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package org.broad.igv.feature;

//~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------


import org.broad.igv.feature.genome.Genome;
import org.broad.igv.track.FeatureTrack;
import org.broad.igv.track.TrackProperties;
import org.broad.igv.util.ResourceLocator;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * @author jrobinso
 */
public interface FeatureParser {


    List<FeatureTrack> loadTracks(ResourceLocator locator, Genome genome);

    /**
     * Method description
     *
     * @param reader
     * @return
     */
    List<org.broad.tribble.Feature> loadFeatures(BufferedReader reader, Genome genome);


    public TrackProperties getTrackProperties();

}
