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diff --git a/src/jalview/api/AlignViewportI.java b/src/jalview/api/AlignViewportI.java
index f40b73b..0840520 100644
--- a/src/jalview/api/AlignViewportI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/api/AlignViewportI.java
@@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ public interface AlignViewportI extends ViewStyleI
    */
   public int calcPanelHeight();
 
+  /**
+   * Answers true if the viewport has at least one column selected
+   * 
+   * @return
+   */
+  boolean hasSelectedColumns();
+
+  /**
+   * Answers true if the viewport has at least one hidden column
+   * 
+   * @return
+   */
   boolean hasHiddenColumns();
 
   boolean isValidCharWidth();
@@ -110,6 +122,11 @@ public interface AlignViewportI extends ViewStyleI
   boolean isClosed();
 
   /**
+   * Dispose of all references or resources held by the viewport
+   */
+  void dispose();
+
+  /**
    * get the associated calculation thread manager for the view
    * 
    * @return
@@ -235,11 +252,30 @@ public interface AlignViewportI extends ViewStyleI
    * This method returns the visible alignment as text, as seen on the GUI, ie
    * if columns are hidden they will not be returned in the result. Use this for
    * calculating trees, PCA, redundancy etc on views which contain hidden
+   * columns. This method doesn't exclude hidden sequences from the output.
+   *
+   * @param selectedRegionOnly
+   *          - determines if only the selected region or entire alignment is
+   *          exported
+   * @return String[]
+   */
+  String[] getViewAsString(boolean selectedRegionOnly);
+  
+  /**
+   * This method returns the visible alignment as text, as seen on the GUI, ie
+   * if columns are hidden they will not be returned in the result. Use this for
+   * calculating trees, PCA, redundancy etc on views which contain hidden
    * columns.
    * 
+   * @param selectedRegionOnly
+   *          - determines if only the selected region or entire alignment is
+   *          exported
+   * @param isExportHiddenSeqs
+   *          - determines if hidden sequences would be exported or not.
+   * 
    * @return String[]
    */
-  String[] getViewAsString(boolean selectedRegionOnly);
+  String[] getViewAsString(boolean selectedRegionOnly, boolean isExportHiddenSeqs);
 
   void setSelectionGroup(SequenceGroup sg);
 
@@ -376,20 +412,14 @@ public interface AlignViewportI extends ViewStyleI
    */
   void setFollowHighlight(boolean b);
 
-  /**
-   * Set whether hidden Sequences should be trimmed off during an export
-   * operation.
-   * 
-   * @param isExportHiddenSeqs
-   */
-  public void setExportHiddenSeqs(boolean isExportHiddenSeqs);
+
+  public void applyFeaturesStyle(FeatureSettingsModelI featureSettings);
 
   /**
-   * If true hidden Sequences are exported otherwise they aren't
+   * check if current selection group is defined on the view, or is simply a
+   * temporary group.
    * 
-   * @return
+   * @return true if group is defined on the alignment
    */
-  public boolean isExportHiddenSeqs();
-
-  public void applyFeaturesStyle(FeatureSettingsModelI featureSettings);
+  boolean isSelectionDefinedGroup();
 }