a" ).getNodeData().isHasTaxonomy() ) {
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean testMafft( final String path ) {
+        try {
+            final List<String> opts = new ArrayList<String>();
+            opts.add( "--maxiterate" );
+            opts.add( "1000" );
+            opts.add( "--localpair" );
+            opts.add( "--quiet" );
+            Msa msa = null;
+            final MsaInferrer mafft = Mafft.createInstance( path );
+            msa = mafft.infer( new File( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "ncbi_sn.fasta" ), opts );
+            if ( ( msa == null ) || ( msa.getLength() < 20 ) || ( msa.getNumberOfSequences() != 19 ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !g0.getNode( "c" ).getNodeData().getTaxonomy().getScientificName().equals( "A" ) ) {
+            if ( !msa.getIdentifier( 0 ).toString().equals( "a" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -7661,438 +8199,718 @@ public final class Test {
         return true;
     }
 
-    private static boolean testUniprotTaxonomySearch() {
+    private static boolean testNextNodeWithCollapsing() {
         try {
-            List<UniProtTaxonomy> results = UniProtWsTools
-                    .getTaxonomiesFromCommonNameStrict( "starlet sea anemone", 10 );
-            if ( results.size() != 1 ) {
+            final PhylogenyFactory factory = ParserBasedPhylogenyFactory.getInstance();
+            PhylogenyNode n;
+            List<PhylogenyNode> ext = new ArrayList<PhylogenyNode>();
+            final StringBuffer sb0 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h))fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t0 = factory.create( sb0, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            t0.getNode( "cd" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t0.getNode( "cde" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t0.getFirstExternalNode();
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "a" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCode().equals( "NEMVE" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "b" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCommonName().equalsIgnoreCase( "starlet sea anemone" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "cde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getId().equalsIgnoreCase( "45351" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "f" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getRank().equalsIgnoreCase( "species" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 4 ).getName().equals( "g" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getScientificName().equals( "Nematostella vectensis" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 5 ).getName().equals( "h" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            results = null;
-            results = UniProtWsTools.getTaxonomiesFromScientificNameStrict( "Nematostella vectensis", 10 );
-            if ( results.size() != 1 ) {
+            ext.clear();
+            final StringBuffer sb1 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h))fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t1 = factory.create( sb1, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            t1.getNode( "ab" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t1.getNode( "cd" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t1.getNode( "cde" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t1.getNode( "ab" );
+            ext = new ArrayList<PhylogenyNode>();
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCode().equals( "NEMVE" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "cde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCommonName().equalsIgnoreCase( "starlet sea anemone" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "f" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getId().equalsIgnoreCase( "45351" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "g" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getRank().equalsIgnoreCase( "species" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 4 ).getName().equals( "h" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getScientificName().equals( "Nematostella vectensis" ) ) {
+            //
+            //
+            ext.clear();
+            final StringBuffer sb2 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h)gh)fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t2 = factory.create( sb2, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            t2.getNode( "ab" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t2.getNode( "cd" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t2.getNode( "cde" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t2.getNode( "c" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t2.getNode( "d" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t2.getNode( "e" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t2.getNode( "gh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t2.getNode( "ab" );
+            ext = new ArrayList<PhylogenyNode>();
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            results = null;
-            results = UniProtWsTools.getTaxonomiesFromId( "45351", 10 );
-            if ( results.size() != 1 ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "cde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCode().equals( "NEMVE" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "f" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCommonName().equalsIgnoreCase( "starlet sea anemone" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "gh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getId().equalsIgnoreCase( "45351" ) ) {
+            //
+            //
+            ext.clear();
+            final StringBuffer sb3 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h)gh)fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t3 = factory.create( sb3, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            t3.getNode( "ab" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t3.getNode( "cd" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t3.getNode( "cde" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t3.getNode( "c" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t3.getNode( "d" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t3.getNode( "e" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t3.getNode( "gh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t3.getNode( "fgh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t3.getNode( "ab" );
