new base class to hold core visualization settings for a jalview alignment view

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/AlignmentViewport.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/AlignmentViewport.java
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+package jalview.datamodel;
+
+/**
+ * base class holding visualization and analysis attributes for an active alignment view displayed in the GUI
+ * @author jimp
+ *
+ */
+public class AlignmentViewport
+{
+
+  /**
+   * percentage gaps allowed in a column before all amino acid properties should be considered unconserved
+   */
+  int ConsPercGaps = 25; // JBPNote : This should be a scalable property!
+
+
+  public int getConsPercGaps()
+  {
+    return ConsPercGaps;
+  }
+
+}