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+/*****************************************************************************
+  tabFile.h
+
+  (c) 2009 - Aaron Quinlan
+  Hall Laboratory
+  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
+  University of Virginia
+  aaronquinlan@gmail.com
+
+  Licensed under the GNU General Public License 2.0 license.
+******************************************************************************/
+#ifndef TABFILE_H
+#define TABFILE_H
+
+#include "gzstream.h"
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+// enum to flag the state of a given line in a TAB file.
+enum TabLineStatus
+{
+    TAB_INVALID = -1,
+    TAB_HEADER  = 0,
+    TAB_BLANK   = 1,
+    TAB_VALID   = 2
+};
+
+typedef vector<string> TAB_FIELDS;
+
+//************************************************
+// TabFile Class methods and elements
+//************************************************
+class TabFile {
+
+public:
+
+    // Constructor
+    TabFile(const string &tabFile);
+
+    // Destructor
+    ~TabFile(void);
+
+    // Open a TAB file for reading (creates an istream pointer)
+    void Open(void);
+
+    // Close an opened TAB file.
+    void Close(void);
+
+    // Get the next TAB entry in an opened TAB file.
+    TabLineStatus GetNextTabLine (TAB_FIELDS &tab, int &lineNum);
+
+private:
+
+    // data
+    istream *_tabStream;
+    string _tabFile;
+
+    // methods
+    inline TabLineStatus parseTabLine (const vector<string> &lineVector, int &lineNum) {
+        // bail out if we have a blank line
+        if (lineVector.size() == 0)
+            return TAB_BLANK;
+        // real line with data
+        if (lineVector[0][0] != '#') {
+            return TAB_VALID;
+        }
+        // comment or header line
+        else {
+            lineNum--;
+            return TAB_HEADER;
+        }
+        // default
+        return TAB_INVALID;
+    }
+};
+
+#endif /* TABFILE_H */