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+#ifndef SHAREDUTIL_H
+#define SHAREDUTIL_H
+/*
+ * sharedutilities.h
+ * Mothur
+ *
+ * Created by Sarah Westcott on 4/9/09.
+ * Copyright 2009 Schloss Lab UMASS Amherst. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "mothur.h"
+
+class SharedRAbundVector;
+class SharedOrderVector;
+
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+
+class SharedUtil {
+ public:
+ SharedUtil() {};
+ ~SharedUtil() {};
+
+ void getSharedVectors(vector<string>, vector<SharedRAbundVector*>&, SharedOrderVector*);
+ void setGroups(vector<string>&, vector<string>&, string); //globaldata->Groups, your tree or group map, mode
+ void setGroups(vector<string>&, vector<string>&, string&, int&, string); //globaldata->Groups, your tree or group map, allgroups, numGroups, mode
+ void getCombos(vector<string>&, vector<string>, int&); //groupcomb, globaldata->Groups, numcomb
+ void updateGroupIndex(vector<string>&, map<string, int>&); //globaldata->Groups, groupmap->groupIndex
+
+ private:
+
+ bool isValidGroup(string, vector<string>);
+};
+
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+
+
+
+#endif
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