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package org.biojava.bio.symbol;

/**
 * This interface exists to hide implementational details
 * of SymbolLists when making chunked symbol lists.
 *
 * @author David Huen
 */

public interface SymbolListFactory
{
    /**
     * makes a SymbolList containing size Symbols from a Symbol array.
     * primarily used to create chunks for a chunked symbol list.
     */
    public SymbolList makeSymbolList(Symbol [] symbolArray, int size, Alphabet alfa) throws IllegalAlphabetException;
}