/*
- * 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 2.9.0b2)
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 The Jalview Authors
*
* This file is part of Jalview.
*
*/
package jalview.api;
+import java.util.List;
+
/**
* prototype abstract controller for a Jalview alignment view
*
*
* All operations should return true if the view has changed as a result
* of the operation
- * @param <ViewportI>
+ *
+ * The controller holds methods that operate on an alignment view,
+ * modifying its state in some way that may result in side effects
+ * reflected in an associated GUI
*
*/
-public interface AlignViewControllerI<ViewportI>
+public interface AlignViewControllerI
{
public boolean makeGroupsFromSelection();
* @return true if operation affected state
*/
boolean markColumnsContainingFeatures(boolean invert,
- boolean extendCurrent, boolean clearColumns, String featureType);
+ boolean extendCurrent, boolean toggle, String featureType);
+
+ /**
+ * sort the alignment or current selection by average score over the given set
+ * of features
+ *
+ * @param typ
+ * list of feature names or null to use currently displayed features
+ */
+ void sortAlignmentByFeatureScore(List<String> typ);
+
+ /**
+ * sort the alignment or current selection by distribution of the given set of
+ * features
+ *
+ * @param typ
+ * list of feature names or null to use currently displayed features
+ */
+ void sortAlignmentByFeatureDensity(List<String> typ);
+
+ /**
+ * add a features file of some kind to the current view
+ *
+ * @param file
+ * @param protocol
+ * @param relaxedIdMatching
+ * if true, try harder to match up IDs with local sequence data
+ * @return true if parsing resulted in something being imported to the view or
+ * dataset
+ */
+ public boolean parseFeaturesFile(String file, String protocol,
+ boolean relaxedIdMatching);
}