//=====================================================================
// File:    LaneOperation.java
// Class:   LaneOperation
// 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
// 
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
// as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
// of the License.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
//
// The GNU General Public License is distributed in the file GPL
//=====================================================================

package AFLPcore;

/**
 * This is an abstract class that represents operations on a set of Lanes.
 * For example, an operation may do something like normalize a lane or
 * find the total signal strength of the lane. Operations of this type
 * can be added to the <code>LaneOpMgr</code>.
 *
 * @see LaneOpMgr
 * @see FeatureList
 *
 * @author James J. Benham
 * @version 1.0.0
 * @date August 10, 1998
 */

public abstract class LaneOperation extends Operation
{
  /**
   * This performs some sort of operation on a set of lanes.
   *
   * @param lanes   the lanes to use
   */
  public abstract void doLaneOp(DataList lanes);
}