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diff --git a/src/jalview/fts/api/FTSRestClientI.java b/src/jalview/fts/api/FTSRestClientI.java
index b7ce5df..13e73ef 100644
--- a/src/jalview/fts/api/FTSRestClientI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/fts/api/FTSRestClientI.java
@@ -1,34 +1,143 @@
+/*
+ * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
+ * Copyright (C) $$Year-Rel$$ The Jalview Authors
+ * 
+ * This file is part of Jalview.
+ * 
+ * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *  
+ * Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty 
+ * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
+ * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Jalview.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * The Jalview Authors are detailed in the 'AUTHORS' file.
+ */
+
 package jalview.fts.api;
 
+import jalview.fts.api.FTSDataColumnI.FTSDataColumnGroupI;
+import jalview.fts.core.FTSDataColumnPreferences.PreferenceSource;
 import jalview.fts.core.FTSRestRequest;
 import jalview.fts.core.FTSRestResponse;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
+/**
+ * Methods for FTS Rest client.
+ * 
+ * @author tcnofoegbu
+ */
 public interface FTSRestClientI
 {
 
-  public FTSRestResponse executeRequest(FTSRestRequest pdbRestRequest)
+  /**
+   * Execute a given FTS request, process the response and return it as an
+   * FTSRestResponse object
+   * 
+   * @param ftsRestRequest
+   *          the FTS request to execute
+   * @return FTSRestResponse - the response after executing an FTS request
+   * @throws Exception
+   */
+  public FTSRestResponse executeRequest(FTSRestRequest ftsRequest)
           throws Exception;
 
-  public String getColumnDataConfigFile();
+  /**
+   * Return the resource file path for the data columns configuration file
+   * 
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String getColumnDataConfigFileName();
 
-  public FTSDataColumnGroupI getDataColumnGroupById(String id)
+  /**
+   * Fetch FTSDataColumnGroupI by the group's Id
+   * 
+   * @param groupId
+   * @return FTSDataColumnGroupI
+   * @throws Exception
+   */
+  public FTSDataColumnGroupI getDataColumnGroupById(String groupId)
           throws Exception;
 
+  /**
+   * Fetch FTSDataColumnI by name or code
+   * 
+   * @param nameOrCode
+   * @return FTSDataColumnI
+   * @throws Exception
+   */
   public FTSDataColumnI getDataColumnByNameOrCode(String nameOrCode)
           throws Exception;
 
+  /**
+   * Convert collection of FTSDataColumnI objects to a comma delimited string of
+   * the 'code' values
+   * 
+   * @param wantedFields
+   *          the collection of FTSDataColumnI to process
+   * @return the generated comma delimited string from the supplied
+   *         FTSDataColumnI collection
+   */
+  public String getDataColumnsFieldsAsCommaDelimitedString(
+          Collection<FTSDataColumnI> wantedFields);
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch index of the primary key column for the dynamic table TODO: consider
+   * removing 'hasRefSeq' - never used in code
+   * 
+   * @param wantedFields
+   *          the available table columns
+   * @param hasRefSeq
+   *          true if the data columns has an additional column for reference
+   *          sequence
+   * @return index of the primary key column
+   * @throws Exception
+   */
   public int getPrimaryKeyColumIndex(
           Collection<FTSDataColumnI> wantedFields, boolean hasRefSeq)
           throws Exception;
-          
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the primary key data column object
+   * 
+   * @return the FTSDataColumnI object for the primary key column
+   */
   public FTSDataColumnI getPrimaryKeyColumn();
 
-  public Collection<FTSDataColumnI> getAllDefaulDisplayedDataColumns();
+  /**
+   * Returns list of FTSDataColumnI objects to be displayed by default
+   * 
+   * @return list of columns to display by default
+   */
+  public Collection<FTSDataColumnI> getAllDefaultDisplayedFTSDataColumns();
 
+  /**
+   * Return list of FTSDataColumnI objects that can be used to perform a search
+   * query
+   * 
+   * @return list of searchable FTSDataColumnI object
+   */
   public Collection<FTSDataColumnI> getSearchableDataColumns();
 
+  /**
+   * Return list of all available FTSDataColumnI object
+   * 
+   * @return list of all FTSColumnI objcet
+   */
   public Collection<FTSDataColumnI> getAllFTSDataColumns();
-}
 
+  /**
+   * Return the default response page limit
+   * 
+   * @return the default response page size
+   */
+  public int getDefaultResponsePageSize();
+
+  public String[] getPreferencesColumnsFor(PreferenceSource source);
+}