--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/SMART/Java/Python/Cpp/genomicInterval.hpp	Mon Apr 29 03:20:15 2013 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#ifndef GENOMIC_INTERVAL_HPP
+#define GENOMIC_INTERVAL_HPP
+
+#include "interval.hpp"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+
+class GenomicInterval: public Interval {
+
+    public:
+        string chromosome;
+
+        GenomicInterval(string chromosome = "", unsigned int start = 0, unsigned int end = 0): Interval(start, end), chromosome(chromosome) { }
+
+        bool onSameChromosome(const GenomicInterval &i) const {
+            return (chromosome == i.chromosome);
+        }
+
+//      friend bool operator==(const GenomicInterval &i1, const GenomicInterval &i2) {
+//          return ((i1.onSameChromosome(i2)) && (Interval::i1 == Interval::i2));
+//      }
+
+//      friend bool operator<(const GenomicInterval &i1, const GenomicInterval &i2) {
+//          return ((i1.onSameChromosome(i2)) && (Interval::i1 < Interval::i2));
+//      }
+
+        friend ofstream& operator<<(ofstream &stream, const GenomicInterval &i) {
+            stream << i.chromosome << '\t' << i.start << '\t' << i.end << '\n';
+            return stream;
+        }
+        
+        void parseFromLine(string &line) {
+            string strStart, strEnd;
+            istringstream iss(line);
+            getline(iss, chromosome, '\t');
+            getline(iss, strStart,   '\t');
+            getline(iss, strEnd,     '\t');
+            start = atoi(strStart.c_str());
+            end   = atoi(strEnd.c_str());
+            //cout << "read " << chromosome << ":" << start << ".." << end << endl;
+        }
+
+};
+
+#endif