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022package org.biojava.nbio.core.sequence.location.template;
023
024import org.biojava.nbio.core.sequence.template.Accessioned;
025import org.biojava.nbio.core.sequence.template.Compound;
026import org.biojava.nbio.core.sequence.template.ProxySequenceReader;
027
028/**
029 * A location which is bound to an AccessionID. This is common in
030 * INSDC locations where a location actually points to a remote sequence. This
031 * is especially common in records describing Genomic sequence assembly.
032 *
033 * @author ayates
034 */
035public interface AccesionedLocation extends Location, Accessioned {
036
037        /**
038         * Return the proxy reader used to get sequence for this location. We
039         * assume that AccessionID is bound to the instance to facilitate this
040         * lookup.
041         */
042        ProxySequenceReader<? extends Compound> getProxySequenceReader();
043}