+            ext = new ArrayList<PhylogenyNode>();
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getRank().equalsIgnoreCase( "species" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "cde" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getScientificName().equals( "Nematostella vectensis" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "fgh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            results = null;
-            results = UniProtWsTools.getTaxonomiesFromTaxonomyCode( "NEMVE", 10 );
-            if ( results.size() != 1 ) {
+            //
+            //
+            ext.clear();
+            final StringBuffer sb4 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h)gh)fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t4 = factory.create( sb4, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            t4.getNode( "ab" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t4.getNode( "cd" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t4.getNode( "cde" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t4.getNode( "c" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t4.getNode( "d" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t4.getNode( "e" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t4.getNode( "gh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t4.getNode( "fgh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t4.getNode( "abcdefgh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t4.getNode( "abcdefgh" );
+            if ( n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes() != null ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCode().equals( "NEMVE" ) ) {
+            //
+            //
+            final StringBuffer sb5 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h))fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t5 = factory.create( sb5, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            ext.clear();
+            n = t5.getFirstExternalNode();
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( ext.size() != 8 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getCommonName().equalsIgnoreCase( "starlet sea anemone" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "a" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getId().equalsIgnoreCase( "45351" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "b" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getRank().equalsIgnoreCase( "species" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "c" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getScientificName().equals( "Nematostella vectensis" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "d" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getLineage()[ 0 ].equals( "Eukaryota" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 4 ).getName().equals( "e" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getLineage()[ 1 ].equals( "Metazoa" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 5 ).getName().equals( "f" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !results.get( 0 ).getLineage()[ results.get( 0 ).getLineage().length - 1 ].equals( "Nematostella" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 6 ).getName().equals( "g" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-        }
-        catch ( final IOException e ) {
-            System.out.println();
-            System.out.println( "the following might be due to absence internet connection:" );
-            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
-            return true;
-        }
-        catch ( final Exception e ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private static boolean testEmblEntryRetrieval() {
-        //The format for GenBank Accession numbers are:
-        //Nucleotide: 1 letter + 5 numerals OR 2 letters + 6 numerals
-        //Protein:    3 letters + 5 numerals
-        //http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Sequin/acc.html
-        if ( !DatabaseTools.parseGenbankAccessor( "AY423861" ).equals( "AY423861" ) ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( !DatabaseTools.parseGenbankAccessor( ".AY423861." ).equals( "AY423861" ) ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( DatabaseTools.parseGenbankAccessor( "AAY423861" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( DatabaseTools.parseGenbankAccessor( "AY4238612" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( DatabaseTools.parseGenbankAccessor( "AAY4238612" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( DatabaseTools.parseGenbankAccessor( "Y423861" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( !DatabaseTools.parseGenbankAccessor( "S12345" ).equals( "S12345" ) ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( !DatabaseTools.parseGenbankAccessor( "|S12345|" ).equals( "S12345" ) ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( DatabaseTools.parseGenbankAccessor( "|S123456" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( DatabaseTools.parseGenbankAccessor( "ABC123456" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( !DatabaseTools.parseGenbankAccessor( "ABC12345" ).equals( "ABC12345" ) ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( !DatabaseTools.parseGenbankAccessor( "&ABC12345&" ).equals( "ABC12345" ) ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( DatabaseTools.parseGenbankAccessor( "ABCD12345" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private static boolean testUniprotEntryRetrieval() {
