JAL-3532 TODO comment

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / io / FeaturesFile.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/io/FeaturesFile.java b/src/jalview/io/FeaturesFile.java
index 9a4dc0e..a8a3746 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/io/FeaturesFile.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/FeaturesFile.java
@@ -74,11 +74,7 @@ import java.util.TreeMap;
  */
 public class FeaturesFile extends AlignFile implements FeaturesSourceI
 {
-  /*
-   * map-valued attributes are prefixed with this for output to GFF3;
-   * the prefix is removed if found on reading
-   */
-  public static final String MAP_ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX = "jvmap_";
+  private static final String EQUALS = "=";
 
   private static final String TAB_REGEX = "\\t";
 
@@ -92,8 +88,6 @@ public class FeaturesFile extends AlignFile implements FeaturesSourceI
 
   private static final String ID_NOT_SPECIFIED = "ID_NOT_SPECIFIED";
 
-  private static final String NOTE = "Note";
-
   protected static final String GFF_VERSION = "##gff-version";
 
   private AlignmentI lastmatchedAl = null;
@@ -1192,7 +1186,7 @@ public class FeaturesFile extends AlignFile implements FeaturesSourceI
       {
         String formatted = StringUtils.urlEncode(value.toString(),
                 GffHelperI.GFF_ENCODABLE);
-        sb.append(key).append("=").append(formatted);
+        sb.append(key).append(EQUALS).append(formatted);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1201,7 +1195,7 @@ public class FeaturesFile extends AlignFile implements FeaturesSourceI
    * Formats the map entries as
    * 
    * <pre>
-   * jvmap_key={key1=value1,key2=value2,...}
+   * key=key1=value1,key2=value2,...
    * </pre>
    * 
    * and appends this to the string buffer
@@ -1222,7 +1216,7 @@ public class FeaturesFile extends AlignFile implements FeaturesSourceI
      * AbstractMap.toString would be a shortcut here, but more reliable
      * to code the required format in case toString changes in future
      */
-    sb.append(MAP_ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX).append(key).append("={");
+    sb.append(key).append(EQUALS);
     boolean first = true;
     for (Entry<?, ?> entry : map.entrySet())
     {
@@ -1231,12 +1225,11 @@ public class FeaturesFile extends AlignFile implements FeaturesSourceI
         sb.append(",");
       }
       first = false;
-      sb.append(entry.getKey().toString()).append("=");
+      sb.append(entry.getKey().toString()).append(EQUALS);
       String formatted = StringUtils.urlEncode(entry.getValue().toString(),
               GffHelperI.GFF_ENCODABLE);
       sb.append(formatted);
     }
-    sb.append("}");
   }
 
   /**