[jalview.git] / src / jalview / datamodel / Sequence.java

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package jalview.datamodel;

import jalview.analysis.AlignSeq;
import jalview.api.DBRefEntryI;
import jalview.datamodel.features.SequenceFeatures;
import jalview.datamodel.features.SequenceFeaturesI;
import jalview.util.Comparison;
import jalview.util.DBRefUtils;
import jalview.util.MapList;
import jalview.util.StringUtils;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Vector;

import com.stevesoft.pat.Regex;

import fr.orsay.lri.varna.models.rna.RNA;

/**
 * 
 * Implements the SequenceI interface for a char[] based sequence object.
 * 
 * @author $author$
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public class Sequence extends ASequence implements SequenceI
{
  private static final Regex limitrx = new Regex(
          "[/][0-9]{1,}[-][0-9]{1,}$");

  private static final Regex endrx = new Regex("[0-9]{1,}$");

  SequenceI datasetSequence;

  String name;

  private char[] sequence;

  String description;

  int start;

  int end;

  Vector<PDBEntry> pdbIds;

  String vamsasId;

  DBRefEntry[] dbrefs;

  RNA rna;

  /**
   * This annotation is displayed below the alignment but the positions are tied
   * to the residues of this sequence
   *
   * TODO: change to List<>
   */
  Vector<AlignmentAnnotation> annotation;

  /**
   * The index of the sequence in a MSA
   */
  int index = -1;

  private SequenceFeatures sequenceFeatureStore;

  /*
   * A cursor holding the approximate current view position to the sequence,
   * as determined by findIndex or findPosition or findPositions.
   * Using a cursor as a hint allows these methods to be more performant for
   * large sequences.
   */
  private SequenceCursor cursor;

  /*
   * A number that should be incremented whenever the sequence is edited.
   * If the value matches the cursor token, then we can trust the cursor,
   * if not then it should be recomputed. 
   */
  private int changeCount;

  /**
   * Creates a new Sequence object.
   * 
   * @param name
   *          display name string
   * @param sequence
   *          string to form a possibly gapped sequence out of
   * @param start
   *          first position of non-gap residue in the sequence
   * @param end
   *          last position of ungapped residues (nearly always only used for
   *          display purposes)
   */
  public Sequence(String name, String sequence, int start, int end)
  {
    this();
    initSeqAndName(name, sequence.toCharArray(), start, end);
  }

  public Sequence(String name, char[] sequence, int start, int end)
  {
    this();
    initSeqAndName(name, sequence, start, end);
  }

  /**
   * Stage 1 constructor - assign name, sequence, and set start and end fields.
   * start and end are updated values from name2 if it ends with /start-end
   * 
   * @param name2
   * @param sequence2
   * @param start2
   * @param end2
   */
  protected void initSeqAndName(String name2, char[] sequence2, int start2,
          int end2)
  {
    this.name = name2;
    this.sequence = sequence2;
    this.start = start2;
    this.end = end2;
    parseId();
    checkValidRange();
  }

  void parseId()
  {
    if (name == null)
    {
      System.err
              .println("POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION ERROR: null sequence name passed to constructor.");
      name = "";
    }
    // Does sequence have the /start-end signature?
    if (limitrx.search(name))
    {
      name = limitrx.left();
      endrx.search(limitrx.stringMatched());
      setStart(Integer.parseInt(limitrx.stringMatched().substring(1,
              endrx.matchedFrom() - 1)));
      setEnd(Integer.parseInt(endrx.stringMatched()));
    }
  }

  void checkValidRange()
  {
    // Note: JAL-774 :
    // http://issues.jalview.org/browse/JAL-774?focusedCommentId=11239&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-11239
    {
      int endRes = 0;
      for (int j = 0; j < sequence.length; j++)
      {
        if (!jalview.util.Comparison.isGap(sequence[j]))
        {
          endRes++;
        }
      }
      if (endRes > 0)
      {
        endRes += start - 1;
      }

      if (end < endRes)
      {
        end = endRes;
      }
    }

  }

  /**
   * default constructor
   */
  private Sequence()
  {
    sequenceFeatureStore = new SequenceFeatures();
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new Sequence object.
   * 
   * @param name
   *          DOCUMENT ME!
   * @param sequence
   *          DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  public Sequence(String name, String sequence)
  {
    this(name, sequence, 1, -1);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new Sequence object with new AlignmentAnnotations but inherits
   * any existing dataset sequence reference. If non exists, everything is
   * copied.
   * 
   * @param seq
   *          if seq is a dataset sequence, behaves like a plain old copy
   *          constructor
   */
  public Sequence(SequenceI seq)
  {
    this(seq, seq.getAnnotation());
  }

