}
/**
- * Add one sequence feature to the store
+ * Adds one sequence feature to the store, and returns true, unless the
+ * feature is already contained in the store, in which case this method
+ * returns false. Containment is determined by SequenceFeature.equals()
+ * comparison.
*
* @param sf
*/
- public void add(SequenceFeature sf)
+ public boolean add(SequenceFeature sf)
{
String type = sf.getType();
{
featureStore.put(type, new FeatureStore());
}
- featureStore.get(type).addFeature(sf);
+ return featureStore.get(type).addFeature(sf);
}
/**
}
return result;
}
+
+ /**
+ * Deletes the given feature from the store, returning true if it was found
+ * (and deleted), else false. This method makes no assumption that the feature
+ * is in the 'expected' place in the store, in case it has been modified since
+ * it was added.
+ *
+ * @param sf
+ */
+ public boolean delete(SequenceFeature sf)
+ {
+ for (FeatureStore featureSet : featureStore.values())
+ {
+ if (featureSet.delete(sf))
+ {
+ return true;
+ }
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
}