X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fio%2FAlignFile.java;h=497f0a580836af85016458f6f32c3ecd97adc9a3;hb=89f0e337bf5e8a9ce4c5e2d75819582ff45dadce;hp=2340283ea2e31f0f538a1b4561f411ca3fb95e6f;hpb=f8b17a9e7363b8a9e7cd12d61bc6d611c7c97d7d;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/io/AlignFile.java b/src/jalview/io/AlignFile.java
index 2340283..497f0a5 100755
--- a/src/jalview/io/AlignFile.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/AlignFile.java
@@ -72,7 +72,20 @@ public abstract class AlignFile extends FileParse
 
   long end;
 
-  private boolean parseCalled;
+  /**
+   * true if parse() has been called
+   */
+  private boolean parseCalled = false;
+
+  private boolean parseImmediately = true;
+
+  /**
+   * @return if doParse() was called at construction time
+   */
+  protected boolean isParseImmediately()
+  {
+    return parseImmediately;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Creates a new AlignFile object.
@@ -153,6 +166,11 @@ public abstract class AlignFile extends FileParse
   {
     super(source);
     initData();
+
+    // stash flag in case parse needs to know if it has to autoconfigure or was
+    // configured after construction
+    this.parseImmediately = parseImmediately;
+
     if (parseImmediately)
     {
       doParse();