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package htsjdk.tribble.index;
import htsjdk.tribble.Feature;
/**
*
* An interface for creating indexes
*
* @author jrobinso
*/
public interface IndexCreator {
/**
* Add a feature to the index
* @param feature the feature, of which start, end, and contig must be filled in
* @param filePosition the current file position, at the beginning of the specified feature
*/
public void addFeature(Feature feature, long filePosition);
/**
* Create the index, given the stream of features passed in to this point
* @param finalFilePosition the final file position, for indexes that have to close out with the final position
* @return an index object
*/
public Index finalizeIndex(long finalFilePosition);
}