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021
022
023package org.biojava.bio.alignment;
024
025import org.biojava.bio.BioException;
026import org.biojava.utils.ChangeType;
027import org.biojava.utils.ChangeVetoException;
028
029/** 
030 * <p>ARAlignment is an interface that defines methods for adding and
031 * removing seqeunces from an Alignment.</p>
032 *
033 * @author David Waring
034 */
035
036public interface ARAlignment extends Alignment{
037    
038    public void addSequence(AlignmentElement ae) throws ChangeVetoException,BioException;
039    public void removeSequence(Object label) throws ChangeVetoException;
040    
041    public static final ChangeType ADD_LABEL = new ChangeType(
042        "Adding a sequence to the alignment",
043        "org.biojava.bio.alignment.ARAlignment",
044        "ADD_LABEL"
045    );
046    
047    public static final ChangeType REMOVE_LABEL = new ChangeType(
048        "Adding a sequence to the alignment",
049        "org.biojava.bio.alignment.ARAlignment",
050        "REMOVE_LABEL"
051    );
052    
053
054}