X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fdatamodel%2FSequenceGroup.java;h=3bf7bc4168b4e676ef38b7c598170c404583bb87;hb=bc18effe68ba80213a6d03ca7e6175adc6be71d6;hp=fc8ac498cd5e3e0bb126168b3494f58a4ecef53c;hpb=9062c3dbd065631f01af61f47a8cbafabe9c6c8b;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java
index fc8ac49..3bf7bc4 100755
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
   /**
    * group members
    */
-  private List<SequenceI> sequences = new ArrayList<>();
+  private List<SequenceI> sequences;
 
   /**
    * representative sequence for this group (if any)
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
   {
     groupName = "JGroup:" + this.hashCode();
     cs = new ResidueShader();
+    sequences = new ArrayList<>();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -243,6 +244,17 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Constructor that copies the given list of sequences
+   * 
+   * @param seqs
+   */
+  public SequenceGroup(List<SequenceI> seqs)
+  {
+    this();
+    this.sequences.addAll(seqs);
+  }
+
   public boolean isShowSequenceLogo()
   {
     return showSequenceLogo;