JAL-2374 javadoc - qualify that sequence argument to findGroup must be in the Alignme...

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / datamodel / AlignmentI.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/AlignmentI.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/AlignmentI.java
index 1b5cc0b..5d185cd 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/AlignmentI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/AlignmentI.java
@@ -156,15 +156,17 @@ public interface AlignmentI extends AnnotatedCollectionI
   int findIndex(SequenceI s);
 
   /**
-   * Finds group that given sequence is part of.
+   * Returns the first group (in the order in which groups were added) that
+   * includes the given sequence instance and aligned position (base 0), or null
+   * if none found
    * 
-   * @param s
-   *          Sequence in alignment.
+   * @param seq
+   *          - must be contained in the alignment (not a dataset sequence)
+   * @param position
    * 
-   * @return First group found for sequence. WARNING : Sequences may be members
-   *         of several groups. This method is incomplete.
+   * @return
    */
-  SequenceGroup findGroup(SequenceI s);
+  SequenceGroup findGroup(SequenceI seq, int position);
 
   /**
    * Finds all groups that a given sequence is part of.
@@ -284,13 +286,6 @@ public interface AlignmentI extends AnnotatedCollectionI
   char getGapCharacter();
 
   /**
-   * Test for all nucleotide alignment
-   * 
-   * @return true if alignment is nucleotide sequence
-   */
-  boolean isNucleotide();
-
-  /**
    * Test if alignment contains RNA structure
    * 
    * @return true if RNA structure AligmnentAnnotation was added to alignment