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021
022package org.biojavax.bio.seq.io;
023
024import org.biojava.bio.BioException;
025import org.biojava.bio.seq.Sequence;
026import org.biojava.bio.seq.io.SequenceBuilder;
027import org.biojavax.bio.seq.RichSequence;
028
029/**
030 * An interface for objects that can build RichSequences.
031 * @author Mark Schreiber
032 * @since 1.5
033 */
034public interface RichSequenceBuilder extends RichSeqIOListener, SequenceBuilder {
035    
036    /**
037     * {@inheritDoc}
038     * Implementations of this for a RichSequenceBuilder should
039     * delegate to makeRichSequence() and return only RichSequence objects.
040     */
041    public Sequence makeSequence() throws BioException;
042    
043    /**
044     * Build a RichSequence.
045     * @return a RichSequence
046     * @throws BioException if it is not possible to build a RichSequence
047     */
048    public RichSequence makeRichSequence() throws BioException;
049}