basic class defining symbol dictionaries

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+package org.vamsas.objects.utils;
+
+public class SymbolDictionary {
+  /**
+   * defines standard names and properties for vamsas sequence dictionaries
+   */
+  static final public String STANDARD_AA="info:iubmb.org/aminoacids"; // strict 1 letter code
+  static final public String STANDARD_NA="info:iubmb.org/nucleosides";// strict 1 letter code (do not allow arbitrary rare nucleosides)
+  /**
+   * TODO: Vamsas Dictionary properties interface
+   * an interface for dictionary provides :
+   * validation for a string
+   * symbolwidth (or symbol next/previous)
+   * mappings to certain other dictionaries (one2three, etc)
+   * gap-character test
+   * 
+   */
+  
+}