+ return equals(o, false);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Overloaded method allows the equality test to optionally ignore the
+ * 'Parent' attribute of a feature. This supports avoiding adding many
+ * superficially duplicate 'exon' or CDS features to genomic or protein
+ * sequence.
+ *
+ * @param o
+ * @param ignoreParent
+ * @return
+ */
+ public boolean equals(Object o, boolean ignoreParent)
+ {
+ if (o == null || !(o instanceof SequenceFeature))
+ {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ SequenceFeature sf = (SequenceFeature) o;
+ boolean sameScore = Float.isNaN(score) ? Float.isNaN(sf.score)
+ : score == sf.score;
+ if (begin != sf.begin || end != sf.end || !sameScore)