+ * Sets the colour scheme for the background alignment (as distinct from
+ * sub-groups, which may have their own colour schemes). A null value is used
+ * for no residue colour (white).
+ *
+ * @param cs
+ */
+ void setGlobalColourScheme(ColourSchemeI cs);
+
+ Map<SequenceI, SequenceCollectionI> getHiddenRepSequences();
+
+ void setHiddenRepSequences(
+ Map<SequenceI, SequenceCollectionI> hiddenRepSequences);
+
+ /**
+ * hides or shows dynamic annotation rows based on groups and group and
+ * alignment associated auto-annotation state flags apply the current
+ * group/autoannotation settings to the alignment view. Usually you should
+ * call the AlignmentViewPanel.adjustAnnotationHeight() method afterwards to
+ * ensure the annotation panel bounds are set correctly.
+ *
+ * @param applyGlobalSettings
+ * - apply to all autoannotation rows or just the ones associated
+ * with the current visible region
+ * @param preserveNewGroupSettings
+ * - don't apply global settings to groups which don't already have
+ * group associated annotation
+ */
+ void updateGroupAnnotationSettings(boolean applyGlobalSettings,
+ boolean preserveNewGroupSettings);
+
+ void setSequenceColour(SequenceI seq, Color col);
+
+ Color getSequenceColour(SequenceI seq);
+
+ void updateSequenceIdColours();
+
+ SequenceGroup getSelectionGroup();
+
+ /**
+ * get the currently selected sequence objects or all the sequences in the
+ * alignment. TODO: change to List<>
+ *
+ * @return array of references to sequence objects
+ */
+ SequenceI[] getSequenceSelection();
+
+ void clearSequenceColours();
+
+ /**
+ * return a compact representation of the current alignment selection to pass
+ * to an analysis function
+ *
+ * @param selectedOnly
+ * boolean true to just return the selected view
+ * @return AlignmentView
+ */
+ AlignmentView getAlignmentView(boolean selectedOnly);
+
+ /**
+ * return a compact representation of the current alignment selection to pass
+ * to an analysis function
+ *
+ * @param selectedOnly
+ * boolean true to just return the selected view
+ * @param markGroups
+ * boolean true to annotate the alignment view with groups on the
+ * alignment (and intersecting with selected region if selectedOnly
+ * is true)
+ * @return AlignmentView
+ */
+ AlignmentView getAlignmentView(boolean selectedOnly, boolean markGroups);
+
+ /**
+ * This method returns the visible alignment as text, as seen on the GUI, ie
+ * if columns are hidden they will not be returned in the result. Use this for
+ * calculating trees, PCA, redundancy etc on views which contain hidden
+ * columns. This method doesn't exclude hidden sequences from the output.
+ *
+ * @param selectedRegionOnly
+ * - determines if only the selected region or entire alignment is
+ * exported
+ * @return String[]
+ */
+ String[] getViewAsString(boolean selectedRegionOnly);
+
+ /**
+ * This method returns the visible alignment as text, as seen on the GUI, ie
+ * if columns are hidden they will not be returned in the result. Use this for
+ * calculating trees, PCA, redundancy etc on views which contain hidden
+ * columns.
+ *
+ * @param selectedRegionOnly
+ * - determines if only the selected region or entire alignment is
+ * exported
+ * @param isExportHiddenSeqs
+ * - determines if hidden sequences would be exported or not.
+ *
+ * @return String[]
+ */
+ String[] getViewAsString(boolean selectedRegionOnly,
+ boolean isExportHiddenSeqs);
+
+ void setSelectionGroup(SequenceGroup sg);
+
+ char getGapCharacter();
+
+ void setColumnSelection(ColumnSelection cs);
+
+ void setConservation(Conservation cons);
+
+ /**
+ * get a copy of the currently visible alignment annotation
+ *
+ * @param selectedOnly
+ * if true - trim to selected regions on the alignment
+ * @return an empty list or new alignment annotation objects shown only
+ * visible columns trimmed to selected region only