/*
- * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.8.0b1)
- * 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.
*
* Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
* of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
* PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
*
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Jalview. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Jalview. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
* The Jalview Authors are detailed in the 'AUTHORS' file.
*/
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
+ */
+ boolean involves(AlignmentAnnotation annot);
- public boolean involves(AlignmentAnnotation annot);
+ /**
+ * Updates the display of calculated annotation values (does not recalculate
+ * the values). This allows ßquick redraw of annotations when display settings
+ * are changed.
+ */
+ void updateAnnotation();
- public void updateAnnotation();
+ /**
+ * Removes any annotation(s) managed by this worker from the alignment
+ */
+ void removeAnnotation();
- void removeOurAnnotation();
+ /**
+ * Answers true if the worker should be deleted entirely when its annotation
+ * is deleted from the display, or false if it should continue to run. Some
+ * workers are required to run for their side-effects.
+ *
+ * @return
+ */
+ boolean isDeletable();
}