-        if ( !UniProtWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P12345" ).equals( "P12345" ) ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( UniProtWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "EP12345" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( UniProtWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "3 4P12345" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( UniProtWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P12345E" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( UniProtWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P123455" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( UniProtWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "EP12345E" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( UniProtWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "AY423861" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( !UniProtWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P1DDD5" ).equals( "P1DDD5" ) ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( UniProtWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P1DDDD" ) != null ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( !UniProtWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P1234X/P12345/12-42" ).equals( "P12345" ) ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( !UniProtWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P1234X P12345 12-42" ).equals( "P12345" ) ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( !UniProtWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P12345/12-42" ).equals( "P12345" ) ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if ( !UniProtWsTools.parseUniProtAccessor( "P1234X/P12345" ).equals( "P12345" ) ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        try {
-            final SequenceDatabaseEntry entry = UniProtWsTools.obtainUniProtEntry( "P12345", 200 );
-            if ( !entry.getAccession().equals( "P12345" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 7 ).getName().equals( "h" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !entry.getTaxonomyScientificName().equals( "Oryctolagus cuniculus" ) ) {
+            //
+            //
+            final StringBuffer sb6 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h))fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t6 = factory.create( sb6, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            ext.clear();
+            t6.getNode( "ab" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t6.getNode( "ab" );
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( ext.size() != 7 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !entry.getSequenceName().equals( "Aspartate aminotransferase, mitochondrial" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !entry.getSequenceSymbol().equals( "GOT2" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "c" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !entry.getTaxonomyIdentifier().equals( "9986" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "d" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-        }
-        catch ( final IOException e ) {
-            System.out.println();
-            System.out.println( "the following might be due to absence internet connection:" );
-            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
-            return true;
-        }
-        catch ( final Exception e ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private static boolean testWabiTxSearch() {
-        try {
-            String result = "";
-            result = TxSearch.searchSimple( "nematostella" );
-            result = TxSearch.getTxId( "nematostella" );
-            if ( !result.equals( "45350" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "e" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            result = TxSearch.getTxName( "45350" );
-            if ( !result.equals( "Nematostella" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 4 ).getName().equals( "f" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            result = TxSearch.getTxId( "nematostella vectensis" );
-            if ( !result.equals( "45351" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 5 ).getName().equals( "g" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            result = TxSearch.getTxName( "45351" );
-            if ( !result.equals( "Nematostella vectensis" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 6 ).getName().equals( "h" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            result = TxSearch.getTxId( "Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. N170" );
-            if ( !result.equals( "536089" ) ) {
+            //
+            //
+            final StringBuffer sb7 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h))fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t7 = factory.create( sb7, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            ext.clear();
+            t7.getNode( "cd" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t7.getNode( "a" );
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( ext.size() != 7 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            result = TxSearch.getTxName( "536089" );
-            if ( !result.equals( "Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. N170" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "a" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final List<String> queries = new ArrayList<String>();
-            queries.add( "Campylobacter coli" );
-            queries.add( "Escherichia coli" );
-            queries.add( "Arabidopsis" );
-            queries.add( "Trichoplax" );
-            queries.add( "Samanea saman" );
-            queries.add( "Kluyveromyces marxianus" );
-            queries.add( "Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. N170" );
-            queries.add( "Bornavirus parrot/PDD/2008" );
-            final List<RANKS> ranks = new ArrayList<RANKS>();
-            ranks.add( RANKS.SUPERKINGDOM );
-            ranks.add( RANKS.KINGDOM );
-            ranks.add( RANKS.FAMILY );
-            ranks.add( RANKS.GENUS );
-            ranks.add( RANKS.TRIBE );
-            result = TxSearch.searchLineage( queries, ranks );
-            result = TxSearch.searchParam( "Homo sapiens", TAX_NAME_CLASS.ALL, TAX_RANK.SPECIES, 10, true );
-            result = TxSearch.searchParam( "Samanea saman", TAX_NAME_CLASS.SCIENTIFIC_NAME, TAX_RANK.ALL, 10, true );
-        }
-        catch ( final Exception e ) {
-            System.out.println();
-            System.out.println( "the following might be due to absence internet connection:" );
-            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private static boolean testAminoAcidSequence() {
-        try {
