JAL-961 - annotatable datamodel objects can be queried to obtain annotation with...

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / datamodel / AlignmentI.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/AlignmentI.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/AlignmentI.java
index a79106a..ec35124 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/AlignmentI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/AlignmentI.java
@@ -431,4 +431,16 @@ public interface AlignmentI extends AnnotatedCollectionI
    * @param i
    */
   public void addAnnotation(AlignmentAnnotation consensus, int i);
+
+  /**
+   * search for or create a specific annotation row on the alignment
+   *  
+   * @param method - CalcId for the annotation (must match)
+   * @param autoCalc - value of autocalc flag for the annotation
+   * @param seqRef - null or specific sequence reference
+   * @param groupRef - null or specific group reference 
+   * @return existing annotation matching the given attributes 
+   */
+  public AlignmentAnnotation findOrCreateAnnotation(String name, boolean autoCalc,
+          SequenceI seqRef, SequenceGroup groupRef);
 }