Creates SAMAlignmentHeader instance.

List of comment headers.

List of record fields. It holds all available record fields except comments.

Holds the list of reference sequences name and length. SAMParser update this property from SQ header if present, else this will be updated from the each alignment information in this case length of reference sequence will be unknown thus set to zero. BAMParser update this property from reference information block and not from the SQ header. BAMFormatter uses this information to write reference information block. SAMFormatter does not requires this information, thus ignores this info.

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.

Serves as the default hash function.

Returns list of SequenceRanges objects which represents ReferenceSequenceInfo present in this header.

Returns list of reference sequences name and length present in SQ header.

Gets the Type of the current instance.

VAlidates mandatory tags.

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

Returns a string that represents the current object.

Holds the mapping of record field types to its mandatory tags. This will be used in the IsValid() method to validate the specified SAMAlignmentHeader.