PlaceHolder.h

// Copyright (c) 2003, The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), Rockville,
// Maryland, U.S.A.  All rights reserved.
#ifndef PLACEHOLDER_H
#define PLACEHOLDER_H

#include "Prediction.h"

class ostream;

class PlaceHolder : public Prediction {
public:
  PlaceHolder(const Prediction& pred, const Prediction* big) : Prediction(pred), _totalSequence(big) { }

  virtual ~PlaceHolder() { }

  virtual void del() { }
  DataStorageType* makePlaceHolders() const { assert(0); return NULL; }

  const string& getTypeStr() const { return _ph; }

  const Prediction* getWholeShabang() const { return _totalSequence; }

  void print(std::ostream&,const std::string& ) const;

private:
  const static string _ph;
  const Prediction* _totalSequence;
};


#endif