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diff --git a/src/jalview/io/AlignmentFileReaderI.java b/src/jalview/io/AlignmentFileReaderI.java
index c3e148d..507ae4c 100644
--- a/src/jalview/io/AlignmentFileReaderI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/AlignmentFileReaderI.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import jalview.api.FeatureSettingsModelI;
 import jalview.datamodel.AlignmentI;
 import jalview.datamodel.SequenceI;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 public interface AlignmentFileReaderI
 {
 
@@ -47,4 +49,13 @@ public interface AlignmentFileReaderI
 
   FeatureSettingsModelI getFeatureColourScheme();
 
+  /**
+   * Get a string array resulting from preprocessing the file
+   * 
+   * @return preprocess result
+   */
+  Object[] preprocess();
+
+  public abstract void parse() throws IOException;
+
 }