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    /* EntrySource.java
     *
     * created: Wed Jun  7 2000
     *
     * This file is part of Artemis
     * 
     * Copyright (C) 2000  Genome Research Limited
     * 
     * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
     * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
     * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
     * 
     * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     * GNU General Public License for more details.
     * 
     * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
     * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
     *
    
     * $Header: //tmp/pathsoft/artemis/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/EntrySource.java,v 1.2 2004-12-03 17:47:04 tjc Exp $
    
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    package uk.ac.sanger.artemis;
    
    import uk.ac.sanger.artemis.sequence.*;
    import uk.ac.sanger.artemis.util.*;
    
    import java.io.*;
    
    /**
     *  This interface is implemented by those objects that can produce an Entry
     *  object.  Examples include objects that can read an Entry from a file or
     *  from a CORBA server.
     *
     *  @author Kim Rutherford <kmr@sanger.ac.uk>
    
     *  @version $Id: EntrySource.java,v 1.2 2004-12-03 17:47:04 tjc Exp $
    
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     **/
    
    public interface EntrySource 
    {
      /**
       *  Get an Entry object from this source (by reading from a file, reading
       *  from a CORBA server, or whatever).
       *  @param bases The Bases object to pass to the Entry constructor.
       *  @exception OutOfRangeException Thrown if one of the features in 
       *    the Entry is out of range of the Bases object.
       *  @param show_progress If true show a Dialog showing the progress while
       *    loading (may be ignored).
       *  @return null if and only if the read is cancelled by the user or if the
       *    read fails.
       **/
      Entry getEntry(final Bases bases,
                     final boolean show_progress)
          throws OutOfRangeException, IOException;
    
      /**
       *  Get an Entry object from this source (by reading from a file, reading
       *  from a CORBA server, or whatever).  A Bases object will be created for
       *  the sequence of the new Entry.
       *  @exception OutOfRangeException Thrown if one of the features in
       *    the Entry is out of range of the Bases object.
       *  @exception NoSequenceException Thrown if the entry that we read has no
       *    sequence.
       *  @param show_progress If true show a Dialog showing the progress while
       *    loading (may be ignored).
       *  @return null if and only if the user cancels the read or if the read
       *    fails.
       **/
      Entry getEntry(final boolean show_progress)
          throws OutOfRangeException, NoSequenceException, IOException;
    
      /**
       *  Returns true if and only if this EntrySource always returns "full"
       *  entries.  ie. entries that contain features and sequence.
       **/
      boolean isFullEntrySource();
    
    //    /**
    //     *  Get an Entry object from this source by name (by reading from a file,
    //     *  reading from a CORBA server, or whatever).
    //     *  @param entry_name The name (or id/accession number) of the Entry to read.
    //     *  @exception OutOfRangeException Thrown if one of the features in
    //     *    embl_entry is out of range of the Bases object.
    //     *  @exception NoSequenceException Thrown if the entry that we read has no
    //     *    sequence.
    //     *  @return null if and only if there is no Entry with that name.
    //     **/
    //    public Entry getEntryByName (final String entry_name)
    //        throws OutOfRangeException, NoSequenceException, IOException;
    
      /**
       *  Return the name of this source (to display to the user in menus).
       **/
      String getSourceName ();
    }