X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fstructures%2Fmodels%2FAAStructureBindingModel.java;h=4b1149406ab99dc1a613dddbd2a65c78ccb453f8;hb=d622d93ba5a3e596a4ea29bc1ba75bf2acacfdf0;hp=9f15e55c139ca5d6eca6a01ec8ced47c1f2074b8;hpb=c932f0e85a8852824cdd8ce790af68682732c85c;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/structures/models/AAStructureBindingModel.java b/src/jalview/structures/models/AAStructureBindingModel.java
index 9f15e55..4b11494 100644
--- a/src/jalview/structures/models/AAStructureBindingModel.java
+++ b/src/jalview/structures/models/AAStructureBindingModel.java
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ public abstract class AAStructureBindingModel
    * @param getReply
    * @param msg
    */
-  protected List<String> executeCommands(List<StructureCommandI> commands,
+  public List<String> executeCommands(List<StructureCommandI> commands,
           boolean getReply, String msg)
   {
     return executeCommand(getReply, msg,
@@ -1546,6 +1546,31 @@ public abstract class AAStructureBindingModel
     return f;
   }
 
+
+  /**
+   * Use restoreSession when you want to restore a previously saved sesssion to
+   * the running viewer instance.
+   * 
+   * @param absolutePath
+   */
+  public void restoreSession(String absolutePath)
+  {
+    String prefix = getViewerType().toString();
+    try {
+
+      StructureCommandI cmd = commandGenerator.restoreSession(absolutePath);
+      if (cmd != null)
+      {
+        executeCommand(cmd, false);
+      }
+    } catch (Throwable e)
+    {
+      Console.error(String.format("Error restoring %s session: %s", prefix,
+              e.toString()));
+    }
+
+  }
+
   /**
    * Saves the structure viewer session to the given file
    *