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#ifndef _hpp_ngs_read_group_
#define _hpp_ngs_read_group_

#ifndef _hpp_ngs_read_iterator_
#include <ngs/ReadIterator.hpp>
#endif

#ifndef _hpp_ngs_statistics_
#include <ngs/Statistics.hpp>
#endif

namespace ngs
{

    /*----------------------------------------------------------------------
     * forwards and typedefs
     */
    typedef class ReadGroupItf * ReadGroupRef;


    /*======================================================================
     * ReadGroup
     *  represents an NGS-capable object with a group of Reads
     */
    class ReadGroup
    {
    public:

        /* getName
         *  returns the simple name of the read group
         */
        String getName () const
            throw ( ErrorMsg );


        /*------------------------------------------------------------------
         * STATISTICS
         */
		 
		Statistics getStatistics () const 
            throw ( ErrorMsg );

    public:

        // C++ support

        ReadGroup & operator = ( ReadGroupRef ref )
            throw ();
        ReadGroup ( ReadGroupRef ref )
            throw ();

        ReadGroup & operator = ( const ReadGroup & obj )
            throw ();
        ReadGroup ( const ReadGroup & obj )
            throw ();

        ~ ReadGroup ()
            throw ();

    protected:

        ReadGroupRef self;
    };

} // namespace ngs


// inlines
#ifndef _inl_ngs_read_group_
#include <ngs/inl/ReadGroup.hpp>
#endif

#endif // _hpp_ngs_read_group_