public Vector<PDBEntry> getAllPDBEntries();
/**
- * add entry to the vector of PDBIds, if it isn't in the list already
+ * Adds the entry to the *normalised* list of PDBIds.
+ *
+ * If a PDBEntry is passed with the same entry.getID() string as one already
+ * in the list, or one is added that appears to be the same but has a chain ID
+ * appended, then the existing PDBEntry will be updated with the new
+ * attributes instead, unless the entries have distinct chain codes or
+ * associated structure files.
*
* @param entry
+ * @return true if the entry was added, false if updated
*/
- public void addPDBId(PDBEntry entry);
+ public boolean addPDBId(PDBEntry entry);
/**
* update the list of PDBEntrys to include any DBRefEntrys citing structural