/*
* SequenceList.java
*
* Copyright (c) 2002-2015 Alexei Drummond, Andrew Rambaut and Marc Suchard
*
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package dr.evolution.sequence;
import dr.evolution.util.TaxonList;
/**
* Interface for a list of sequences.
*
* @version $Id: SequenceList.java,v 1.10 2005/05/24 20:25:56 rambaut Exp $
*
* @author Andrew Rambaut
*/
public interface SequenceList extends TaxonList {
/**
* @return a count of the number of sequences in the list.
*/
public int getSequenceCount();
/**
* @return the ith sequence in the list.
*/
public Sequence getSequence(int i);
/**
* Sets an named attribute for a given sequence.
* @param index the index of the sequence whose attribute is being set.
* @param name the name of the attribute.
* @param value the new value of the attribute.
*/
public void setSequenceAttribute(int index, String name, Object value);
/**
* @return an object representing the named attributed for the given sequence.
* @param index the index of the sequence whose attribute is being fetched.
* @param name the name of the attribute of interest.
*/
public Object getSequenceAttribute(int index, String name);
}