/*
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 * Created on 26.04.2004
 * @author Andreas Prlic
 *
 */
package org.biojava.bio.structure.io;

import org.biojava.bio.structure.Structure ;
import java.io.IOException ;

/**
 * interface StructureIOFile extends the StructureIO interface
 * and adds a few File specific methods.
 * @author Andreas Prlic
 */
public interface StructureIOFile extends StructureIO {
    
    /** set path to file / connection string to db.
     * @param path  a String specifying the path value
     */
    public void setPath(String path) ;

    /** add a known File extension.
     * @param ext  a String ...
     */
    public void addExtension(String ext);

    /** open filename and returns
     * a Structure object.
     * @param filename  a String
     * @return a Structure object
     * @throws IOException ...
     */
    public Structure getStructure(String filename) throws IOException ;

    
}
