//=====================================================================
// File:    BinOperation.java
// Class:   BinOperation
// Package: AFLPcore
//
// Author:  James J. Benham
// Date:    August 10, 1998
// Contact: james_benham@hmc.edu
//
// Genographer v1.0 - Computer assisted scoring of gels.
// Copyright (C) 1998  Montana State University
// 
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//
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//=====================================================================

package AFLPcore;

/**
 * This is an abstract class that represents operations on a bin.
 * Operations can be performed either on a set of bins or just a single
 * bin.
 *
 * @author James J. Benham
 * @version 1.0.0
 * @date August 10, 1998
 */

public abstract class BinOperation extends Operation
{
  /**
   * Tells wether the this operation supports a single bin, or a multi-bin
   * operation.
   */
  public abstract boolean isMultiBin();

  /**
   * This performs some sort of operation on the bin. 
   *
   * @param bin   the bin to use
   */
  public abstract void doBinOp(Bin bin);

  /**
   * This performs some sort of operation on all of the bins
   *
   * @param bins   the bins in the gel
   */
  public abstract void doBinOp(DataList bins);
}