X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fio%2FAlignFile.java;h=cea28705553b083dd7ab5ea083ec4c3e53d34048;hb=7a1b05d3e521e5d532ad03b23a33ab21675ebd1f;hp=7b1e84ad13580a1efd2244a16de90d92474377f6;hpb=0669bcd76c254141146c1fc2628812c782571c0b;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/io/AlignFile.java b/src/jalview/io/AlignFile.java
index 7b1e84a..cea2870 100755
--- a/src/jalview/io/AlignFile.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/AlignFile.java
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ public abstract class AlignFile extends FileParse
   /**
    * true if parse() has been called
    */
-  private boolean parseCalled;
+  private boolean parseCalled = false;
 
-  private boolean parseImmediately;
+  private boolean parseImmediately = true;
 
   /**
    * @return if doParse() was called at construction time
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public abstract class AlignFile extends FileParse
    * @param sourceType
    *          What type of file to read from (File, URL, Pasted String)
    */
-  public AlignFile(String dataObject, DataSourceType sourceType)
+  public AlignFile(Object dataObject, DataSourceType sourceType)
           throws IOException
   {
     this(true, dataObject, sourceType);
@@ -130,9 +130,10 @@ public abstract class AlignFile extends FileParse
    *          What type of file to read from (File, URL)
    * @throws IOException
    */
-  public AlignFile(boolean parseImmediately, String dataObject,
+  public AlignFile(boolean parseImmediately, Object dataObject,
           DataSourceType sourceType) throws IOException
   {
+    // BH allows File or String
     super(dataObject, sourceType);
     initData();
     if (parseImmediately)