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diff --git a/src/jalview/api/AlignCalcManagerI.java b/src/jalview/api/AlignCalcManagerI.java
index b502f86..18605b8 100644
--- a/src/jalview/api/AlignCalcManagerI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/api/AlignCalcManagerI.java
@@ -35,17 +35,12 @@ public interface AlignCalcManagerI
   void notifyStart(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
 
   /**
-   * check if a calculation of this type is already active
-   * 
-   * @param worker
-   * @return
-   */
-  boolean alreadyDoing(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
-
-  /**
-   * tell manager that worker is now processing data
+   * tell manager that a thread running worker's run() loop is ready to start
+   * processing data
    * 
    * @param worker
+   * @return true if worker should start processing, false if another thread is
+   *         in progress
    */
   boolean notifyWorking(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
 
@@ -74,6 +69,14 @@ public interface AlignCalcManagerI
   void enableWorker(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
 
   /**
+   * Answers true if the worker is disabled from running
+   * 
+   * @param worker
+   * @return
+   */
+  boolean isDisabled(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
+
+  /**
    * launch a new worker
    * 
    * @param worker
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ public interface AlignCalcManagerI
   /**
    * 
    * @param worker
-   * @return
+   * @return true if the worker is currently running
    */
   boolean isWorking(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
 
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ public interface AlignCalcManagerI
    * 
    * @param workerClass
    */
-  void updateAnnotationFor(Class workerClass);
+  void updateAnnotationFor(Class<? extends AlignCalcWorkerI> workerClass);
 
   /**
    * return any registered workers of the given class
@@ -128,17 +131,8 @@ public interface AlignCalcManagerI
    * @param workerClass
    * @return null or one or more workers of the given class
    */
-  List<AlignCalcWorkerI> getRegisteredWorkersOfClass(Class workerClass);
-
-  /**
-   * start any workers of the given class
-   * 
-   * @param workerClass
-   * @return false if no workers of given class were registered (note -
-   *         blacklisted classes cannot be restarted, so this method will return
-   *         true for blacklisted workers)
-   */
-  boolean startRegisteredWorkersOfClass(Class workerClass);
+  List<AlignCalcWorkerI> getRegisteredWorkersOfClass(
+          Class<? extends AlignCalcWorkerI> workerClass);
 
   /**
    * work out if there is an instance of a worker that is *waiting* to start
@@ -156,12 +150,13 @@ public interface AlignCalcManagerI
    * 
    * @param typeToRemove
    */
-  void removeRegisteredWorkersOfClass(Class typeToRemove);
+  void removeRegisteredWorkersOfClass(
+          Class<? extends AlignCalcWorkerI> typeToRemove);
 
   /**
    * Removes the worker that produces the given annotation, provided it is
    * marked as 'deletable'. Some workers may need to continue to run as the
-   * results of their calculations are needed elsewhere e.g. for colour schemes.
+   * results of their calculations are needed, e.g. for colour schemes.
    * 
    * @param ann
    */