+ /**
+ * Returns the mapped structure position for a given aligned column of a given
+ * sequence, or -1 if the column is gapped, beyond the end of the sequence, or
+ * not mapped to structure.
+ *
+ * @param seq
+ * @param alignedPos
+ * @param mapping
+ * @return
+ */
+ protected int getMappedPosition(SequenceI seq, int alignedPos,
+ StructureMapping mapping)
+ {
+ if (alignedPos >= seq.getLength())
+ {
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (Comparison.isGap(seq.getCharAt(alignedPos)))
+ {
+ return -1;
+ }
+ int seqPos = seq.findPosition(alignedPos);
+ int pos = mapping.getPDBResNum(seqPos);
+ return pos;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Helper method to identify residues that can participate in a structure
+ * superposition command. For each structure, identify a sequence in the
+ * alignment which is mapped to the structure. Identify non-gapped columns in
+ * the sequence which have a mapping to a residue in the structure. Returns
+ * the index of the first structure that has a mapping to the alignment.
+ *
+ * @param alignment
+ * the sequence alignment which is the basis of structure
+ * superposition
+ * @param matched
+ * an array of booleans, indexed by alignment column, where true
+ * indicates that every structure has a mapped residue present in the
+ * column (so the column can participate in structure alignment)
+ * @param structures
+ * an array of data beans corresponding to pdb file index
+ * @return
+ */
+ protected int findSuperposableResidues(AlignmentI alignment,
+ boolean[] matched, SuperposeData[] structures)