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021package org.biojavax.bio.phylo.io.nexus;
022
023import java.io.IOException;
024import java.io.Writer;
025
026/**
027 * Represents general info about nexus objects.
028 * 
029 * @author Richard Holland
030 * @author Tobias Thierer
031 * @author Jim Balhoff
032 * @since 1.6
033 */
034public interface NexusObject {
035        /**
036         * Writes this object to the given writer.
037         * 
038         * @param writer
039         *            the writer to write to.
040         * @throws IOException
041         *             if it could not be written.
042         */
043        public void writeObject(Writer writer) throws IOException;
044}