public int[] findPositionMap();
/**
+ *
+ * @return true if sequence is composed of amino acid characters
+ */
+ public boolean isProtein();
+
+ /**
* Delete a range of aligned sequence columns, creating a new dataset sequence
* if necessary and adjusting start and end positions accordingly.
*
* DOCUMENT ME!
*
* @param i
- * DOCUMENT ME!
+ * alignment column number
* @param c
- * DOCUMENT ME!
+ * character to insert
*/
public void insertCharAt(int i, char c);
/**
- * DOCUMENT ME!
+ * insert given character at alignment column position
*
* @param position
- * DOCUMENT ME!
+ * alignment column number
+ * @param count
+ * length of insert
* @param ch
- * DOCUMENT ME!
+ * character to insert
*/
public void insertCharAt(int position, int count, char ch);
/**
- * DOCUMENT ME!
+ * Gets array holding sequence features associated with this sequence. The
+ * array may be held by the sequence's dataset sequence if that is defined.
*
- * @return DOCUMENT ME!
+ * @return hard reference to array
*/
public SequenceFeature[] getSequenceFeatures();
/**
- * DOCUMENT ME!
+ * Replaces the array of sequence features associated with this sequence with
+ * a new array reference. If this sequence has a dataset sequence, then this
+ * method will update the dataset sequence's feature array
*
- * @param v
- * DOCUMENT ME!
+ * @param features
+ * New array of sequence features
*/
public void setSequenceFeatures(SequenceFeature[] features);
public void setVamsasId(String id);
- public void setDBRef(DBRefEntry[] dbs);
+ public void setDBRefs(DBRefEntry[] dbs);
- public DBRefEntry[] getDBRef();
+ public DBRefEntry[] getDBRefs();
/**
* add the given entry to the list of DBRefs for this sequence, or replace a
* @return
*/
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
+ * external database, either directly or via a provided 1:1 Mapping.
+ *
+ * @return just the primary references (if any) for this sequence, or an empty
+ * list
+ */
+ public List<DBRefEntry> getPrimaryDBRefs();
}