JAL-4062 avc operation and model method for copying SearchResultsI.getMatchingSubSequ...

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

diff --git a/src/jalview/api/AlignViewControllerI.java b/src/jalview/api/AlignViewControllerI.java
index 26966ba..3e689d1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/api/AlignViewControllerI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/api/AlignViewControllerI.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ package jalview.api;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import jalview.io.DataSourceType;
+
 /**
  * prototype abstract controller for a Jalview alignment view
  * 
@@ -88,13 +90,33 @@ public interface AlignViewControllerI
    * add a features file of some kind to the current view
    * 
    * @param file
-   * @param protocol
+   * @param sourceType
    * @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,
+  public boolean parseFeaturesFile(Object file, DataSourceType sourceType,
           boolean relaxedIdMatching);
 
+  /**
+   * mark columns containing highlighted regions (e.g. from search, structure
+   * highlight, or a mouse over event in another viewer)
+   * 
+   * @param invert
+   * @param extendCurrent
+   * @param toggle
+   * @return
+   */
+  boolean markHighlightedColumns(boolean invert, boolean extendCurrent,
+          boolean toggle);
+
+  /**
+   * copies each distinct highlighted region on the current view as a new
+   * sequence on the clipboard
+   * 
+   * @return
+   */
+  boolean copyHighlightedRegionsToClipboard();
+
 }