findFeatures(int from, int to, String... type);
/**
- * Answers a list of all features stored, optionally restricted to specified
- * types, in no particular guaranteed order
+ * Answers a list of all features stored, in no particular guaranteed order.
+ * Positional features may optionally be restricted to specified types, but
+ * all non-positional features (if any) are always returned.
+ *
+ * To filter non-positional features by type, use
+ * getNonPositionalFeatures(type).
*
* @param type
* @return
@@ -42,6 +66,32 @@ public interface SequenceFeaturesI
List getAllFeatures(String... type);
/**
+ * Answers a list of all positional (or non-positional) features which are in
+ * the specified feature group, optionally restricted to features of specified
+ * types.
+ *
+ * @param positional
+ * if true returns positional features, else non-positional features
+ * @param group
+ * the feature group to be matched (which may be null)
+ * @param type
+ * optional feature types to filter by
+ * @return
+ */
+ List getFeaturesForGroup(boolean positional,
+ String group, String... type);
+
+ /**
+ * Answers a list of all features stored, whose type either matches, or is a
+ * specialisation (in the Sequence Ontology) of, one of the given terms.
+ * Results are returned in no particular order.
+ *
+ * @param ontologyTerm
+ * @return
+ */
+ List getFeaturesByOntology(String... ontologyTerm);
+
+ /**
* Answers the number of (positional or non-positional) features, optionally
* restricted to specified feature types. Contact features are counted as 1.
*
@@ -67,8 +117,7 @@ public interface SequenceFeaturesI
* @param type
* @return
*/
- List getPositionalFeatures(
- String... type);
+ List getPositionalFeatures(String... type);
/**
* Answers a list of all contact features, optionally restricted to specified
@@ -86,8 +135,7 @@ public interface SequenceFeaturesI
* if no type is specified, all are returned
* @return
*/
- List getNonPositionalFeatures(
- String... type);
+ List getNonPositionalFeatures(String... type);
/**
* Deletes the given feature from the store, returning true if it was found
@@ -117,8 +165,7 @@ public interface SequenceFeaturesI
* @param type
* @return
*/
- Set getFeatureGroups(boolean positionalFeatures,
- String... type);
+ Set getFeatureGroups(boolean positionalFeatures, String... type);
/**
* Answers the set of distinct feature types for which there is at least one
@@ -130,15 +177,17 @@ public interface SequenceFeaturesI
* @param groups
* @return
*/
- Set getFeatureTypesForGroups(
- boolean positionalFeatures, String... groups);
+ Set getFeatureTypesForGroups(boolean positionalFeatures,
+ String... groups);
/**
- * Answers a set of the distinct feature types for which a feature is stored
+ * Answers a set of the distinct feature types for which a feature is stored.
+ * The types may optionally be restricted to those which match, or are a
+ * subtype of, given sequence ontology terms
*
* @return
*/
- Set getFeatureTypes();
+ Set getFeatureTypes(String... soTerm);
/**
* Answers the minimum score held for positional or non-positional features
@@ -161,4 +210,19 @@ public interface SequenceFeaturesI
* @return
*/
float getMaximumScore(String type, boolean positional);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+ /**
+ * Adds the shift amount to the start and end of all positional features whose
+ * start position is at or after fromPosition. Returns true if at least one
+ * feature was shifted, else false.
+ *
+ * @param fromPosition
+ * @param shiftBy
+ */
+ boolean shiftFeatures(int fromPosition, int shiftBy);
+
+ /**
+ * Deletes all positional and non-positional features
+ */
+ void deleteAll();
+}