JAL-2679 reinstating changes lost in VCF merge

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / ext / ensembl / EnsemblLookup.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/ext/ensembl/EnsemblLookup.java b/src/jalview/ext/ensembl/EnsemblLookup.java
index 92763a1..877331d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/ext/ensembl/EnsemblLookup.java
+++ b/src/jalview/ext/ensembl/EnsemblLookup.java
@@ -135,12 +135,11 @@ public class EnsemblLookup extends EnsemblRestClient
   }
 
   /**
-   * Calls the Ensembl lookup REST endpoint and retrieves the 'Parent' for the
-   * given identifier, or null if not found
+   * Returns the gene id related to the given identifier (which may be for a
+   * gene, transcript or protein)
    * 
    * @param identifier
    * @param objectType
-   *          (optional)
    * @return
    */
   public String getGeneId(String identifier, String objectType)