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#ifndef _hpp_ngs_bam_
#define _hpp_ngs_bam_

#ifndef _hpp_ngs_read_collection_
#include <ngs/ReadCollection.hpp>
#endif

#include <string>

namespace NGS_BAM
{

    /* openReadCollection
     *  create an object representing a named collection of reads
     *  "path" is a file-system path to a BAM file
     */
    ngs :: ReadCollection openReadCollection ( const std :: string & path );
}

#endif // _hpp_ngs_bam_
