(JAL-1013) gap character index for each sequence alphabet

diff --git a/src/jalview/schemes/ResidueProperties.java b/src/jalview/schemes/ResidueProperties.java
index a78a079..bc15298 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/schemes/ResidueProperties.java
+++ b/src/jalview/schemes/ResidueProperties.java
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ public class ResidueProperties
     // extend subt. matrices
   }
 
+  /**
+   * maximum (gap) index for matrices involving protein alphabet 
+   */
+  public final static int maxProteinIndex=23;
+  /**
+   * maximum (gap) index for matrices involving nucleotide alphabet 
+   */
+  public final static int maxNucleotideIndex=10;
+  
   static
   {
     nucleotideIndex = new int[255];