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package org.biojava.bio.seq;

import org.biojava.bio.*;
import org.biojava.bio.symbol.*;

/**
 * The interface for objects that will manufacture sequences.
 * <P>
 * The factory layer is in here as sequences are potentialy heavy-weight, so we
 * want to decouple their possibly complicated creation from the code that wants
 * to make them.
 *
 * @author Matthew Pocock
 */
public interface SequenceFactory {
  /**
   * Creates a sequence using these parameters.
   *
   * @param resList the SymbolList defining the 'sequence'
   * @param uri the uri
   * @param name   the name
   * @param annotation  a hint for the annotation of the resulting sequence
   * @return  a new Sequence object
   */
  Sequence createSequence(SymbolList resList,
                          String uri, String name, Annotation annotation);
}
