JAL-2843 toStableString, fromString for Jalview features file format

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

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureMatcherSetI.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureMatcherSetI.java
index f064770..8a9d675 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureMatcherSetI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureMatcherSetI.java
@@ -60,4 +60,11 @@ public interface FeatureMatcherSetI
    * @return
    */
   boolean isEmpty();
+
+  /**
+   * 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();
 }