JAL-653 encapsulate Strand, Attributes, Status of SequenceFeature

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceFeature.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceFeature.java
index e60e0c8..6f514f7 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceFeature.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceFeature.java
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ import java.util.Vector;
  */
 public class SequenceFeature
 {
+  private static final String STATUS = "status";
+
+  private static final String STRAND = "STRAND";
+
+  private static final String ATTRIBUTES = "ATTRIBUTES";
+
   public int begin;
 
   public int end;
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ public class SequenceFeature
   {
     this.type = type;
     this.description = desc;
-    setValue("status", status);
+    setValue(STATUS, status);
     this.begin = begin;
     this.end = end;
     this.featureGroup = featureGroup;
@@ -291,20 +297,22 @@ public class SequenceFeature
    */
   public void setStatus(String status)
   {
-    setValue("status", status);
+    setValue(STATUS, status);
   }
 
   public String getStatus()
   {
-    if (otherDetails != null)
-    {
-      String stat = (String) otherDetails.get("status");
-      if (stat != null)
-      {
-        return new String(stat);
-      }
-    }
-    return null;
+    return (String) getValue(STATUS);
+  }
+
+  public void setAttributes(String attr)
+  {
+    setValue(ATTRIBUTES, attr);
+  }
+
+  public String getAttributes()
+  {
+    return (String) getValue(ATTRIBUTES);
   }
 
   public void setPosition(int pos)
@@ -329,7 +337,7 @@ public class SequenceFeature
     int strand = 0;
     if (otherDetails != null)
     {
-      Object str = otherDetails.get("STRAND");
+      Object str = otherDetails.get(STRAND);
       if ("-".equals(str))
       {
         strand = -1;
@@ -342,4 +350,9 @@ public class SequenceFeature
     return strand;
   }
 
+  public void setStrand(String strand)
+  {
+    setValue(STRAND, strand);
+  }
+
 }