JAL-2843 toStableString, fromString for Jalview features file format

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / datamodel / features / FeatureMatcherI.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureMatcherI.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureMatcherI.java
index 07b060c..396f500 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureMatcherI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureMatcherI.java
@@ -48,4 +48,11 @@ public interface FeatureMatcherI
    * @return
    */
   MatcherI getMatcher();
+
+  /**
+   * Answers a string representation of this object suitable for use when
+   * persisting data, in a format that should not change so can be reliably read
+   * back.
+   */
+  String toStableString();
 }