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21 package jalview.io.packed;
24 * API for a data provider that can be used with
25 * jalview.io.packed.ParsePackedSet
30 public interface DataProvider
33 * class of data expected to be provided by datasource
38 public enum JvDataType
41 * any alignment flatfile recognisable by jalview.io.IdentifyFile
45 * a jalview annotation file
49 * a GFF or Jalview features file
53 * a tree representation understood by the NewickFile parser
57 * any file that provides data that should be associated with a specified
64 * data to be parsed according to its type. Each call to getDataSource should
65 * return a new instance of the same data stream initialised to the beginning
66 * of the chunk of data that is to be parsed.
70 jalview.io.FileParse getDataSource();
73 * association context for data. Either null or a specific sequence.
77 Object getSequenceTarget();
84 DataProvider.JvDataType getType();