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package org.broad.igv.cli_plugin;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Interface common for writing Features out and in
 *
 * @author jacob
 * @since 2012-Oct-18
 */
interface PluginArguments {

    /**
     * It may be the case that the output is processed differently, depending on the input.
     * We allow for that by providing the commands and arguments here. Implementations are not
     * required to do anything with the input
     *
     * @param commands    Command portions of the input, e.g. {"find", "."}
     * @param argumentMap Arguments with their values. e.g. "-name", "myFile"
     * @param argument    Argument for which this instance was instantiated. For example,
     *                    this might be a FEATURE_TRACK argument. The track could be retrieved
     *                    with argumentMap.get(argument)
     */
    void setInputs(List<String> commands, Map<Argument, Object> argumentMap, Argument argument);
}