2 // FORESTER -- software libraries and applications
3 // for evolutionary biology research and applications.
5 // Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Christian M. Zmasek
6 // Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Burnham Institute for Medical Research
9 // This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
10 // modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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12 // version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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26 package org.forester.msa;
28 import java.io.IOException;
29 import java.io.Writer;
31 import org.forester.sequence.Sequence.TYPE;
33 public interface Msa {
35 public Object getIdentifier( int row );
37 public void setIdentifier( int row, Object identifier );
39 public int getLength();
41 public int getNumberOfSequences();
43 public char getResidueAt( int row, int col );
45 public StringBuffer getSequenceAsString( int row );
47 public abstract TYPE getType();
49 public void setResidueAt( final int row, final int col, final char residue );
51 public void write( Writer w ) throws IOException;