JAL-3813 NOIDENTIFIERSSERVICE preference disables jalview pinging www.jalview.org...

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / gui / Desktop.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
index f06adc4..21a0e37 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
@@ -559,26 +559,27 @@ public class Desktop extends jalview.jbgui.GDesktop
 
   public void getIdentifiersOrgData()
   {
-    // Thread off the identifiers fetcher
-    new Thread(new Runnable()
-    {
-      @Override
-      public void run()
+    if (Cache.getProperty("NOIDENTIFIERSSERVICE") == null)
+    {// Thread off the identifiers fetcher
+      new Thread(new Runnable()
       {
-        Cache.log.debug("Downloading data from identifiers.org");
-        UrlDownloadClient client = new UrlDownloadClient();
-        try
-        {
-          client.download(IdOrgSettings.getUrl(),
-                  IdOrgSettings.getDownloadLocation());
-        } catch (IOException e)
+        @Override
+        public void run()
         {
-          Cache.log.debug("Exception downloading identifiers.org data"
-                  + e.getMessage());
+          Cache.log.debug("Downloading data from identifiers.org");
+          try
+          {
+            UrlDownloadClient.download(IdOrgSettings.getUrl(),
+                    IdOrgSettings.getDownloadLocation());
+          } catch (IOException e)
+          {
+            Cache.log.debug("Exception downloading identifiers.org data"
+                    + e.getMessage());
+          }
         }
-      }
-    }).start();
-    ;
+      }).start();
+      ;
+    }
   }
 
   @Override