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021
022package org.biojava.bio.seq.io;
023
024import java.io.BufferedReader;
025
026import org.biojava.bio.alignment.Alignment;
027
028/**
029 * @author Matthew Pocock
030 * @author Samiul Hasan
031 * @author Thomas Down
032 * @author Keith James
033 */
034public interface AlignmentFormat {
035    /**
036     * Read in an alignment from a buffered reader object
037     * @param reader the reader from which to read in the alignment
038     */
039    public Alignment read(BufferedReader reader);
040}