JAL-1803 first pass at updatePDBEntry

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

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
index ec7520b..55c59db 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
@@ -289,7 +289,12 @@ public interface SequenceI extends ASequenceI
   public Vector<PDBEntry> getAllPDBEntries();
 
   /**
-   * add entry to the vector of PDBIds, if it isn't in the list already
+   * add entry to the *normalised* vector of PDBIds.
+   * 
+   * If a PDBEntry is passed with an entry.getID() string, as one already in the
+   * list, or one is added that appears to be the same but has a chain ID
+   * appended, then the existing PDBEntry will be updated with the new
+   * attributes.
    * 
    * @param entry
    */