public void writePhylip(File file) {
try {
PrintStream w;
// transparent gz compression
if (file.getName().endsWith(".gz")) {
w = new PrintStream(new GZIPOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file)));
} else {
w = new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(file));
}
writePhylip(w);
w.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(MultipleAlignment.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
