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 * Created on 26.04.2004
 * @author Andreas Prlic
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 */
package org.biojava.bio.structure.io;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.biojava.bio.structure.Structure;


/**
 * Defines the interface how to access Structure (- PDB file) input,output readers, writers.
 *
 * @author Andreas Prlic
 * @version %I% %G%
 */

public interface StructureIO {
    
    /** Get a structure by providing a PDB code.
     * 
     * @param pdbId  a String specifying the id value (PDB code)
     * @return a Structure object
     * @throws IOException ...
     */

    public Structure getStructureById(String pdbId) throws IOException;


    
}