X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fdatamodel%2FSequenceFeature.java;h=1f34b8b0faf2091daef49bc179419613c291b6f8;hb=990fd5f012601024aaeeb09e2901791d242636c4;hp=8fd713ef473e4e6a91414f7468e87f9d86f304d9;hpb=f38bc38ee057bebe07c9b2b5c843d3d7d7d94032;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceFeature.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceFeature.java
index 8fd713e..1f34b8b 100755
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceFeature.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceFeature.java
@@ -276,12 +276,11 @@ public class SequenceFeature
   {
     if (otherDetails != null)
     {
-      return otherDetails.get("status").toString();
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      return null;
+      String stat = (String) otherDetails.get("status");
+      if (stat!=null)
+        return new String(stat);
     }
+    return null;
   }
 
   public void setPosition(int pos)