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+/*
+BSD 3-Clause License
+
+Copyright (c) 2018, Mungo Carstairs
+All rights reserved.
+
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+
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+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+*/
+package intervalstore.nonc;
+
+import jalview.datamodel.SequenceFeature;
+
+import intervalstore.api.IntervalI;
+
+/**
+ * extend intervalstore.nonc.IntervalStore to account for the fact that
+ * SequenceFeature.equalsInterval only checks ranges
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+public class IntervalStore0Impl<T extends IntervalI> extends IntervalStore0
+{
+
+
+ /**
+ * Constructor
+ */
+ public IntervalStore0Impl()
+ {
+ super();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * CAUTION! This presumes that equalsInterval does check descriptions. Note
+ * that bartongroup.IntervalStoreJ does NOT do this and
+ * jalview.datamodel.features.SequenceFeature does not, either. But
+ * nonc.SimpleFeature in test DOES, because it overrides equalsInterval.
+ *
+ * The reason we do it this way is to avoid an unnecessary and costly test for
+ * obj instanceof IntervalI.
+ *
+ * Added by Mungo to use equals, but that requires use of instance checking,
+ * which is not significant in Java (apparently), but is a bigger deal in
+ * JavaScript. So here we have to hack
+ * bobhanson.IntervalStoreJ.nonc.InervalStore to bypass equals.
+ *
+ * @param i1
+ * @param i2
+ * @return
+ */
+ @Override
+ boolean sameInterval(IntervalI i1, IntervalI i2)
+ {
+ // avoiding equals() for JavaScript performance
+ return ((SequenceFeature) i1).equals((SequenceFeature) i2, false);
+ }
+
+}