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diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/Annotation.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/Annotation.java
index 71ebbb3..8de8eb2 100755
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/Annotation.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/Annotation.java
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ import java.awt.Color;
  */
 public class Annotation
 {
+  /**
+   * the empty annotation - proxy for null entries in annotation row
+   */
+  public static final Annotation EMPTY_ANNOTATION = new Annotation("", "",
+          ' ', 0f);
+
   /** Character label - also shown below histogram */
   public String displayCharacter = "";
 
@@ -192,4 +198,18 @@ public class Annotation
     }
     return sb.toString();
   }
+
+  /**
+   * @return true if annot is 'whitespace' annotation (zero score, whitespace or
+   *         zero length display character, label, description
+   */
+  public boolean isWhitespace()
+  {
+    return ((value == 0f)
+            && ((description == null) || (description.trim()
+                    .length() == 0))
+            && ((displayCharacter == null) || (displayCharacter
+                    .trim().length() == 0))
+            && (secondaryStructure == '\0' || (secondaryStructure == ' ')) && colour == null);
+  }
 }