  /**
   * Create a new sequence object with new features, DBRefEntries, and PDBIds
   * but inherits any existing dataset sequence reference, and duplicate of any
   * annotation that is present in the given annotation array.
   * 
   * @param seq
   *          the sequence to be copied
   * @param alAnnotation
   *          an array of annotation including some associated with seq
   */
  public Sequence(SequenceI seq, AlignmentAnnotation[] alAnnotation)
  {
    this();
    initSeqFrom(seq, alAnnotation);
  }

  /**
   * does the heavy lifting when cloning a dataset sequence, or coping data from
   * dataset to a new derived sequence.
   * 
   * @param seq
   *          - source of attributes.
   * @param alAnnotation
   *          - alignment annotation present on seq that should be copied onto
   *          this sequence
   */
  protected void initSeqFrom(SequenceI seq,
          AlignmentAnnotation[] alAnnotation)
  {
    char[] oseq = seq.getSequence();
    initSeqAndName(seq.getName(), Arrays.copyOf(oseq, oseq.length),
            seq.getStart(), seq.getEnd());

    description = seq.getDescription();
    if (seq != datasetSequence)
    {
      setDatasetSequence(seq.getDatasetSequence());
    }
    
    /*
     * only copy DBRefs and seqfeatures if we really are a dataset sequence
     */
    if (datasetSequence == null)
    {
      if (seq.getDBRefs() != null)
      {
        DBRefEntry[] dbr = seq.getDBRefs();
        for (int i = 0; i < dbr.length; i++)
        {
          addDBRef(new DBRefEntry(dbr[i]));
        }
      }

      /*
       * make copies of any sequence features
       */
      for (SequenceFeature sf : seq.getSequenceFeatures())
      {
        addSequenceFeature(new SequenceFeature(sf));
      }
    }

    if (seq.getAnnotation() != null)
    {
      AlignmentAnnotation[] sqann = seq.getAnnotation();
      for (int i = 0; i < sqann.length; i++)
      {
        if (sqann[i] == null)
        {
          continue;
        }
        boolean found = (alAnnotation == null);
        if (!found)
        {
          for (int apos = 0; !found && apos < alAnnotation.length; apos++)
          {
            found = (alAnnotation[apos] == sqann[i]);
          }
        }
        if (found)
        {
          // only copy the given annotation
          AlignmentAnnotation newann = new AlignmentAnnotation(sqann[i]);
          addAlignmentAnnotation(newann);
        }
      }
    }
    if (seq.getAllPDBEntries() != null)
    {
      Vector<PDBEntry> ids = seq.getAllPDBEntries();
      for (PDBEntry pdb : ids)
      {
        this.addPDBId(new PDBEntry(pdb));
      }
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void setSequenceFeatures(List<SequenceFeature> features)
  {
    if (datasetSequence != null)
    {
      datasetSequence.setSequenceFeatures(features);
      return;
    }
    sequenceFeatureStore = new SequenceFeatures(features);
  }

  @Override
  public synchronized boolean addSequenceFeature(SequenceFeature sf)
  {
    if (sf.getType() == null)
    {
      System.err.println("SequenceFeature type may not be null: "
              + sf.toString());
      return false;
    }

    if (datasetSequence != null)
    {
      return datasetSequence.addSequenceFeature(sf);
    }

    return sequenceFeatureStore.add(sf);
  }

  @Override
  public void deleteFeature(SequenceFeature sf)
  {
    if (datasetSequence != null)
    {
      datasetSequence.deleteFeature(sf);
    }
    else
    {
      sequenceFeatureStore.delete(sf);
    }
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   * 
   * @return
   */
  @Override
  public List<SequenceFeature> getSequenceFeatures()
  {
    if (datasetSequence != null)
    {
      return datasetSequence.getSequenceFeatures();
    }
    return sequenceFeatureStore.getAllFeatures();
  }

  @Override
  public SequenceFeaturesI getFeatures()
  {
    return datasetSequence != null ? datasetSequence.getFeatures()
            : sequenceFeatureStore;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean addPDBId(PDBEntry entry)
  {
    if (pdbIds == null)
    {
      pdbIds = new Vector<PDBEntry>();
      pdbIds.add(entry);
      return true;
    }

    for (PDBEntry pdbe : pdbIds)
    {
      if (pdbe.updateFrom(entry))
      {
        return false;
      }
    }
    pdbIds.addElement(entry);
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * DOCUMENT ME!
   * 
   * @param id
   *          DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  @Override
  public void setPDBId(Vector<PDBEntry> id)
  {
    pdbIds = id;
  }

  /**
   * DOCUMENT ME!
   * 
   * @return DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  @Override
  public Vector<PDBEntry> getAllPDBEntries()
  {
    return pdbIds == null ? new Vector<PDBEntry>() : pdbIds;
  }

