+ * like findOrCreateAnnotation - looks for an existing alignment annotation
+ * row with matching name, calcId, sequenceRef, groupRef and autoCalculated
+ * flag and updates it from the annotation. If none is found the annotation is
+ * added directly.
+ *
+ * @param ala
+ * @return ala or the annotation row that was updated.
+ */
+ AlignmentAnnotation updateFromOrCopyAnnotation(AlignmentAnnotation ala);
+
+ /**