/*
 * Copyright (C) 2009-2011 by Benedict Paten (benedictpaten@gmail.com)
 *
 * Released under the MIT license, see LICENSE.txt
 */

#ifndef CACTUS_SEQUENCE_PRIVATE_H_
#define CACTUS_SEQUENCE_PRIVATE_H_

#include "cactusGlobals.h"

struct _sequence {
	MetaSequence *metaSequence;
	Flower *flower;
};


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//Sequence functions.
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/*
 * Write a binary representation of the sequence to the write function.
 */
void sequence_writeBinaryRepresentation(Sequence *sequence, void (*writeFn)(const void * ptr, size_t size, size_t count));

/*
 * Loads a sequence into memory from a binary representation of the sequence.
 */
Sequence *sequence_loadFromBinaryRepresentation(void **binaryString, Flower *flower);

/*
 * Get a static instance (from the heap) with the name set.
 */
Sequence *sequence_getStaticNameWrapper(Name name);

#endif