/*
 * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
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 * 
 * This file is part of Jalview.
 * 
 * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
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 */

package jalview.api;

/**
 * An interface describing settings for including or excluding data when an
 * alignment is output
 *
 */
public interface AlignExportSettingsI
{
  /**
   * Answers true if hidden sequences should be exported, false if not
   * 
   * @return
   */
  boolean isExportHiddenSequences();

  /**
   * Answers true if hidden columns should be exported, false if not
   * 
   * @return
   */
  boolean isExportHiddenColumns();

  /**
   * Answers true if Annotations should be exported. This is available for
   * complex flat file exports like JSON, HTML, GFF.
   * 
   * @return
   */
  boolean isExportAnnotations();

  /**
   * Answers true if Sequence Features should be exported. This is available for
   * complex flat file exports like JSON, HTML, GFF.
   * 
   * @return
   */
  boolean isExportFeatures();

  /**
   * Answers true if Sequence Groups should be exported. This is available for
   * complex flat file exports like JSON, HTML, GFF.
   * 
   * @return
   */
  boolean isExportGroups();

  void setExportHiddenSequences(boolean b);

  void setExportHiddenColumns(boolean b);

  void setExportAnnotations(boolean b);

  void setExportFeatures(boolean b);

  void setExportGroups(boolean b);
}