+
+ /**
+ * Replaces every occurrence of c1 in the sequence with c2 and returns the
+ * number of characters changed
+ *
+ * @param c1
+ * @param c2
+ */
+ public int replace(char c1, char c2);
+
+ /**
+ * Answers the GeneLociI, or null if not known
+ *
+ * @return
+ */
+ GeneLociI getGeneLoci();
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the mapping to gene loci for the sequence
+ *
+ * @param speciesId
+ * @param assemblyId
+ * @param chromosomeId
+ * @param map
+ */
+ void setGeneLoci(String speciesId, String assemblyId, String chromosomeId,
+ MapList map);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the sequence string constructed from the substrings of a sequence
+ * defined by the int[] ranges provided by an iterator. E.g. the iterator
+ * could iterate over all visible regions of the alignment
+ *
+ * @param it
+ * the iterator to use
+ * @return a String corresponding to the sequence
+ */
+ public String getSequenceStringFromIterator(Iterator<int[]> it);
+
+ /**
+ * Locate the first position in this sequence which is not contained in an
+ * iterator region. If no such position exists, return 0
+ *
+ * @param it
+ * iterator over regions
+ * @return first residue not contained in regions
+ */
+ public int firstResidueOutsideIterator(Iterator<int[]> it);
+