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020     * Created on 01-21-2010
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022    package org.biojava3.core.sequence.location.template;
023    
024    import org.biojava3.core.sequence.template.Accessioned;
025    import org.biojava3.core.sequence.template.Compound;
026    import org.biojava3.core.sequence.template.ProxySequenceReader;
027    
028    /**
029     * A location which is bound to an AccessionID. This is common in 
030     * INSDC locations where a location actually points to a remote sequence. This
031     * is especially common in records describing Genomic sequence assembly.
032     *
033     * @author ayates
034     */
035    public interface AccesionedLocation extends Location, Accessioned {
036    
037        /**
038         * Return the proxy reader used to get sequence for this location. We
039         * assume that AccessionID is bound to the instance to facilitate this
040         * lookup.
041         */
042        ProxySequenceReader<? extends Compound> getProxySequenceReader();
043    }