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[jalview.git] / src / jalview / datamodel / SearchResultMatchI.java

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+package jalview.datamodel;
+
+/**
+ * An interface that describes one matched region of an alignment, as one
+ * contiguous portion of a single dataset sequence
+ */
+public interface SearchResultMatchI
+{
+  /**
+   * Returns the matched sequence
+   * 
+   * @return
+   */
+  SequenceI getSequence();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the start position of the match in the sequence (base 1)
+   * 
+   * @return
+   */
+  int getStart();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the end position of the match in the sequence (base 1)
+   * 
+   * @return
+   */
+  int getEnd();
+
+}
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