/**
* Returns a (possibly empty) list of features, optionally restricted to
* specified types, which overlap the given (inclusive) sequence position
- * range
+ * range. If types are specified, features are returned in the order of the
+ * types given.
*
* @param from
* @param to
String group, String... type);
/**
- * Answers a list of all features stored, whose type either matches one of the
- * given ontology terms, or is a specialisation of a term in the Sequence
- * Ontology. Results are returned in no particular guaranteed order.
+ * Answers a list of all features stored, whose type either matches, or is a
+ * specialisation (in the Sequence Ontology) of, one of the given terms.
+ * Results are returned in no particular order.
*
* @param ontologyTerm
* @return
float getMaximumScore(String type, boolean positional);
/**
- * Adds the shift amount to the start and end of all positional features,
- * returning true if at least one feature was shifted, else false
+ * Adds the shift amount to the start and end of all positional features whose
+ * start position is at or after fromPosition. Returns true if at least one
+ * feature was shifted, else false.
*
- * @param shift
+ * @param fromPosition
+ * @param shiftBy
*/
- abstract boolean shiftFeatures(int shift);
-}
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+ boolean shiftFeatures(int fromPosition, int shiftBy);
+
+ /**
+ * Deletes all positional and non-positional features
+ */
+ void deleteAll();
+}