  /**
   * DOCUMENT ME!
   * 
   * @return DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  @Override
  public String getDisplayId(boolean jvsuffix)
  {
    StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(name);
    if (jvsuffix)
    {
      result.append("/" + start + "-" + end);
    }

    return result.toString();
  }

  /**
   * DOCUMENT ME!
   * 
   * @param name
   *          DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  @Override
  public void setName(String name)
  {
    this.name = name;
    this.parseId();
  }

  /**
   * DOCUMENT ME!
   * 
   * @return DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  @Override
  public String getName()
  {
    return this.name;
  }

  /**
   * DOCUMENT ME!
   * 
   * @param start
   *          DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  @Override
  public void setStart(int start)
  {
    this.start = start;
  }

  /**
   * DOCUMENT ME!
   * 
   * @return DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  @Override
  public int getStart()
  {
    return this.start;
  }

  /**
   * DOCUMENT ME!
   * 
   * @param end
   *          DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  @Override
  public void setEnd(int end)
  {
    this.end = end;
  }

  /**
   * DOCUMENT ME!
   * 
   * @return DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  @Override
  public int getEnd()
  {
    return this.end;
  }

  /**
   * DOCUMENT ME!
   * 
   * @return DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  @Override
  public int getLength()
  {
    return this.sequence.length;
  }

  /**
   * DOCUMENT ME!
   * 
   * @param seq
   *          DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  @Override
  public void setSequence(String seq)
  {
    this.sequence = seq.toCharArray();
    checkValidRange();
    sequenceChanged();
  }

  @Override
  public String getSequenceAsString()
  {
    return new String(sequence);
  }

  @Override
  public String getSequenceAsString(int start, int end)
  {
    return new String(getSequence(start, end));
  }

  @Override
  public char[] getSequence()
  {
    return sequence;
  }

  /*
   * (non-Javadoc)
   * 
   * @see jalview.datamodel.SequenceI#getSequence(int, int)
   */
  @Override
  public char[] getSequence(int start, int end)
  {
    if (start < 0)
    {
      start = 0;
    }
    // JBPNote - left to user to pad the result here (TODO:Decide on this
    // policy)
    if (start >= sequence.length)
    {
      return new char[0];
    }

    if (end >= sequence.length)
    {
      end = sequence.length;
    }

    char[] reply = new char[end - start];
    System.arraycopy(sequence, start, reply, 0, end - start);

    return reply;
  }

  @Override
  public SequenceI getSubSequence(int start, int end)
  {
    if (start < 0)
    {
      start = 0;
    }
    char[] seq = getSequence(start, end);
    if (seq.length == 0)
    {
      return null;
    }
    int nstart = findPosition(start);
    int nend = findPosition(end) - 1;
    // JBPNote - this is an incomplete copy.
    SequenceI nseq = new Sequence(this.getName(), seq, nstart, nend);
    nseq.setDescription(description);
    if (datasetSequence != null)
    {
      nseq.setDatasetSequence(datasetSequence);
    }
    else
    {
      nseq.setDatasetSequence(this);
    }
    return nseq;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the character of the aligned sequence at the given position (base
   * zero), or space if the position is not within the sequence's bounds
   * 
   * @return
   */
  @Override
  public char getCharAt(int i)
  {
    if (i >= 0 && i < sequence.length)
    {
      return sequence[i];
    }
    else
    {
      return ' ';
    }
  }

  /**
   * DOCUMENT ME!
   * 
   * @param desc
   *          DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  @Override
  public void setDescription(String desc)
  {
    this.description = desc;
  }

  /**
   * DOCUMENT ME!
   * 
   * @return DOCUMENT ME!
   */
  @Override
  public String getDescription()
  {
    return this.description;
  }

  /*
   * (non-Javadoc)
   * 
   * @see jalview.datamodel.SequenceI#findIndex(int)
   */
  @Override
  public int findIndex(int pos)
  {
    /*
     * use a valid nearby cursor if available
     */
    if (cursor != null && cursor.sequence == this
            && cursor.token == changeCount)
    {
      return findIndex(pos, cursor);
    }

    int j = start;
    int i = 0;
    // Rely on end being at least as long as the length of the sequence.
    while ((i < sequence.length) && (j <= end) && (j <= pos))
    {
      if (!Comparison.isGap(sequence[i]))
      {
        j++;
      }
      i++;
    }

    if ((j == end) && (j < pos))
    {
      return end + 1;
    }
    else
    {
      updateCursor(pos, i);
      return i;
    }
  }

  protected void updateCursor(int residuePos, int column)
  {
    // TODO probably want to synchronize this on something
    cursor = new SequenceCursor(this, residuePos, column, this.changeCount);
  }

