001/*
002 *                    BioJava development code
003 *
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021
022package org.biojavax.bio.seq;
023import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
024
025import org.biojava.bio.BioException;
026import org.biojava.bio.seq.SequenceIterator;
027import org.biojavax.bio.BioEntryIterator;
028
029
030/**
031 * Essentially the same as SequenceIterator. It provides a new
032 * method that returns RichSequence objects without the need for
033 * explicit casting. Implementations of this interface should <b>always</b>
034 * return RichSequence objects for both the nextSequence() and 
035 * nextRichSequence() methods.
036 *
037 * @author Mark Schreiber
038 * @author Richard Holland
039 * @see org.biojava.bio.seq.SequenceIterator
040 * @since 1.5
041 */
042public interface RichSequenceIterator extends BioEntryIterator,SequenceIterator {
043    public RichSequence nextRichSequence() throws NoSuchElementException, BioException;
044}