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+/*
+ * BioJava development code
+ *
+ * This code may be freely distributed and modified under the
+ * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence. This should
+ * be distributed with the code. If you do not have a copy,
+ * see:
+ *
+ * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html
+ *
+ * Copyright for this code is held jointly by the individual
+ * authors. These should be listed in @author doc comments.
+ *
+ * For more information on the BioJava project and its aims,
+ * or to join the biojava-l mailing list, visit the home page
+ * at:
+ *
+ * http://www.biojava.org/
+ *
+ * Created on Feb 9, 2005
+ *
+ */
+package org.biojava.dasobert.feature;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A feature corresponds to a track in Ensembl
+ *
+ * @author Andreas Prlic
+ *
+ */
+public interface FeatureTrack {
+
+
+ public Object clone();
+
+ /** returns true if the specified sequence position is within the range of this Feature
+ *
+ * @param seqPosition the position to check
+ * @return true if the position is within the ranges of the segments of this feature
+ */
+ public boolean overlaps(int seqPosition);
+
+ public String toString();
+
+ public void setSource(String s);
+
+ public String getSource();
+
+ public void setName(String nam);
+
+ public String getName();
+
+ public void setMethod(String methd);
+
+ public String getMethod();
+
+ public void setType(String typ);
+
+ public String getType();
+
+ public void setNote(String nte);
+
+ public String getNote();
+
+ public void setLink(String lnk);
+
+ public String getLink();
+
+ public void setScore(String score);
+
+ public String getScore();
+
+ public void setOrientation(String orientation);
+
+ public String getOrientation();
+
+ /** test if two features are equivalent
+ *
+ * @param feat feature to compare with
+ * @return true if equivalend
+ */
+ public abstract boolean equals(FeatureTrack feat);
+
+ /** add a segment to this feature
+ *
+ * @param start position
+ * @param end position
+ * @param name of feature
+ */
+ public abstract void addSegment(int start, int end, String name);
+
+ public abstract void addSegment(Segment s);
+
+ public abstract List getSegments();
+
+ /** set the data from the DAS - type - id field
+ * (used for Ontology support)
+ * @param typeID
+ */
+ public void setTypeID(String typeID);
+
+ /** set the data from the DAS - type - category field
+ * (used for Ontology support)
+ * @param typeCategory
+ */
+ public void setTypeCategory(String typeCategory);
+
+ public String getTypeID();
+ public String getTypeCategory();
+
+}
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