JAL-2089 patch broken merge to master for Release 2.10.0b1
[jalview.git] / src / jalview / io / FeaturesFile.java
index 7046f88..73783e5 100755 (executable)
-/*\r
-* Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer\r
-* Copyright (C) 2006 AM Waterhouse, J Procter, G Barton, M Clamp, S Searle\r
-*\r
-* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or\r
-* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License\r
-* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2\r
-* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.\r
-*\r
-* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\r
-* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\r
-* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the\r
-* GNU General Public License for more details.\r
-*\r
-* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License\r
-* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software\r
-* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA\r
-*/\r
-package jalview.io;\r
-\r
-import jalview.datamodel.*;\r
-\r
-import java.io.*;\r
-import java.util.*;\r
-import jalview.schemes.UserColourScheme;\r
-\r
-\r
-/**\r
- * DOCUMENT ME!\r
- *\r
- * @author $author$\r
- * @version $Revision$\r
- */\r
-public class FeaturesFile extends AlignFile\r
-{\r
-    /**\r
-     * Creates a new FeaturesFile object.\r
-     */\r
-    public FeaturesFile()\r
-    {\r
-    }\r
-\r
-\r
-    /**\r
-     * Creates a new FeaturesFile object.\r
-     *\r
-     * @param inFile DOCUMENT ME!\r
-     * @param type DOCUMENT ME!\r
-     *\r
-     * @throws IOException DOCUMENT ME!\r
-     */\r
-    public FeaturesFile(String inFile, String type)\r
-       throws IOException\r
-    {\r
-        super(inFile, type);\r
-    }\r
-\r
-    /**\r
-     * The Application can render HTML, but the applet will\r
-     * remove HTML tags and replace links with %LINK%\r
-     * Both need to read links in HTML however\r
-     *\r
-     * @throws IOException DOCUMENT ME!\r
-     */\r
-    public boolean parse(AlignmentI align,\r
-                         Hashtable colours,\r
-                         boolean removeHTML)\r
-    {\r
-      return parse(align, colours, null, removeHTML);\r
-    }\r
-    /**\r
-     * The Application can render HTML, but the applet will\r
-     * remove HTML tags and replace links with %LINK%\r
-     * Both need to read links in HTML however\r
-     *\r
-     * @throws IOException DOCUMENT ME!\r
-     */\r
-    public boolean parse(AlignmentI align,\r
-                         Hashtable colours,\r
-                         Hashtable featureLink,\r
-                         boolean removeHTML)\r
-    {\r
-      String line = null;\r
-      try\r
-      {\r
-        SequenceI seq = null;\r
-        String type, desc, token=null;\r
-\r
-        int index, start, end;\r
-        float score;\r
-        StringTokenizer st;\r
-        SequenceFeature sf;\r
-        String featureGroup = null, groupLink = null;\r
-        Hashtable typeLink = new Hashtable();\r
-\r
-        boolean GFFFile = true;\r
-\r
-        while ( (line = nextLine()) != null)\r
-        {\r
-          if(line.startsWith("#"))\r
-            continue;\r
-\r
-          st = new StringTokenizer(line, "\t");\r
-          if (st.countTokens()>1 && st.countTokens() < 4 )\r
-          {\r
-            GFFFile = false;\r
-            type = st.nextToken();\r
-            if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("startgroup"))\r
-            {\r
-              featureGroup = st.nextToken();\r
-              if (st.hasMoreElements())\r
-              {\r
-                groupLink = st.nextToken();\r
-                featureLink.put(featureGroup, groupLink);\r
-              }\r
-            }\r
-            else if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("endgroup"))\r
-            {\r
-              //We should check whether this is the current group,\r
-              //but at present theres no way of showing more than 1 group\r
-              st.nextToken();\r
-              featureGroup = null;\r
-              groupLink = null;\r
-            }\r
-            else\r
