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//                 SeqAn - The Library for Sequence Analysis
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// ==========================================================================
// Author: Andreas Gogol-Doering <andreas.doering@mdc-berlin.de>
// Author: Manuel Holtgrewe <manuel.holtgrewe@fu-berlin.de>
// ==========================================================================
// Alphabet concepts stemming from biological applications.
// ==========================================================================

// TODO(holtgrew): Where is the documentation, shouldnt it be here?

#ifndef SEQAN_INCLUDE_SEQAN_BASIC_ALPHABET_BIO_H_
#define SEQAN_INCLUDE_SEQAN_BASIC_ALPHABET_BIO_H_

namespace seqan {

// ============================================================================
// Forwards
// ============================================================================

// ============================================================================
// Tags, Classes, Enums
// ============================================================================

// ============================================================================
// Metafunctions
// ============================================================================

// ============================================================================
// Functions
// ============================================================================

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function gapValueImpl
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// TODO(holtgrew): This looks wrong.

template <typename T>
inline T
gapValueImpl(T *)
{
    static T const _gap = T();
    return _gap;
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function gapValue
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

template <typename T>
inline T
gapValue()
{
    static T * _tag = 0;
    return gapValueImpl(_tag);
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function unknownValue
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

template <typename T>
inline T
unknownValue()
{
    static T * _tag = 0;
    return unknownValueImpl(_tag);
}

}  // namespace seqan

#endif  // #ifndef SEQAN_INCLUDE_SEQAN_BASIC_ALPHABET_BIO_H_
