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-package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.dataSources;
-
-import net.sf.samtools.SAMFileReader;
-import net.sf.samtools.SAMRecord;
-
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.io.File;
-
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.iterators.VerifyingSamIterator;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.iterators.ReferenceIterator;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.fasta.FastaSequenceFile2;
-
-/**
- * User: aaron
- * Date: Mar 26, 2009
- * Time: 10:35:40 AM
- * <p/>
- * The Broad Institute
- * SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT NOTICE AGREEMENT
- * This software and its documentation are copyright 2009 by the
- * Broad Institute/Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All rights are reserved.
- * <p/>
- * This software is supplied without any warranty or guaranteed support whatsoever. Neither
- * the Broad Institute nor MIT can be responsible for its use, misuse, or functionality.
- */
-public class ReadDataSource {
-
-    /**
-     * our SAM data files
-     */
-    // our SAM reader
-    private SAMFileReader samReader = null;
-    // iterator over the sam records in the readsFile
-    private Iterator<SAMRecord> samReadIter = null;
-
-    // The verifying iterator, it does checking
-    VerifyingSamIterator verifyingSamReadIter = null;
-
-
-    /**
-     * our reference data source
-     */
-    // The reference data -- filename, refSeqFile, and iterator
-    private File refFileName = null;                        // the name of the reference file
-    //private ReferenceSequenceFile refFile = null;
-    private FastaSequenceFile2 refFile = null;              // todo: merge FastaSequenceFile2 into picard!
-    private ReferenceIterator refIter = null;
-}