-            {\r
-              UserColourScheme ucs = new UserColourScheme(st.nextToken());\r
-              colours.put(type, ucs.findColour("A"));\r
-              if (st.hasMoreElements())\r
-              {\r
-                String link = st.nextToken();\r
-                typeLink.put(type, link);\r
-                if(featureLink==null)\r
-                  featureLink = new Hashtable();\r
-                featureLink.put(type, link);\r
-              }\r
-\r
-            }\r
-            continue;\r
-          }\r
-\r
-          while (st.hasMoreElements())\r
-          {\r
-\r
-            if(GFFFile)\r
-            {\r
-              // Still possible this is an old Jalview file,\r
-              // which does not have type colours at the beginning\r
-              token = st.nextToken();\r
-              seq = align.findName(token);\r
-              if(seq != null)\r
-              {\r
-                desc = st.nextToken();\r
-                type = st.nextToken();\r
-                start = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());\r
-                end = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());\r
-                try\r
-                {\r
-                  score =  new Float(st.nextToken()).floatValue();\r
-                }\r
-                catch (NumberFormatException ex)\r
-                {\r
-                  score = 0;\r
-                }\r
-\r
-                sf = new SequenceFeature(type, desc, start, end, score, null);\r
-\r
-                try\r
-                {\r
-                  sf.setValue("STRAND", st.nextToken());\r
-                  sf.setValue("FRAME", st.nextToken());\r
-                }\r
-                catch (Exception ex)\r
-                {}\r
-\r
-                if(st.hasMoreTokens())\r
-                {\r
-                  StringBuffer attributes = new StringBuffer();\r
-                  while (st.hasMoreTokens())\r
-                  {\r
-                    attributes.append("\t"+st.nextElement());\r
-                  }\r
-                  sf.setValue("ATTRIBUTES", attributes.toString());\r
-                }\r
-\r
-                seq.addSequenceFeature(sf);\r
-\r
-                break;\r
-              }\r
-            }\r
-\r
-            if(GFFFile && seq==null)\r
-            {\r
-              desc = token;\r
-            }\r
-            else\r
-              desc = st.nextToken();\r
-\r
-\r
-            token = st.nextToken();\r
-            if (!token.equals("ID_NOT_SPECIFIED"))\r
-            {\r
-              seq = align.findName(token);\r
-              st.nextToken();\r
-            }\r
-            else\r
-            {\r
-              try{\r
-                index = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());\r
-                seq = align.getSequenceAt(index);\r
-              }\r
-              catch(NumberFormatException ex)\r
-              {\r
-                seq = null;\r
-              }\r
-            }\r
-\r
-            if(seq==null)\r
-            {\r
-              System.out.println("Sequence not found: "+line);\r
-              break;\r
-            }\r
-\r
-            start = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());\r
-            end = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());\r
-\r
-            type = st.nextToken();\r
-\r
-            if (!colours.containsKey(type))\r
-            {\r
-              // Probably the old style groups file\r
-              UserColourScheme ucs = new UserColourScheme(type);\r
-              colours.put(type, ucs.findColour("A"));\r
-            }\r
-\r
-            sf = new SequenceFeature(type, desc, "", start, end, featureGroup);\r
-\r
-            seq.addSequenceFeature(sf);\r
-\r
-            if(groupLink!=null && removeHTML)\r
-            {\r
-              sf.addLink(groupLink);\r
-              sf.description += "%LINK%";\r
-            }\r
-            if(typeLink.containsKey(type) && removeHTML)\r
-            {\r
-              sf.addLink(typeLink.get(type).toString());\r
-              sf.description += "%LINK%";\r
-            }\r
-\r
