/*
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 * Created on 22.09.2004
 * @author Andreas Prlic
 *
 */

package org.biojava.dasobert.feature;

import java.awt.Color;

/** a class to keep track of location information for a feature */
public interface Segment
{

  public Object clone();

  public String toString();

  public String getNote();

  public void setNote(String note);

  public void setStart(int strt);

  public int getStart();

  public void setEnd(int ed);

  public int getEnd();

  public void setName(String nam);

  public String getName();

  public void setColor(Color col);

  public Color getColor();

  public void setParent(FeatureTrack f);

  public FeatureTrack getParent();

  public void setTxtColor(String str);

  public String getTxtColor();

  /**
   * returns true if the specified sequence position is within the range of this
   * Segment
   * 
   * @param seqPosition
   *                the position to check
   * @return true if seqPos >= start && seqPos <= end
   */
  public boolean overlaps(int seqPosition);

  /**
   * tests if two segments are overlapping
   * 
   * @param segment
   *                to compare with
   * @return true if segments overlap
   */
  public boolean overlaps(Segment segment);

}