New column type for DNA sequences. Only for those coded on 2 bits (only

'ATGCatgc') for now.

src/obiarray.h

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                               	  	 */
 #define ARRAY_GROWTH_FACTOR (2)		/**< The growth factor when an array is enlarged.
                                 	 */
-#define BYTE_ARRAY_HEADER_SIZE (5)  /**< The size of the header of a byte array.
+#define BYTE_ARRAY_HEADER_SIZE (9)  /**< The size of the header of a byte array.
                               	  	 */
 
 
@@ -284,5 +284,34 @@ byte_t* obi_str_to_obibytes(char* value);
 const char* obi_obibytes_to_str(byte_t* value_b);
 
 
+/**
+ * @brief Converts a DNA sequence to a byte array with a header.
+ *
+ * @warning The byte array must be freed by the caller.
+ *
+ * @param value The DNA sequence to convert.
+ *
+ * @returns A pointer to the byte array created.
+ * @retval NULL if an error occurred.
+ *
+ * @since November 2015
+ * @author Celine Mercier (celine.mercier@metabarcoding.org)
+ */
+byte_t* obi_seq_to_obibytes(char* seq);
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief Converts a byte array to a DNA sequence.
+ *
+ * @param value_b The byte array to convert.
+ *
+ * @returns A pointer to the DNA sequence contained in the byte array.
+ *
+ * @since November 2015
+ * @author Celine Mercier (celine.mercier@metabarcoding.org)
+ */
+const char* obi_obibytes_to_seq(byte_t* value_b);
+
+
 #endif /* OBIARRAY_H_ */