-            final Sequence aa1 = BasicSequence.createAaSequence( "aa1", "aAklm-?xX*z$#" );
-            if ( aa1.getLength() != 13 ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "b" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( aa1.getResidueAt( 0 ) != 'A' ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "cd" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( aa1.getResidueAt( 2 ) != 'K' ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "e" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !new String( aa1.getMolecularSequence() ).equals( "AAKLM-XXX*ZXX" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 4 ).getName().equals( "f" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final Sequence aa2 = BasicSequence.createAaSequence( "aa3", "ARNDCQEGHILKMFPSTWYVX*-BZOJU" );
-            if ( !new String( aa2.getMolecularSequence() ).equals( "ARNDCQEGHILKMFPSTWYVX*-BZXXU" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 5 ).getName().equals( "g" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final Sequence dna1 = BasicSequence.createDnaSequence( "dna1", "ACGTUX*-?RYMKWSN" );
-            if ( !new String( dna1.getMolecularSequence() ).equals( "ACGTNN*-NRYMKWSN" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 6 ).getName().equals( "h" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final Sequence rna1 = BasicSequence.createRnaSequence( "rna1", "..ACGUTX*-?RYMKWSN" );
-            if ( !new String( rna1.getMolecularSequence() ).equals( "--ACGUNN*-NRYMKWSN" ) ) {
+            //
+            //
+            final StringBuffer sb8 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h))fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t8 = factory.create( sb8, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            ext.clear();
+            t8.getNode( "cd" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t8.getNode( "c" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t8.getNode( "d" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t8.getNode( "a" );
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( ext.size() != 7 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-        }
-        catch ( final Exception e ) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private static boolean testCreateBalancedPhylogeny() {
-        try {
-            final Phylogeny p0 = DevelopmentTools.createBalancedPhylogeny( 6, 5 );
-            if ( p0.getRoot().getNumberOfDescendants() != 5 ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "a" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p0.getNumberOfExternalNodes() != 15625 ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "b" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final Phylogeny p1 = DevelopmentTools.createBalancedPhylogeny( 2, 10 );
-            if ( p1.getRoot().getNumberOfDescendants() != 10 ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "cd" ) ) {
+                System.out.println( "2 fail" );
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( p1.getNumberOfExternalNodes() != 100 ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "e" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-        }
-        catch ( final Exception e ) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private static boolean testFastaParser() {
-        try {
-            if ( !FastaParser.isLikelyFasta( new FileInputStream( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "fasta_0.fasta" ) ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 4 ).getName().equals( "f" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( FastaParser.isLikelyFasta( new FileInputStream( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "msa_3.txt" ) ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 5 ).getName().equals( "g" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final Msa msa_0 = FastaParser.parseMsa( new FileInputStream( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "fasta_0.fasta" ) );
-            if ( !msa_0.getSequenceAsString( 0 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "ACGTGKXFMFDMXEXXXSFMFMF" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 6 ).getName().equals( "h" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !msa_0.getIdentifier( 0 ).equals( "one dumb" ) ) {
+            //
+            //
+            final StringBuffer sb9 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h)gh)fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t9 = factory.create( sb9, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            ext.clear();
+            t9.getNode( "gh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t9.getNode( "a" );
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( ext.size() != 7 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !msa_0.getSequenceAsString( 1 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "DKXASDFXSFXFKFKSXDFKSLX" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "a" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !msa_0.getSequenceAsString( 2 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "SXDFKSXLFSFPWEXPRXWXERR" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "b" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !msa_0.getSequenceAsString( 3 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "c" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !msa_0.getSequenceAsString( 4 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDAXF" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "d" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-        }
-        catch ( final Exception e ) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private static boolean testGeneralMsaParser() {
-        try {
-            final String msa_str_0 = "seq1 abcd\n\nseq2 efgh\n";
-            final Msa msa_0 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new ByteArrayInputStream( msa_str_0.getBytes() ) );
-            final String msa_str_1 = "seq_1 abc\nseq2 ghi\nseq_1 def\nseq2 jkm\n";
-            final Msa msa_1 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new ByteArrayInputStream( msa_str_1.getBytes() ) );
-            final String msa_str_2 = "seq1 abc\nseq2 ghi\n\ndef\njkm\n";
-            final Msa msa_2 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new ByteArrayInputStream( msa_str_2.getBytes() ) );
