001/* 002 * BioJava development code 003 * 004 * This code may be freely distributed and modified under the 005 * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence. This should 006 * be distributed with the code. If you do not have a copy, 007 * see: 008 * 009 * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html 010 * 011 * Copyright for this code is held jointly by the individual 012 * authors. These should be listed in @author doc comments. 013 * 014 * For more information on the BioJava project and its aims, 015 * or to join the biojava-l mailing list, visit the home page 016 * at: 017 * 018 * http://www.biojava.org/ 019 * 020 * Created on 01-21-2010 021 */ 022package org.biojava.nbio.core.sequence.location.template; 023 024import org.biojava.nbio.core.sequence.template.Accessioned; 025import org.biojava.nbio.core.sequence.template.Compound; 026import org.biojava.nbio.core.sequence.template.ProxySequenceReader; 027 028/** 029 * A location which is bound to an AccessionID. This is common in 030 * INSDC locations where a location actually points to a remote sequence. This 031 * is especially common in records describing Genomic sequence assembly. 032 * 033 * @author ayates 034 */ 035public interface AccesionedLocation extends Location, Accessioned { 036 037 /** 038 * Return the proxy reader used to get sequence for this location. We 039 * assume that AccessionID is bound to the instance to facilitate this 040 * lookup. 041 */ 042 ProxySequenceReader<? extends Compound> getProxySequenceReader(); 043}