JAL-3397 final update

[jalview.git] / src / intervalstore / api / IntervalStoreI.java

diff --git a/src/intervalstore/api/IntervalStoreI.java b/src/intervalstore/api/IntervalStoreI.java
index 3b0f575..43aea2b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/intervalstore/api/IntervalStoreI.java
+++ b/src/intervalstore/api/IntervalStoreI.java
@@ -91,6 +91,30 @@ public interface IntervalStoreI<T extends IntervalI> extends Collection<T>
    */
   boolean revalidate();
 
+  /**
+   * Get the i-th interval, whatever that means to this store.
+   * 
+   * @param i
+   * @return
+   */
   IntervalI get(int i);
 
+  /**
+   * Check to see if this store can check for duplicates while adding.
+   * 
+   * @return
+   */
+  boolean canCheckForDuplicates();
+
+  /**
+   * Add with a check for duplicates, if possible.
+   * 
+   * @param interval
+   * @param checkForDuplicate
+   * @return false only if addition was unsuccessful because there was an
+   *         identical interval already in the store or because the store cannot
+   *         check for duplicates
+   */
+  boolean add(T interval, boolean checkForDuplicate);
+
 }
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