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package org.biojava.bio.seq.impl;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.biojava.bio.Annotation;
import org.biojava.bio.seq.FeatureRealizer;
import org.biojava.bio.seq.Sequence;
import org.biojava.bio.seq.SequenceFactory;
import org.biojava.bio.symbol.SymbolList;

/**
 * A no-frills implementation of SequenceFactory that produces SimpleSequence
 * objects.
 *
 * @author Matthew Pocock
 * @author Thomas Down
 */
public class SimpleSequenceFactory implements SequenceFactory, Serializable {
    private FeatureRealizer realizer = org.biojava.bio.seq.impl.FeatureImpl.DEFAULT;
    
    /**
    *Returns the FeatureRealizer set by "setFeatureRealizer".
    */
    
    public FeatureRealizer getFeatureRealizer() {
	return realizer;
    }

    /**
     * Set the FeatureRealizer used by new sequences created by this
     * factory.
     */

    public void setFeatureRealizer(FeatureRealizer fr) {
	realizer = fr;
    }

    public Sequence createSequence(SymbolList symList,
				   String uri, String name, Annotation annotation) {
	return new org.biojava.bio.seq.impl.SimpleSequence(symList, uri, name, annotation, realizer);
    }
}