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package org.biojava.bio.seq.io;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import org.biojava.bio.AbstractAnnotation;
import org.biojava.utils.ChangeVetoException;

/**
 * @author Lorna Morris
 * @since 1.3.1
 * @deprecated Use org.biojavax.bio.seq.io framework instead
 */
public class ReferenceAnnotation extends AbstractAnnotation {

     /**
   * The properties map. This may be null if no property values have
   * yet been set.
   */
    private Map properties;

    public ReferenceAnnotation() {

            super();
        try {
            //System.out.println("Calling refAnnot");
            this.setProperty(EmblLikeFormat.SEPARATOR_TAG, "");//all references have an epty XX line
        } catch (ChangeVetoException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    protected Map getProperties() {
        if(!propertiesAllocated()) {
            properties = new HashMap();
        }
        return properties;
    }

    protected boolean propertiesAllocated() {
        return properties != null;
    }
}