/*
* Copyright (c) 2007-2010 by The Broad Institute, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
* All Rights Reserved.
*
* This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Version 2.1 which
* is available at http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.php.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS." THE BROAD AND MIT MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF
* ANY KIND CONCERNING THE SOFTWARE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES
* OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR THE ABSENCE OF LATENT
* OR OTHER DEFECTS, WHETHER OR NOT DISCOVERABLE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE BROAD OR MIT, OR THEIR
* RESPECTIVE TRUSTEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF
* ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ECONOMIC
* DAMAGES OR INJURY TO PROPERTY AND LOST PROFITS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE BROAD OR MIT SHALL
* BE ADVISED, SHALL HAVE OTHER REASON TO KNOW, OR IN FACT SHALL KNOW OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE
* FOREGOING.
*/
package htsjdk.tribble;
import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
/**
* the basic interface that feature sources need to match
* @param <T> a feature type
*/
public interface FeatureReader<T extends Feature> extends Closeable {
public CloseableTribbleIterator<T> query(final String chr, final int start, final int end) throws IOException;
public CloseableTribbleIterator<T> iterator() throws IOException;
public void close() throws IOException;
public List<String> getSequenceNames();
public Object getHeader();
}