package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.refdata;

import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.GenomeLoc;

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public abstract class ReferenceOrderedDatum implements Comparable<ReferenceOrderedDatum> {

    public ReferenceOrderedDatum() { }

    public abstract void parseLine(final String[] parts);

    public abstract String toString();
    public abstract String toSimpleString();
    public abstract String repl();

    public abstract GenomeLoc getLocation();
    public int compareTo( ReferenceOrderedDatum that ) {
        return getLocation().compareTo(that.getLocation());
    }

    public final String getContig() { return getLocation().getContig(); }
    public final long getStart() { return getLocation().getStart(); }
    public final long getStop() { return getLocation().getStop(); }
}