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package net.sf.samtools;

/**
 * A basic interface for writing BAM index files
 *
 * @author mborkan
 */
interface BAMIndexWriter {  // note - only package visibility

    /**
     * Write the data for one alignments to one reference sequence
     *
     * @param content    BAMIndexContent containing the information for one reference
     */
    public void writeReference(final BAMIndexContent content);

    /**
     * Writes out the count of records without coordinates
     *
     * @param count
     */
    public void writeNoCoordinateRecordCount(final Long count);

    /**
     * Any necessary processing at the end of the file
     */
    public void close();

}