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+#ifndef DISTANCEDB_HPP
+#define DISTANCEDB_HPP
+
+/*
+ * distancedb.hpp
+ *
+ *
+ * Created by westcott on 1/27/10.
+ * Copyright 2010 Schloss Lab. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include "mothur.h"
+#include "dist.h"
+
+class DistanceDB : public Database {
+
+public:
+
+ DistanceDB();
+ ~DistanceDB() { delete distCalculator; }
+
+ void generateDB() {} //doesn't generate a search db
+ void addSequence(Sequence);
+ string getName(int i) { return data[i].getName(); }
+ vector<int> findClosestSequences(Sequence*, int); // returns indexes of n closest sequences to query
+
+ #ifdef USE_MPI
+ int MPISend(int) {return 0;}
+ int MPIRecv(int) {return 0;}
+ #endif
+
+private:
+ vector<Sequence> data;
+ Dist* distCalculator;
+
+ int templateSeqsLength;
+ bool templateAligned;
+
+ bool isAligned(string);
+
+};
+
+#endif