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#ifndef _hpp_ngs_pileup_
#define _hpp_ngs_pileup_

#ifndef _hpp_ngs_pileup_event_iterator_
#include <ngs/PileupEventIterator.hpp>
#endif

namespace ngs
{

    /*----------------------------------------------------------------------
     * forwards and typedefs
     */
    typedef PileupEventRef PileupRef;
    

    /*======================================================================
     * Pileup
     *  represents a slice through a stack of Alignments
     *  at a given position on the Reference
     */
    class Pileup : public PileupEventIterator
    {
    public:

        /*------------------------------------------------------------------
         * Reference
         */

        /* getReferenceSpec
         */
        String getReferenceSpec () const
            throw ( ErrorMsg );

        /* getReferencePosition
         */
        int64_t getReferencePosition () const
            throw ( ErrorMsg );

        /* getReferenceBase
         *  retrieves base at current Reference position
         */
        char getReferenceBase () const
            throw ( ErrorMsg );


        /*------------------------------------------------------------------
         * details of this pileup row
         */

        /* getPileupDepth
         *  returns the coverage depth
         *  at the current reference position
         */
        uint32_t getPileupDepth () const
            throw ( ErrorMsg );

    public:

        // C++ support

        Pileup & operator = ( PileupRef ref )
            throw ();
        Pileup ( PileupRef ref )
            throw ();

        Pileup & operator = ( const Pileup & obj )
            throw ( ErrorMsg );
        Pileup ( const Pileup & obj )
            throw ( ErrorMsg );

        ~ Pileup ()
            throw ();
    };

} // namespace ngs


#ifndef _inl_ngs_pileup_
#include <ngs/inl/Pileup.hpp>
#endif

#endif // _hpp_ngs_pileup_