  /**
   * Answers the aligned column position (1..) for the given residue position
   * (start..) given a 'hint' of a residue/column location in the neighbourhood.
   * The hint may be left of, at, or to the right of the required position.
   * 
   * @param pos
   * @param curs
   * @return
   */
  protected int findIndex(int pos, SequenceCursor curs)
  {
    if (curs.sequence != this || curs.token != changeCount)
    {
      /*
       * wrong or invalidated cursor, compute de novo
       */
      return findIndex(pos);
    }

    if (curs.residuePosition == pos)
    {
      return curs.columnPosition;
    }

    /*
     * move left or right to find pos from hint.position
     */
    int col = curs.columnPosition - 1; // convert from base 1 to 0-based array
                                       // index
    int newPos = curs.residuePosition;
    int delta = newPos > pos ? -1 : 1;

    while (newPos != pos)
    {
      col += delta; // shift one column left or right
      if (col < 0 || col == sequence.length)
      {
        break;
      }
      if (!Comparison.isGap(sequence[col]))
      {
        newPos += delta;
      }
    }

    col++; // convert back to base 1
    updateCursor(pos, col);

    return col;
  }

  @Override
  public int findPosition(final int i)
  {
    /*
     * use a valid nearby cursor if available
     */
    if (cursor != null && cursor.sequence == this
            && cursor.token == changeCount)
    {
      return findPosition(i + 1, cursor);
    }

    int j = 0;
    int pos = start;
    int seqlen = sequence.length;
    while ((j < i) && (j < seqlen))
    {
      if (!Comparison.isGap(sequence[j]))
      {
        pos++;
      }

      j++;
    }

    if (j == i && !Comparison.isGap(sequence[i]))
    {
      updateCursor(pos, i + 1);
    }

    return pos;
  }

  /**
   * Answers the sequence position (start..) for the given aligned column
   * position (1..), given a hint of a cursor in the neighbourhood. The cursor
   * may lie left of, at, or to the right of the column position.
   * 
   * @param col
   * @param curs
   * @return
   */
  protected int findPosition(final int col, SequenceCursor curs)
  {
    if (curs.sequence != this || curs.token != changeCount)
    {
      /*
       * wrong or invalidated cursor, compute de novo
       */
      return findPosition(col - 1);// ugh back to base 0
    }

    if (curs.columnPosition == col)
    {
      return curs.residuePosition; // easy case :-)
    }

    /*
     * move left or right to find pos from cursor position
     */
    int column = curs.columnPosition - 1; // to base 0
    int newPos = curs.residuePosition;
    int delta = curs.columnPosition > col ? -1 : 1;
    boolean gapped = false;

    while (column != col - 1)
    {
      column += delta; // shift one column left or right
      if (column < 0 || column == sequence.length)
      {
        break;
      }
      gapped = Comparison.isGap(sequence[column]);
      if (!gapped)
      {
        newPos += delta;
      }
    }

    /*
     * hack to give position to the right if on a gap
     * pending resolution of JAL-2562
     */
    if (delta > 0 && gapped)
    {
      newPos++;
    }

    return newPos;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  @Override
  public Range findPositions(int fromCol, int toCol)
  {
    if (cursor != null && cursor.sequence == this
            && cursor.token == changeCount)
    {
      return findPositions(fromCol, toCol, cursor);
    }

    /*
     * count residues before fromCol
     */
    int j = 0;
    int count = 0;
    int seqlen = sequence.length;
    while (j < fromCol && j < seqlen)
    {
      if (!Comparison.isGap(sequence[j]))
      {
        count++;
      }
      j++;
    }

    /*
     * find first and last residues between fromCol and toCol
     */
    int firstPos = 0;
    int lastPos = 0;
    boolean foundFirst = false;
    
    while (j <= toCol && j < seqlen)
    {
      if (!Comparison.isGap(sequence[j]))
      {
        count++;
        if (!foundFirst)
        {
          firstPos = count;
          foundFirst = true;
        }
        lastPos = count;
      }
      j++;
    }

    if (firstPos == 0)
    {
      /*
       * no residues in this range
       */
      return null;
    }

    /*
     * adjust for sequence start coordinate
     */
    firstPos += start - 1;
    lastPos += start - 1;

    return new Range(firstPos, lastPos);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the range of sequence positions included in the given alignment
   * position range. If no positions are included (the range is entirely gaps),
   * then returns null. The cursor parameter may provide a starting position in
   * the neighbourhood of the search (which may be left of, right of, or
   * overlapping the search region).
   * 
   * @param fromCol
   *          start column of region (0..)
   * @param toCol
   *          end column of region (0..)
   * @param curs
   * @return
   */
  protected Range findPositions(int fromCol, int toCol, SequenceCursor curs)
  {
    if (curs.sequence != this || curs.token != changeCount)
    {
      /*
       * wrong or invalidated cursor, compute de novo
       */
      return findPositions(fromCol, toCol);
    }

    /*
     * keep this simple...first step from cursor to fromCol...
     */
    final int seqlen = sequence.length;
    int resNo = curs.residuePosition;
    int col = curs.columnPosition - 1; // from base 1 to base 0
    if (col != fromCol)
    {
      int delta = col > fromCol ? -1 : 1;
      while (col != fromCol && col >= 0 && col < seqlen)
      {
        if (!Comparison.isGap(sequence[col]))
        {
          resNo += delta;
        }
        col += delta;
      }
    }

    if (col < fromCol || col == seqlen)
    {
      /*
       * sequence lies to the left of the target region
       */
      return null;
    }

