private Alignment readCharactersBlock(TaxonList taxonList) throws ImportException, IOException {
  siteCount=0;
  dataType=null;
  readDataBlockHeader("MATRIX",CHARACTERS_BLOCK);
  SimpleAlignment alignment=new SimpleAlignment();
  readSequenceData(alignment,taxonList);
  alignment.updateSiteCount();
  findEndBlock();
  return alignment;
}

private Alignment readCharactersBlock ( TaxonList taxonList ) throws ImportException , IOException { siteCount = 0 ; dataType = null ; readDataBlockHeader ( "MATRIX" , CHARACTERS_BLOCK ) ; SimpleAlignment alignment = new SimpleAlignment ( ) ; readSequenceData ( alignment , taxonList ) ; alignment . updateSiteCount ( ) ; findEndBlock ( ) ; return alignment ; }
reads a ' characters ' block .
