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gnFeature.h

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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// File:            gnFeature.h
// Purpose:         implements the gnBaseFeature for generic features
// Description:     
// Changes:        
// Version:         libGenome 0.5.1 
// Author:          Aaron Darling 
// Modified by:     
// Copyright:       (c) Aaron Darling 
// Licenses:        See COPYING file for details 
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#ifndef _gnFeature_h_
#define _gnFeature_h_

#include "gn/gnDefs.h"

#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include "gn/gnBaseFeature.h"
#include "gn/gnBaseQualifier.h"

/**
 * gnFeature stores sequence features in memory.
 * It contains a list of locations and qualifiers which are used to describe this feature.
 * It can be referred to by ID.
 */
class GNDLLEXPORT gnFeature : public gnBaseFeature
{
public:
        /**
         * Empty constructor.
         */
        gnFeature( );
        /**
         * Creates a memory feature with the specified name.
         * @param name The name of the feature.
         * @param id The id number of the feature
         * @param lt The type of sequence location covered by this feature
         * @param broken True if the feature was broken by some sequence manipulation, false otherwise.
         */
        gnFeature( string& name, uint32 id = 0, gnLocation::gnLocationType lt = gnLocation::LT_Nothing, boolean broken = false );
        /**
         * Copy constructor.
         * @param s The gnFeature to copy.
         */
        gnFeature( const gnFeature& s );
        /**
         * Destructor, frees memory.
         */
        ~gnFeature();
// Clone
        gnFeature* Clone() const;

private:
}; // class gnFeature

inline
gnFeature* gnFeature::Clone() const
{
        return new gnFeature(*this);
}

#endif
        // _gnFeature_h_

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