JAL-2839 Finder refactoring prior to fixing the defect

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / datamodel / SearchResultMatchI.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SearchResultMatchI.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SearchResultMatchI.java
index a47ca8b..661ad6c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SearchResultMatchI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SearchResultMatchI.java
@@ -47,4 +47,14 @@ public interface SearchResultMatchI
    */
   int getEnd();
 
+  /**
+   * Answers true if this match is for the given sequence and includes (matches
+   * or encloses) the given start-end range
+   * 
+   * @param seq
+   * @param start
+   * @param end
+   * @return
+   */
+  boolean contains(SequenceI seq, int start, int end);
 }
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