/*
 * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.9)
 * Copyright (C) 2015 The Jalview Authors
 * 
 * This file is part of Jalview.
 * 
 * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *  
 * Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty 
 * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
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 * 
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 * The Jalview Authors are detailed in the 'AUTHORS' file.
 */
package jalview.datamodel;

public class SequenceDummy extends Sequence implements SequenceI
{
  public SequenceDummy(String sequenceId)
  {
    super(sequenceId, "THISAPLACEHOLDER");
  }

  private boolean dummy = true;

  /**
   * become a proxy for mseq, merging any existing annotation on this sequence
   * 
   * @param mseq
   */
  public void become(SequenceI mseq)
  {
    initSeqFrom(mseq, null);
    dummy = false;
  }

  /**
   * Test if the SequenceDummy has been promoted to a real sequence via
   * SequenceDummy.become
   * 
   * @return true if this is a placeholder and contains no actual sequence data
   */
  public boolean isDummy()
  {
    return dummy;
  }
}