    /*
     * resNo is now the residue at fromCol (if not gapped), else the one
     * before it (if delta == 1), else the one after (if delta == -1);
     * we want the residue before fromCol
     */
    if (!Comparison.isGap(sequence[fromCol]))
    {
      resNo--;
    }
    else if (curs.columnPosition > fromCol)
    {
      resNo -= 2;
    }

    /*
     * now first and last residues between fromCol and toCol
     */
    int firstPos = 0;
    int lastPos = 0;
    boolean foundFirst = false;

    while (col <= toCol && col < seqlen)
    {
      if (!Comparison.isGap(sequence[col]))
      {
        resNo++;
        if (!foundFirst)
        {
          firstPos = resNo;
          foundFirst = true;
        }
        lastPos = resNo;
      }
      col++;
    }

    if (firstPos == 0)
    {
      /*
       * no residues in this range
       */
      return null;
    }

    return new Range(firstPos, lastPos);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an int array where indices correspond to each residue in the
   * sequence and the element value gives its position in the alignment
   * 
   * @return int[SequenceI.getEnd()-SequenceI.getStart()+1] or null if no
   *         residues in SequenceI object
   */
  @Override
  public int[] gapMap()
  {
    String seq = jalview.analysis.AlignSeq.extractGaps(
            jalview.util.Comparison.GapChars, new String(sequence));
    int[] map = new int[seq.length()];
    int j = 0;
    int p = 0;

    while (j < sequence.length)
    {
      if (!jalview.util.Comparison.isGap(sequence[j]))
      {
        map[p++] = j;
      }

      j++;
    }

    return map;
  }

  @Override
  public int[] findPositionMap()
  {
    int map[] = new int[sequence.length];
    int j = 0;
    int pos = start;
    int seqlen = sequence.length;
    while ((j < seqlen))
    {
      map[j] = pos;
      if (!jalview.util.Comparison.isGap(sequence[j]))
      {
        pos++;
      }

      j++;
    }
    return map;
  }

  @Override
  public List<int[]> getInsertions()
  {
    ArrayList<int[]> map = new ArrayList<int[]>();
    int lastj = -1, j = 0;
    int pos = start;
    int seqlen = sequence.length;
    while ((j < seqlen))
    {
      if (jalview.util.Comparison.isGap(sequence[j]))
      {
        if (lastj == -1)
        {
          lastj = j;
        }
      }
      else
      {
        if (lastj != -1)
        {
          map.add(new int[] { lastj, j - 1 });
          lastj = -1;
        }
      }
      j++;
    }
    if (lastj != -1)
    {
      map.add(new int[] { lastj, j - 1 });
      lastj = -1;
    }
    return map;
  }

  @Override
  public void deleteChars(int i, int j)
  {
    int newstart = start, newend = end;
    if (i >= sequence.length || i < 0)
    {
      return;
    }

    char[] tmp = StringUtils.deleteChars(sequence, i, j);
    boolean createNewDs = false;
    // TODO: take a (second look) at the dataset creation validation method for
    // the very large sequence case
    int eindex = -1, sindex = -1;
    boolean ecalc = false, scalc = false;
    for (int s = i; s < j; s++)
    {
      if (jalview.schemes.ResidueProperties.aaIndex[sequence[s]] != 23)
      {
        if (createNewDs)
        {
          newend--;
        }
        else
        {
          if (!scalc)
          {
            sindex = findIndex(start) - 1;
            scalc = true;
          }
          if (sindex == s)
          {
            // delete characters including start of sequence
            newstart = findPosition(j);
            break; // don't need to search for any more residue characters.
          }
          else
          {
            // delete characters after start.
            if (!ecalc)
            {
              eindex = findIndex(end) - 1;
              ecalc = true;
            }
            if (eindex < j)
            {
              // delete characters at end of sequence
              newend = findPosition(i - 1);
              break; // don't need to search for any more residue characters.
            }
            else
            {
              createNewDs = true;
              newend--; // decrease end position by one for the deleted residue
              // and search further
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
    // deletion occured in the middle of the sequence
    if (createNewDs && this.datasetSequence != null)
    {
      // construct a new sequence
      Sequence ds = new Sequence(datasetSequence);
      // TODO: remove any non-inheritable properties ?
      // TODO: create a sequence mapping (since there is a relation here ?)
      ds.deleteChars(i, j);
      datasetSequence = ds;
    }
    start = newstart;
    end = newend;
    sequence = tmp;
    sequenceChanged();
  }

