package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers;

import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.refdata.RefMetaDataTracker;
import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.LocusContext;

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@By(DataSource.READS)
@Requires({DataSource.READS,DataSource.REFERENCE})
public abstract class LocusWalker<MapType, ReduceType> extends Walker<MapType, ReduceType> {
    // Do we actually want to operate on the context?
    public boolean filter(RefMetaDataTracker tracker, char ref, LocusContext context) {
        return true;    // We are keeping all the reads
    }

    // Map over the org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.LocusContext
    public abstract MapType map(RefMetaDataTracker tracker, char ref, LocusContext context);
}