# Package picard.fastq

- Interface Summary
  Interface | Description
  --- | ---
  ReadNameEncoder |

- Class Summary
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  BamToBfq | Converts a BAM file into a BFQ (binary fastq formatted) file.
  BamToBfqWriter | Deprecated.
  Casava18ReadNameEncoder | A read name encoder conforming to the standard described by Illumina Casava 1.8.
  IlluminaReadNameEncoder | A read name encoder following the encoding initially produced by picard fastq writers.
  SamToBfqWriter | Class to take unmapped reads in SAM/BAM/CRAM file format and create Maq binary fastq format file(s) -- one or two of them, depending on whether it's a paired-end read.