X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fdatamodel%2FSequenceFeature.java;h=f2eb8acca7ced4d1573fcffa6a08f48e44fa9ca2;hb=d645ed1944459b6271dea2a8511a1e0f4f997530;hp=4a7706fa74bd2a59f314ae7aa1d6b96d37cb6354;hpb=908bf85e4afe1e303515797719df5dd8afec06e7;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceFeature.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceFeature.java
index 4a7706f..f2eb8ac 100755
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceFeature.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceFeature.java
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ public class SequenceFeature
   // private key for Phase designed not to conflict with real GFF data
   private static final String PHASE = "!Phase";
 
+  /*
+   * ATTRIBUTES is reserved for the GFF 'column 9' data, formatted as
+   * name1=value1;name2=value2,value3;...etc
+   */
   private static final String ATTRIBUTES = "ATTRIBUTES";
 
   public int begin;
@@ -111,26 +115,57 @@ public class SequenceFeature
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Constructor including a Status value
+   * 
+   * @param type
+   * @param desc
+   * @param status
+   * @param begin
+   * @param end
+   * @param featureGroup
+   */
   public SequenceFeature(String type, String desc, String status,
           int begin, int end, String featureGroup)
   {
+    this(type, desc, begin, end, featureGroup);
+    setStatus(status);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor
+   * 
+   * @param type
+   * @param desc
+   * @param begin
+   * @param end
+   * @param featureGroup
+   */
+  SequenceFeature(String type, String desc, int begin, int end,
+          String featureGroup)
+  {
     this.type = type;
     this.description = desc;
-    setValue(STATUS, status);
     this.begin = begin;
     this.end = end;
     this.featureGroup = featureGroup;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Constructor including a score value
+   * 
+   * @param type
+   * @param desc
+   * @param begin
+   * @param end
+   * @param score
+   * @param featureGroup
+   */
   public SequenceFeature(String type, String desc, int begin, int end,
           float score, String featureGroup)
   {
-    this.type = type;
-    this.description = desc;
-    this.begin = begin;
-    this.end = end;
+    this(type, desc, begin, end, featureGroup);
     this.score = score;
-    this.featureGroup = featureGroup;
   }
 
   /**