-            final String msa_str_3 = "seq1 abc\n def\nseq2 ghi\n jkm\n";
-            final Msa msa_3 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new ByteArrayInputStream( msa_str_3.getBytes() ) );
-            final Msa msa_4 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new FileInputStream( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "msa_1.txt" ) );
-            if ( !msa_4.getSequenceAsString( 0 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "abcdefeeeeeeeexx" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 4 ).getName().equals( "e" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !msa_4.getSequenceAsString( 1 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "efghixffffffffyy" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 5 ).getName().equals( "f" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !msa_4.getSequenceAsString( 2 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "klmnxphhhhhhhhzz" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 6 ).getName().equals( "gh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final Msa msa_5 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new FileInputStream( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "msa_2.txt" ) );
-            if ( !msa_5.getSequenceAsString( 0 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "abcdefxx" ) ) {
+            //
+            //
+            final StringBuffer sb10 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h)gh)fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t10 = factory.create( sb10, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            ext.clear();
+            t10.getNode( "gh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t10.getNode( "g" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t10.getNode( "h" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t10.getNode( "a" );
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( ext.size() != 7 ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !msa_5.getSequenceAsString( 1 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "efghixyy" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "a" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !msa_5.getSequenceAsString( 2 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "klmnxpzz" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "b" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final Msa msa_6 = GeneralMsaParser.parse( new FileInputStream( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "msa_3.txt" ) );
-            if ( !msa_6.getSequenceAsString( 0 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "abcdefeeeeeeeexx" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "c" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !msa_6.getSequenceAsString( 1 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "efghixffffffffyy" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "d" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if ( !msa_6.getSequenceAsString( 2 ).toString().equalsIgnoreCase( "klmnxphhhhhhhhzz" ) ) {
+            if ( !ext.get( 4 ).getName().equals( "e" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 5 ).getName().equals( "f" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 6 ).getName().equals( "gh" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            //
+            //
+            final StringBuffer sb11 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h)gh)fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t11 = factory.create( sb11, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            ext.clear();
+            t11.getNode( "gh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t11.getNode( "fgh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t11.getNode( "a" );
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( ext.size() != 6 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "a" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "b" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "c" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "d" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 4 ).getName().equals( "e" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 5 ).getName().equals( "fgh" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            //
+            //
+            final StringBuffer sb12 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h)gh)fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t12 = factory.create( sb12, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            ext.clear();
+            t12.getNode( "gh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t12.getNode( "fgh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t12.getNode( "g" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t12.getNode( "h" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t12.getNode( "f" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t12.getNode( "a" );
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( ext.size() != 6 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "a" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "b" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "c" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "d" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 4 ).getName().equals( "e" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 5 ).getName().equals( "fgh" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            //
+            //
+            final StringBuffer sb13 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h)gh)fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t13 = factory.create( sb13, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            ext.clear();
+            t13.getNode( "ab" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t13.getNode( "b" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t13.getNode( "fgh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t13.getNode( "gh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t13.getNode( "ab" );
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( ext.size() != 5 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "c" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "d" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "e" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 4 ).getName().equals( "fgh" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            //
