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#ifndef _hpp_ngs_ncbi_NGS_
#define _hpp_ngs_ncbi_NGS_

#ifndef _hpp_ngs_read_collection_
#include <ngs/ReadCollection.hpp>
#endif

#ifndef _hpp_ngs_reference_sequence_
#include <ngs/ReferenceSequence.hpp>
#endif


/*==========================================================================
 * NCBI NGS Engine
 *  this class binds the NGS interface to NCBI's NGS implementation
 *  all of the code operates natively on SRA files
 */
namespace ncbi
{

    /*----------------------------------------------------------------------
     * typedefs used to import names from ngs namespace
     */
    typedef :: ngs :: String String;
    typedef :: ngs :: ErrorMsg ErrorMsg;
    typedef :: ngs :: ReadCollection ReadCollection;
    typedef :: ngs :: ReferenceSequence ReferenceSequence;


    /*======================================================================
     * NGS
     *  static implementation root
     */
    class NGS
    {
    public:

        /* setAppVersionString
         *  updates User-Agent header in HTTP communications
         *
         *  example usage:
         *    ncbi::NGS::setAppVersionString ( "pileup-stats.1.0.0" );
         */
        static
        void setAppVersionString ( const String & app_version )
            throw ();

        /* openReadCollection
         *  create an object representing a named collection of reads
         *  "spec" may be a path to an object
         *  or may be an id, accession, or URL
         */
        static 
        ReadCollection openReadCollection ( const String & spec )
            throw ( ErrorMsg );

        /* openReferenceSequence
         *  create an object representing a named reference
         *  "spec" may be a path to an object
         *  or may be an id, accession, or URL
         */
        static 
        ReferenceSequence openReferenceSequence ( const String & spec )
            throw ( ErrorMsg );
    };

} // ncbi

#endif // _hpp_ngs_ncbi_NGS_