-            parseDescriptionHTML(sf, removeHTML);\r
-\r
-            //If we got here, its not a GFFFile\r
-            GFFFile = false;\r
-          }\r
-        }\r
-      }\r
-      catch (Exception ex)\r
-      {\r
-        System.out.println(line);\r
-        ex.printStackTrace();\r
-        System.out.println("Error parsing feature file: " + ex +"\n"+line);\r
-        return false;\r
-      }\r
-\r
-      return true;\r
-    }\r
-\r
-    void parseDescriptionHTML(SequenceFeature sf, boolean removeHTML)\r
-    {\r
-      StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();\r
-      StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(sf.getDescription(), "<");\r
-      String token,  link;\r
-      while(st.hasMoreElements())\r
-      {\r
-        token = st.nextToken("<>");\r
-        if(token.equalsIgnoreCase("html") || token.startsWith("/"))\r
-          continue;\r
-\r
-        if(token.startsWith("a href="))\r
-        {\r
-          link = token.substring(token.indexOf("\"")+1, token.length()-1);\r
-          String label = st.nextToken("<>");\r
-          sf.addLink(label+"|"+link);\r
-          sb.append(label+"%LINK%");\r
-        }\r
-        else if(token.equalsIgnoreCase("br"))\r
-          sb.append("\n");\r
-        else\r
-          sb.append(token);\r
-      }\r
-\r
-      if(removeHTML)\r
-        sf.description = sb.toString();\r
-  }\r
-\r
-    /**\r
-     * DOCUMENT ME!\r
-     *\r
-     * @param s DOCUMENT ME!\r
-     * @param len DOCUMENT ME!\r
-     * @param gaps DOCUMENT ME!\r
-     * @param displayId DOCUMENT ME!\r
-     *\r
-     * @return DOCUMENT ME!\r
-     */\r
-    public String printJalviewFormat(SequenceI [] seqs,\r
-                                     Hashtable visible)\r
-    {\r
-        StringBuffer out = new StringBuffer();\r
-        SequenceFeature [] next;\r
-\r
-        if(visible==null || visible.size()<1)\r
-          return "No Features Visible";\r
-\r
-        Enumeration en = visible.keys();\r
-        String type;\r
-        int color;\r
-        while( en.hasMoreElements() )\r
-        {\r
-          type = en.nextElement().toString();\r
-          color = Integer.parseInt( visible.get(type).toString() );\r
-          out.append(type + "\t"\r
-                     + jalview.util.Format.getHexString(\r
-                         new java.awt.Color(color)  )\r
-                     +"\n");\r
-        }\r
-\r
-        //Work out which groups are both present and visible\r
-        Vector groups = new Vector();\r
-        int groupIndex = 0;\r
-\r
-        for(int i=0; i<seqs.length; i++)\r
-        {\r
-          next = seqs[i].getSequenceFeatures();\r
-          if(next!=null)\r
-          {\r
-            for(int j=0; j<next.length; j++)\r
-            {\r
-              if (!visible.containsKey(next[j].type))\r
-                continue;\r
-\r
-              if (    next[j].featureGroup != null\r
-                  && !groups.contains(next[j].featureGroup))\r
-                groups.addElement(next[j].featureGroup);\r
-            }\r
-          }\r
-        }\r
-\r
-        String group = null;\r
-\r
-        do\r
-        {\r
-\r
-\r
-          if (groups.size() > 0 && groupIndex < groups.size())\r
-          {\r
-            group = groups.elementAt(groupIndex).toString();\r
-            out.append("\nSTARTGROUP\t" + group + "\n");\r
-          }\r
-          else\r
-            group = null;\r
-\r
-          for (int i = 0; i < seqs.length; i++)\r
-          {\r
-            next = seqs[i].getSequenceFeatures();\r
-            if (next != null)\r
-            {\r
-              for (int j = 0; j < next.length; j++)\r
-              {\r
-                if (!visible.containsKey(next[j].type))\r
-                  continue;\r
-\r
-                if (group != null\r
-                    && (next[j].featureGroup==null\r
-                        || !next[j].featureGroup.equals(group))\r
-                  )\r
-                  continue;\r
-\r
-                if(group==null && next[j].featureGroup!=null)\r
-                  continue;\r
-\r
-                if(next[j].description==null || next[j].description.equals(""))\r