  @Override
  public void insertCharAt(int i, int length, char c)
  {
    char[] tmp = new char[sequence.length + length];

    if (i >= sequence.length)
    {
      System.arraycopy(sequence, 0, tmp, 0, sequence.length);
      i = sequence.length;
    }
    else
    {
      System.arraycopy(sequence, 0, tmp, 0, i);
    }

    int index = i;
    while (length > 0)
    {
      tmp[index++] = c;
      length--;
    }

    if (i < sequence.length)
    {
      System.arraycopy(sequence, i, tmp, index, sequence.length - i);
    }

    sequence = tmp;
    sequenceChanged();
  }

  @Override
  public void insertCharAt(int i, char c)
  {
    insertCharAt(i, 1, c);
  }

  @Override
  public String getVamsasId()
  {
    return vamsasId;
  }

  @Override
  public void setVamsasId(String id)
  {
    vamsasId = id;
  }

  @Override
  public void setDBRefs(DBRefEntry[] dbref)
  {
    if (dbrefs == null && datasetSequence != null
            && this != datasetSequence)
    {
      datasetSequence.setDBRefs(dbref);
      return;
    }
    dbrefs = dbref;
    if (dbrefs != null)
    {
      DBRefUtils.ensurePrimaries(this);
    }
  }

  @Override
  public DBRefEntry[] getDBRefs()
  {
    if (dbrefs == null && datasetSequence != null
            && this != datasetSequence)
    {
      return datasetSequence.getDBRefs();
    }
    return dbrefs;
  }

  @Override
  public void addDBRef(DBRefEntry entry)
  {
    if (datasetSequence != null)
    {
      datasetSequence.addDBRef(entry);
      return;
    }

    if (dbrefs == null)
    {
      dbrefs = new DBRefEntry[0];
    }

    for (DBRefEntryI dbr : dbrefs)
    {
      if (dbr.updateFrom(entry))
      {
        /*
         * found a dbref that either matched, or could be
         * updated from, the new entry - no need to add it
         */
        return;
      }
    }

    /*
     * extend the array to make room for one more
     */
    // TODO use an ArrayList instead
    int j = dbrefs.length;
    DBRefEntry[] temp = new DBRefEntry[j + 1];
    System.arraycopy(dbrefs, 0, temp, 0, j);
    temp[temp.length - 1] = entry;

    dbrefs = temp;

    DBRefUtils.ensurePrimaries(this);
  }

  @Override
  public void setDatasetSequence(SequenceI seq)
  {
    if (seq == this)
    {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
              "Implementation Error: self reference passed to SequenceI.setDatasetSequence");
    }
    if (seq != null && seq.getDatasetSequence() != null)
    {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
              "Implementation error: cascading dataset sequences are not allowed.");
    }
    datasetSequence = seq;
  }

  @Override
  public SequenceI getDatasetSequence()
  {
    return datasetSequence;
  }

  @Override
  public AlignmentAnnotation[] getAnnotation()
  {
    return annotation == null ? null : annotation
            .toArray(new AlignmentAnnotation[annotation.size()]);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean hasAnnotation(AlignmentAnnotation ann)
  {
    return annotation == null ? false : annotation.contains(ann);
  }

  @Override
  public void addAlignmentAnnotation(AlignmentAnnotation annotation)
  {
    if (this.annotation == null)
    {
      this.annotation = new Vector<AlignmentAnnotation>();
    }
    if (!this.annotation.contains(annotation))
    {
      this.annotation.addElement(annotation);
    }
    annotation.setSequenceRef(this);
  }

  @Override
  public void removeAlignmentAnnotation(AlignmentAnnotation annotation)
  {
    if (this.annotation != null)
    {
      this.annotation.removeElement(annotation);
      if (this.annotation.size() == 0)
      {
        this.annotation = null;
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * test if this is a valid candidate for another sequence's dataset sequence.
   * 
   */
  private boolean isValidDatasetSequence()
  {
    if (datasetSequence != null)
    {
      return false;
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < sequence.length; i++)
    {
      if (jalview.util.Comparison.isGap(sequence[i]))
      {
        return false;
      }
    }
    return true;
  }

  @Override
  public SequenceI deriveSequence()
  {
    Sequence seq = null;
    if (datasetSequence == null)
    {
      if (isValidDatasetSequence())
      {
        // Use this as dataset sequence
        seq = new Sequence(getName(), "", 1, -1);
        seq.setDatasetSequence(this);
        seq.initSeqFrom(this, getAnnotation());
        return seq;
      }
      else
      {
        // Create a new, valid dataset sequence
        createDatasetSequence();
      }
    }
    return new Sequence(this);
  }

  private boolean _isNa;

  private long _seqhash = 0;

  /**
   * Answers false if the sequence is more than 85% nucleotide (ACGTU), else
   * true
   */
  @Override
  public boolean isProtein()
  {
    if (datasetSequence != null)
    {
      return datasetSequence.isProtein();
    }
    if (_seqhash != sequence.hashCode())
    {
      _seqhash = sequence.hashCode();
      _isNa = Comparison.isNucleotide(this);
    }
    return !_isNa;
  };

