JAL-2291 SequenceI.getInsertionsAsBits for convenient logical operations

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

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
index e81553b..12ddf60 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  */
 package jalview.datamodel;
 
+import java.util.BitSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Vector;
 
@@ -476,4 +477,11 @@ public interface SequenceI extends ASequenceI
    *         list
    */
   public List<DBRefEntry> getPrimaryDBRefs();
+
+  /**
+   * 
+   * @return BitSet corresponding to index [0,length) where Comparison.isGap()
+   *         returns true.
+   */
+  BitSet getInsertionsAsBits();
 }