+            //
+            final StringBuffer sb14 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b,0)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,(f,(g,h,1,2)gh,0)fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t14 = factory.create( sb14, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            ext.clear();
+            t14.getNode( "ab" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t14.getNode( "a" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t14.getNode( "fgh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t14.getNode( "gh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t14.getNode( "ab" );
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( ext.size() != 5 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "c" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "d" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "e" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 4 ).getName().equals( "fgh" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            //
+            //
+            final StringBuffer sb15 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b,0)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,x,(f,(g,h,1,2)gh,0)fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t15 = factory.create( sb15, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            ext.clear();
+            t15.getNode( "ab" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t15.getNode( "a" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t15.getNode( "fgh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t15.getNode( "gh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t15.getNode( "ab" );
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( ext.size() != 6 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "c" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "d" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "e" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 4 ).getName().equals( "x" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 5 ).getName().equals( "fgh" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            //
+            //
+            final StringBuffer sb16 = new StringBuffer( "((a,b,0)ab,(((c,d)cd,e)cde,x,(f,(g,h,1,2)gh,0)fgh)cdefgh)abcdefgh" );
+            final Phylogeny t16 = factory.create( sb16, new NHXParser() )[ 0 ];
+            ext.clear();
+            t16.getNode( "ab" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t16.getNode( "a" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t16.getNode( "fgh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t16.getNode( "gh" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t16.getNode( "cd" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t16.getNode( "cde" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t16.getNode( "d" ).setCollapse( true );
+            t16.getNode( "x" ).setCollapse( true );
+            n = t16.getNode( "ab" );
+            while ( n != null ) {
+                ext.add( n );
+                n = n.getNextExternalNodeWhileTakingIntoAccountCollapsedNodes();
+            }
+            if ( ext.size() != 4 ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 0 ).getName().equals( "ab" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 1 ).getName().equals( "cde" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 2 ).getName().equals( "x" ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !ext.get( 3 ).getName().equals( "fgh" ) ) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
         catch ( final Exception e ) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
             return false;
         }
         return true;
     }
 
-    private static boolean testMafft() {
+    private static boolean testMsaQualityMethod() {
         try {
-            final List<String> opts = new ArrayList<String>();
-            opts.add( "--maxiterate" );
-            opts.add( "1000" );
-            opts.add( "--localpair" );
-            opts.add( "--quiet" );
-            Msa msa = null;
-            final MsaInferrer mafft = Mafft.createInstance();
-            msa = mafft.infer( new File( PATH_TO_TEST_DATA + "ncbi.fasta" ), opts );
-            if ( ( msa == null ) || ( msa.getLength() < 10 ) || ( msa.getNumberOfSequences() != 19 ) ) {
+            final Sequence s0 = BasicSequence.createAaSequence( "a", "ABAXEFGHIJ" );
+            final Sequence s1 = BasicSequence.createAaSequence( "b", "ABBXEFGHIJ" );
+            final Sequence s2 = BasicSequence.createAaSequence( "c", "AXCXEFGHIJ" );
+            final Sequence s3 = BasicSequence.createAaSequence( "d", "AXDDEFGHIJ" );
+            final List<Sequence> l = new ArrayList<Sequence>();
+            l.add( s0 );
+            l.add( s1 );
+            l.add( s2 );
+            l.add( s3 );
+            final Msa msa = BasicMsa.createInstance( l );
+            if ( !isEqual( 1, MsaMethods.calculateIdentityRatio( msa, 0 ) ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !isEqual( 0.5, MsaMethods.calculateIdentityRatio( msa, 1 ) ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !isEqual( 0.25, MsaMethods.calculateIdentityRatio( msa, 2 ) ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( !isEqual( 0.75, MsaMethods.calculateIdentityRatio( msa, 3 ) ) ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( final Exception e ) {
+            e.printStackTrace( System.out );
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean testSequenceIdParsing() {
+        try {
+            Identifier id = SequenceIdParser.parse( "gb_ADF31344_segmented_worms_" );
+            if ( ( id == null ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getValue() ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getProvider() )
+                    || !id.getValue().equals( "ADF31344" ) || !id.getProvider().equals( "ncbi" ) ) {
+                if ( id != null ) {
+                    System.out.println( "value   =" + id.getValue() );
+                    System.out.println( "provider=" + id.getProvider() );
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+            //
