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diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SearchResultsI.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SearchResultsI.java
index 7946824..d682de1 100644
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SearchResultsI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SearchResultsI.java
@@ -51,6 +51,19 @@ public interface SearchResultsI
    */
   void addResult(SequenceI seq, int[] positions);
 
+
+  /**
+   * Adds the given start/end region to this search result. If sequence already
+   * has a search result and the range is adjacent to already highlighted
+   * positions, they will be merged
+   * 
+   * @param sequence
+   * @param start
+   * @param end
+   * @return true if an existing range was updated with this one
+   */
+  boolean appendResult(SequenceI sequence, int start, int end);
+
   /**
    * adds all match results in the argument to this set
    *