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21 package jalview.datamodel.features;
23 public interface FeatureSourceI
26 * Answers a name for the feature source (not necessarily unique)
33 * Answers the 'long name' of an attribute given its id (short name or
34 * abbreviation), or null if not known
39 String getAttributeName(String attributeId);
42 * Sets the 'long name' of an attribute given its id (short name or
48 void setAttributeName(String id, String name);
51 * Answers the datatype of the attribute with given id, or null if not known
56 FeatureAttributeType getAttributeType(String attributeId);
59 * Sets the datatype of the attribute with given id
64 void setAttributeType(String id, FeatureAttributeType type);