JAL-2446 FeatureStore with NCList - work in progress

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

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
index a29e2ba..75394b1 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
@@ -217,8 +217,11 @@ public interface SequenceI extends ASequenceI
   public int[] findPositionMap();
 
   /**
+   * Answers true if the sequence is composed of amino acid characters. Note
+   * that implementations may use heuristic methods which are not guaranteed to
+   * give the biologically 'right' answer.
    * 
-   * @return true if sequence is composed of amino acid characters
+   * @return
    */
   public boolean isProtein();
 
@@ -456,7 +459,6 @@ public interface SequenceI extends ASequenceI
    */
   public PDBEntry getPDBEntry(String pdbId);
 
-
   /**
    * Get all primary database/accessions for this sequence's data. These
    * DBRefEntry are expected to resolve to a valid record in the associated
@@ -466,4 +468,15 @@ public interface SequenceI extends ASequenceI
    *         list
    */
   public List<DBRefEntry> getPrimaryDBRefs();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a (possibly empty) list of sequence features of the given type that
+   * overlap the range from-to (inclusive)
+   * 
+   * @param type
+   * @param from
+   * @param to
+   * @return
+   */
+  List<SequenceFeature> findFeatures(String type, int from, int to);
 }