  /*
   * (non-Javadoc)
   * 
   * @see jalview.datamodel.SequenceI#createDatasetSequence()
   */
  @Override
  public SequenceI createDatasetSequence()
  {
    if (datasetSequence == null)
    {
      Sequence dsseq = new Sequence(getName(), AlignSeq.extractGaps(
              jalview.util.Comparison.GapChars, getSequenceAsString()),
              getStart(), getEnd());

      datasetSequence = dsseq;

      dsseq.setDescription(description);
      // move features and database references onto dataset sequence
      dsseq.sequenceFeatureStore = sequenceFeatureStore;
      sequenceFeatureStore = null;
      dsseq.dbrefs = dbrefs;
      dbrefs = null;
      // TODO: search and replace any references to this sequence with
      // references to the dataset sequence in Mappings on dbref
      dsseq.pdbIds = pdbIds;
      pdbIds = null;
      datasetSequence.updatePDBIds();
      if (annotation != null)
      {
        // annotation is cloned rather than moved, to preserve what's currently
        // on the alignment
        for (AlignmentAnnotation aa : annotation)
        {
          AlignmentAnnotation _aa = new AlignmentAnnotation(aa);
          _aa.sequenceRef = datasetSequence;
          _aa.adjustForAlignment(); // uses annotation's own record of
                                    // sequence-column mapping
          datasetSequence.addAlignmentAnnotation(_aa);
        }
      }
    }
    return datasetSequence;
  }

  /*
   * (non-Javadoc)
   * 
   * @see
   * jalview.datamodel.SequenceI#setAlignmentAnnotation(AlignmmentAnnotation[]
   * annotations)
   */
  @Override
  public void setAlignmentAnnotation(AlignmentAnnotation[] annotations)
  {
    if (annotation != null)
    {
      annotation.removeAllElements();
    }
    if (annotations != null)
    {
      for (int i = 0; i < annotations.length; i++)
      {
        if (annotations[i] != null)
        {
          addAlignmentAnnotation(annotations[i]);
        }
      }
    }
  }

  @Override
  public AlignmentAnnotation[] getAnnotation(String label)
  {
    if (annotation == null || annotation.size() == 0)
    {
      return null;
    }

    Vector<AlignmentAnnotation> subset = new Vector<AlignmentAnnotation>();
    Enumeration<AlignmentAnnotation> e = annotation.elements();
    while (e.hasMoreElements())
    {
      AlignmentAnnotation ann = e.nextElement();
      if (ann.label != null && ann.label.equals(label))
      {
        subset.addElement(ann);
      }
    }
    if (subset.size() == 0)
    {
      return null;
    }
    AlignmentAnnotation[] anns = new AlignmentAnnotation[subset.size()];
    int i = 0;
    e = subset.elements();
    while (e.hasMoreElements())
    {
      anns[i++] = e.nextElement();
    }
    subset.removeAllElements();
    return anns;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean updatePDBIds()
  {
    if (datasetSequence != null)
    {
      // TODO: could merge DBRefs
      return datasetSequence.updatePDBIds();
    }
    if (dbrefs == null || dbrefs.length == 0)
    {
      return false;
    }
    boolean added = false;
    for (DBRefEntry dbr : dbrefs)
    {
      if (DBRefSource.PDB.equals(dbr.getSource()))
      {
        /*
         * 'Add' any PDB dbrefs as a PDBEntry - add is only performed if the
         * PDB id is not already present in a 'matching' PDBEntry
         * Constructor parses out a chain code if appended to the accession id
         * (a fudge used to 'store' the chain code in the DBRef)
         */
        PDBEntry pdbe = new PDBEntry(dbr);
        added |= addPDBId(pdbe);
      }
    }
    return added;
  }

  @Override
  public void transferAnnotation(SequenceI entry, Mapping mp)
  {
    if (datasetSequence != null)
    {
      datasetSequence.transferAnnotation(entry, mp);
      return;
    }
    if (entry.getDatasetSequence() != null)
    {
      transferAnnotation(entry.getDatasetSequence(), mp);
      return;
    }
    // transfer any new features from entry onto sequence
    if (entry.getSequenceFeatures() != null)
    {

      List<SequenceFeature> sfs = entry.getSequenceFeatures();
      for (SequenceFeature feature : sfs)
      {
        SequenceFeature sf[] = (mp != null) ? mp.locateFeature(feature)
                : new SequenceFeature[] { new SequenceFeature(feature) };
        if (sf != null)
        {
          for (int sfi = 0; sfi < sf.length; sfi++)
          {
            addSequenceFeature(sf[sfi]);
          }
        }
      }
    }

