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  package com.act.lcms.v2;
  
  import java.util.List;
  import java.util.function.Predicate;
  
  /**
   * Interface representing a Metabolite corpus.
   */
  public interface MetaboliteCorpus {
  
    /**
     * Fetches metabolites within a certain monoisotopic mass window
     * @param minMass minimum mono-isotopic mass (in Da)
     * @param maxMass maximum mono-isotopic mass (in Da)
     * @return a list of metabolites satisfying the constraint
     */
    List<Metabolite> fetchMetabolitesInMassWindow(Double minMass, Double maxMass);
  
    /**
     * More general API to fetch metabolites
     * @param filter a predicate for metabolites
     * @return a list of filtered metabolites
     */
    List<Metabolite> getMetabolites(Predicate<Metabolite> filter);
  
    /**
     * Get all metabolites
     * @return a list of all metabolites in the corpus
     */
    List<Metabolite> getAllMetabolites();
  }
  