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021
022
023package org.biojava.bio.alignment;
024
025
026import org.biojava.bio.BioError;
027import org.biojava.bio.symbol.Location;
028import org.biojava.bio.symbol.SymbolList;
029
030/** 
031 * <p>AlignmentElement is a class which represents a SymbolList and its
032 * location within an Alignment This is for use in
033 * UnequalLengthAlignments and ARAlignments.</p>
034 *
035 * @author David Waring
036 */
037
038public interface AlignmentElement{
039    
040    public String getLabel();
041    public Location getLoc();
042    public SymbolList getSymbolList();
043    public void setLoc(Location nLoc)throws BioError;
044
045}