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021package org.biojava.nbio.structure.io.mmcif;
022
023import org.biojava.nbio.structure.io.mmcif.model.ChemComp;
024
025/** Interface that is implemented by all classes that can provide {@link ChemComp} definitions.
026 *
027 * @author Andreas Prlic
028 * @since 3.0
029 */
030public interface ChemCompProvider {
031
032        /** Returns a new instance of a chemical component definition.
033         *
034         * @param recordName the ID of the {@link ChemComp}
035         * @return a new {@link ChemComp} definition.
036         */
037        ChemComp getChemComp(String recordName) ;
038
039}