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diff --git a/src/api/BamIndex.h b/src/api/BamIndex.h
index a52922e..067244e 100644
--- a/src/api/BamIndex.h
+++ b/src/api/BamIndex.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // BamIndex.h (c) 2009 Derek Barnett
 // Marth Lab, Department of Biology, Boston College
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Last modified: 5 April 2011 (DB)
+// Last modified: 6 October 2011 (DB)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Provides basic BAM index interface
 // ***************************************************************************
@@ -56,22 +56,36 @@ class API_EXPORT BamIndex {
     // index interface
     public:
         // builds index from associated BAM file & writes out to index file
-        virtual bool Create(void) =0; // creates index file from BAM file
+        virtual bool Create(void) =0;
+
+        // returns a human-readable description of the last error encountered
+        std::string GetErrorString(void) { return m_errorString; }
+
         // returns whether reference has alignments or no
         virtual bool HasAlignments(const int& referenceID) const =0;
+
         // attempts to use index data to jump to @region, returns success/fail
         // a "successful" jump indicates no error, but not whether this region has data
         //   * thus, the method sets a flag to indicate whether there are alignments
         //     available after the jump position
         virtual bool Jump(const BamTools::BamRegion& region, bool* hasAlignmentsInRegion) =0;
+
         // loads existing data from file into memory
         virtual bool Load(const std::string& filename) =0;
+
         // change the index caching behavior
         virtual void SetCacheMode(const BamIndex::IndexCacheMode& mode) =0;
 
+    // internal methods
+    protected:
+        void SetErrorString(const std::string& where, const std::string& what) const {
+            m_errorString = where + ": " + what;
+        }
+
     // data members
     protected:
-        Internal::BamReaderPrivate* m_reader; // copy, not ownedprivate:
+        Internal::BamReaderPrivate* m_reader; // copy, not owned
+        mutable std::string m_errorString;
 };
 
 } // namespace BamTools