X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fanalysis%2FFinder.java;h=7b7204e015789007addf83b60dc0277c3649a3d1;hb=373a0f23b37fdd3c40d3ebb4a3c9120f5773bb45;hp=b25364263f2c922b645436cb53be185f07ef7785;hpb=a6e32ecfbd6ba17bda3d58ebdbadaec7302073c0;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/analysis/Finder.java b/src/jalview/analysis/Finder.java
index b253642..7b7204e 100644
--- a/src/jalview/analysis/Finder.java
+++ b/src/jalview/analysis/Finder.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ public class Finder
 
   boolean caseSensitive = false;
 
+  private boolean includeDescription = false;
+
   boolean findAll = false;
 
   com.stevesoft.pat.Regex regex = null;
@@ -150,7 +152,8 @@ public class Finder
           }
         }
 
-        if (regex.search(seq.getDescription()))
+        if (isIncludeDescription() && seq.getDescription() != null
+                && regex.search(seq.getDescription()))
         {
           idMatch.addElement(seq);
           hasResults = true;
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ public class Finder
           {
             continue;
           }
-
+// if invalid string used, then regex has no matched to/from
           int sres = seq
                   .findPosition(resIndex
                           + Integer.parseInt(spaces.elementAt(resIndex)
@@ -373,4 +376,14 @@ public class Finder
   {
     this.seqIndex = seqIndex;
   }
+
+  public boolean isIncludeDescription()
+  {
+    return includeDescription;
+  }
+
+  public void setIncludeDescription(boolean includeDescription)
+  {
+    this.includeDescription = includeDescription;
+  }
 }