    // transfer PDB entries
    if (entry.getAllPDBEntries() != null)
    {
      Enumeration<PDBEntry> e = entry.getAllPDBEntries().elements();
      while (e.hasMoreElements())
      {
        PDBEntry pdb = e.nextElement();
        addPDBId(pdb);
      }
    }
    // transfer database references
    DBRefEntry[] entryRefs = entry.getDBRefs();
    if (entryRefs != null)
    {
      for (int r = 0; r < entryRefs.length; r++)
      {
        DBRefEntry newref = new DBRefEntry(entryRefs[r]);
        if (newref.getMap() != null && mp != null)
        {
          // remap ref using our local mapping
        }
        // we also assume all version string setting is done by dbSourceProxy
        /*
         * if (!newref.getSource().equalsIgnoreCase(dbSource)) {
         * newref.setSource(dbSource); }
         */
        addDBRef(newref);
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * @return The index (zero-based) on this sequence in the MSA. It returns
   *         {@code -1} if this information is not available.
   */
  @Override
  public int getIndex()
  {
    return index;
  }

  /**
   * Defines the position of this sequence in the MSA. Use the value {@code -1}
   * if this information is undefined.
   * 
   * @param The
   *          position for this sequence. This value is zero-based (zero for
   *          this first sequence)
   */
  @Override
  public void setIndex(int value)
  {
    index = value;
  }

  @Override
  public void setRNA(RNA r)
  {
    rna = r;
  }

  @Override
  public RNA getRNA()
  {
    return rna;
  }

  @Override
  public List<AlignmentAnnotation> getAlignmentAnnotations(String calcId,
          String label)
  {
    List<AlignmentAnnotation> result = new ArrayList<AlignmentAnnotation>();
    if (this.annotation != null)
    {
      for (AlignmentAnnotation ann : annotation)
      {
        if (ann.calcId != null && ann.calcId.equals(calcId)
                && ann.label != null && ann.label.equals(label))
        {
          result.add(ann);
        }
      }
    }
    return result;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString()
  {
    return getDisplayId(false);
  }

  @Override
  public PDBEntry getPDBEntry(String pdbIdStr)
  {
    if (getDatasetSequence() != null)
    {
      return getDatasetSequence().getPDBEntry(pdbIdStr);
    }
    if (pdbIds == null)
    {
      return null;
    }
    List<PDBEntry> entries = getAllPDBEntries();
    for (PDBEntry entry : entries)
    {
      if (entry.getId().equalsIgnoreCase(pdbIdStr))
      {
        return entry;
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public List<DBRefEntry> getPrimaryDBRefs()
  {
    if (datasetSequence != null)
    {
      return datasetSequence.getPrimaryDBRefs();
    }
    if (dbrefs == null || dbrefs.length == 0)
    {
      return Collections.emptyList();
    }
    synchronized (dbrefs)
    {
      List<DBRefEntry> primaries = new ArrayList<DBRefEntry>();
      DBRefEntry[] tmp = new DBRefEntry[1];
      for (DBRefEntry ref : dbrefs)
      {
        if (!ref.isPrimaryCandidate())
        {
          continue;
        }
        if (ref.hasMap())
        {
          MapList mp = ref.getMap().getMap();
          if (mp.getFromLowest() > start || mp.getFromHighest() < end)
          {
            // map only involves a subsequence, so cannot be primary
            continue;
          }
        }
        // whilst it looks like it is a primary ref, we also sanity check type
        if (DBRefUtils.getCanonicalName(DBRefSource.PDB).equals(
                DBRefUtils.getCanonicalName(ref.getSource())))
        {
          // PDB dbrefs imply there should be a PDBEntry associated
          // TODO: tighten PDB dbrefs
          // formally imply Jalview has actually downloaded and
          // parsed the pdb file. That means there should be a cached file
          // handle on the PDBEntry, and a real mapping between sequence and
          // extracted sequence from PDB file
          PDBEntry pdbentry = getPDBEntry(ref.getAccessionId());
          if (pdbentry != null && pdbentry.getFile() != null)
          {
            primaries.add(ref);
          }
          continue;
        }
        // check standard protein or dna sources
        tmp[0] = ref;
        DBRefEntry[] res = DBRefUtils.selectDbRefs(!isProtein(), tmp);
        if (res != null && res[0] == tmp[0])
        {
          primaries.add(ref);
          continue;
        }
      }
      return primaries;
    }
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  @Override
  public List<SequenceFeature> findFeatures(int from, int to,
          String... types)
  {
    if (datasetSequence != null)
    {
      return datasetSequence.findFeatures(from, to, types);
    }
    return sequenceFeatureStore.findFeatures(from, to, types);
  }

  /**
   * Invalidates any stale cursors (forcing recalculation) by incrementing the
   * token that has to match the one presented by the cursor
   */
  @Override
  public void sequenceChanged()
  {
    changeCount++;
  }
}