+            id = SequenceIdParser.parse( "segmented worms|gb_ADF31344" );
+            if ( ( id == null ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getValue() ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getProvider() )
+                    || !id.getValue().equals( "ADF31344" ) || !id.getProvider().equals( "ncbi" ) ) {
+                if ( id != null ) {
+                    System.out.println( "value   =" + id.getValue() );
+                    System.out.println( "provider=" + id.getProvider() );
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+            //
+            id = SequenceIdParser.parse( "segmented worms gb_ADF31344 and more" );
+            if ( ( id == null ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getValue() ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getProvider() )
+                    || !id.getValue().equals( "ADF31344" ) || !id.getProvider().equals( "ncbi" ) ) {
+                if ( id != null ) {
+                    System.out.println( "value   =" + id.getValue() );
+                    System.out.println( "provider=" + id.getProvider() );
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+            // 
+            id = SequenceIdParser.parse( "gb_AAA96518_1" );
+            if ( ( id == null ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getValue() ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getProvider() )
+                    || !id.getValue().equals( "AAA96518" ) || !id.getProvider().equals( "ncbi" ) ) {
+                if ( id != null ) {
+                    System.out.println( "value   =" + id.getValue() );
+                    System.out.println( "provider=" + id.getProvider() );
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+            // 
+            id = SequenceIdParser.parse( "gb_EHB07727_1_rodents_" );
+            if ( ( id == null ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getValue() ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getProvider() )
+                    || !id.getValue().equals( "EHB07727" ) || !id.getProvider().equals( "ncbi" ) ) {
+                if ( id != null ) {
+                    System.out.println( "value   =" + id.getValue() );
+                    System.out.println( "provider=" + id.getProvider() );
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+            // 
+            id = SequenceIdParser.parse( "dbj_BAF37827_1_turtles_" );
+            if ( ( id == null ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getValue() ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getProvider() )
+                    || !id.getValue().equals( "BAF37827" ) || !id.getProvider().equals( "ncbi" ) ) {
+                if ( id != null ) {
+                    System.out.println( "value   =" + id.getValue() );
+                    System.out.println( "provider=" + id.getProvider() );
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+            // 
+            id = SequenceIdParser.parse( "emb_CAA73223_1_primates_" );
+            if ( ( id == null ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getValue() ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getProvider() )
+                    || !id.getValue().equals( "CAA73223" ) || !id.getProvider().equals( "ncbi" ) ) {
+                if ( id != null ) {
+                    System.out.println( "value   =" + id.getValue() );
+                    System.out.println( "provider=" + id.getProvider() );
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+            // 
+            id = SequenceIdParser.parse( "mites|ref_XP_002434188_1" );
+            if ( ( id == null ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getValue() ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getProvider() )
+                    || !id.getValue().equals( "XP_002434188" ) || !id.getProvider().equals( "refseq" ) ) {
+                if ( id != null ) {
+                    System.out.println( "value   =" + id.getValue() );
+                    System.out.println( "provider=" + id.getProvider() );
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+            // 
+            id = SequenceIdParser.parse( "mites_ref_XP_002434188_1_bla_XP_12345" );
+            if ( ( id == null ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getValue() ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getProvider() )
+                    || !id.getValue().equals( "XP_002434188" ) || !id.getProvider().equals( "refseq" ) ) {
+                if ( id != null ) {
+                    System.out.println( "value   =" + id.getValue() );
+                    System.out.println( "provider=" + id.getProvider() );
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+            // 
+            id = SequenceIdParser.parse( "P4A123" );
+            if ( ( id == null ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getValue() ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getProvider() )
+                    || !id.getValue().equals( "P4A123" ) || !id.getProvider().equals( "sp" ) ) {
+                if ( id != null ) {
+                    System.out.println( "value   =" + id.getValue() );
+                    System.out.println( "provider=" + id.getProvider() );
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+            // 
+            id = SequenceIdParser.parse( "pllf[pok P4A123_osdjfosnqo035-9233332904i000490 vf tmv x45" );
+            if ( ( id == null ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getValue() ) || ForesterUtil.isEmpty( id.getProvider() )
+                    || !id.getValue().equals( "P4A123" ) || !id.getProvider().equals( "sp" ) ) {
+                if ( id != null ) {
+                    System.out.println( "value   =" + id.getValue() );
+                    System.out.println( "provider=" + id.getProvider() );
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+            // 
+            id = SequenceIdParser.parse( "XP_12345" );
+            if ( id != null ) {
+                System.out.println( "value   =" + id.getValue() );
+                System.out.println( "provider=" + id.getProvider() );
                 return false;
             }
+            // lcl_91970_unknown_
         }
         catch ( final Exception e ) {
             e.printStackTrace( System.out );