From: gmungoc <g.m.carstairs@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:36:41 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: JAL-2416 public constant for space gap character
X-Git-Tag: Release_2_10_2~3^2~105^2~2^2~102
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;ds=inline;h=6ea26cb4ab0b927960148f3ead43909b1dd8db84;p=jalview.git

JAL-2416 public constant for space gap character
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diff --git a/src/jalview/util/Comparison.java b/src/jalview/util/Comparison.java
index 1326647..6c2fb4b 100644
--- a/src/jalview/util/Comparison.java
+++ b/src/jalview/util/Comparison.java
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ public class Comparison
 
   private static final int TO_UPPER_CASE = 'a' - 'A';
 
-  private static final char GAP_SPACE = ' ';
+  public static final char GAP_SPACE = ' ';
 
-  private static final char GAP_DOT = '.';
+  public static final char GAP_DOT = '.';
 
-  private static final char GAP_DASH = '-';
+  public static final char GAP_DASH = '-';
 
   public static final String GapChars = new String(new char[] { GAP_SPACE,
       GAP_DOT, GAP_DASH });