JAL-2110 use shared alignment dataset when copying alignment for split

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / api / AlignCalcWorkerI.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/api/AlignCalcWorkerI.java b/src/jalview/api/AlignCalcWorkerI.java
index 48fa750..06dc054 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/api/AlignCalcWorkerI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/api/AlignCalcWorkerI.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.8.2)
- * Copyright (C) 2014 The Jalview Authors
+ * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
+ * Copyright (C) $$Year-Rel$$ The Jalview Authors
  * 
  * This file is part of Jalview.
  * 
@@ -22,12 +22,30 @@ package jalview.api;
 
 import jalview.datamodel.AlignmentAnnotation;
 
+/**
+ * Interface describing a worker that calculates alignment annotation(s). The
+ * main (re-)calculation should be performed by the inherited run() method.
+ */
 public interface AlignCalcWorkerI extends Runnable
 {
-
+  /**
+   * Answers true if this worker updates the given annotation (regardless of its
+   * current state)
+   * 
+   * @param annot
+   * @return
+   */
   public boolean involves(AlignmentAnnotation annot);
 
+  /**
+   * Updates the display of calculated annotation values (does not recalculate
+   * the values). This allows for quick redraw of annotations when display
+   * settings are changed.
+   */
   public void updateAnnotation();
 
-  void removeOurAnnotation();
+  /**
+   * Removes any annotation managed by this worker from the alignment
+   */
+  void removeAnnotation();
 }