-                  out.append(next[j].type+"\t");\r
-                else\r
-                {\r
-                  out.append(next[j].description+" ");\r
-                  if(next[j].links!=null)\r
-                    {\r
-                      for(int l=0; l<next[j].links.size(); l++)\r
-                      {\r
-                        String label = next[j].links.elementAt(l).toString();\r
-                        String href = label.substring(label.indexOf("|")+1);\r
-                        label = label.substring(0, label.indexOf("|"));\r
-\r
-                        if(next[j].description.indexOf(href)==-1)\r
-                        {\r
-                          out.append("<a href=\""\r
-                                     + href\r
-                                     + "\">"\r
-                                     + label\r
-                                     + "</a>");\r
-                        }\r
-                      }\r
-                    }\r
-                   out.append("\t");\r
-                }\r
-\r
-\r
-                out.append(  seqs[i].getName() + "\t-1\t"\r
-                           + next[j].begin + "\t"\r
-                           + next[j].end + "\t"\r
-                           + next[j].type + "\n"\r
-                    );\r
-              }\r
-            }\r
-          }\r
-\r
-          if(group!=null)\r
-          {\r
-            out.append("ENDGROUP\t"+group+"\n");\r
-            groupIndex++;\r
-          }\r
-          else\r
-            break;\r
-\r
-        }\r
-        while(groupIndex < groups.size()+1);\r
-\r
-\r
-      return out.toString();\r
-    }\r
-\r
-    public String printGFFFormat(SequenceI [] seqs, Hashtable visible)\r
-    {\r
-      StringBuffer out = new StringBuffer();\r
-      SequenceFeature [] next;\r
-      String source;\r
-\r
-      for(int i=0; i<seqs.length; i++)\r
-      {\r
-        if(seqs[i].getSequenceFeatures()!=null)\r
-        {\r
-          next = seqs[i].getSequenceFeatures();\r
-          for(int j=0; j<next.length; j++)\r
-          {\r
-            if(!visible.containsKey(next[j].type))\r
-              continue;\r
-\r
-            source = next[j].featureGroup;\r
-            if(source==null)\r
-              source = next[j].getDescription();\r
-\r
-            out.append(seqs[i].getName() + "\t"\r
-                       + source + "\t"\r
-                       + next[j].type  + "\t"\r
-                       + next[j].begin + "\t"\r
-                       + next[j].end   + "\t"\r
-                       + next[j].score + "\t"\r
-                      );\r
-\r
-            if(next[j].getValue("STRAND")!=null)\r
-              out.append(next[j].getValue("STRAND")+"\t");\r
-            else\r
-              out.append(".\t");\r
-\r
-            if(next[j].getValue("FRAME")!=null)\r
-              out.append(next[j].getValue("FRAME"));\r
-            else\r
-              out.append(".");\r
-\r
-            if(next[j].getValue("ATTRIBUTES")!=null)\r
-              out.append(next[j].getValue("ATTRIBUTES"));\r
-\r
-            out.append("\n");\r
-\r
-          }\r
-        }\r
-      }\r
-\r
-      return out.toString();\r
-    }\r
-\r
-    public void parse()\r
-    {\r
-      //IGNORED\r
-    }\r
-\r
-    /**\r
-     * DOCUMENT ME!\r
-     *\r
-     * @return DOCUMENT ME!\r
-     */\r
-    public String print()\r
-    {\r
-        return "USE printGFFFormat() or printJalviewFormat()";\r
-    }\r
-}\r
+/*
+ * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
+ * Copyright (C) $$Year-Rel$$ The Jalview Authors
+ * 
+ * This file is part of Jalview.
+ * 
+ * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *  
+ * Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty 
+ * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
+ * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Jalview.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * The Jalview Authors are detailed in the 'AUTHORS' file.
+ */
+package jalview.io;
+
+import jalview.analysis.AlignmentUtils;
+import jalview.analysis.SequenceIdMatcher;
+import jalview.api.AlignViewportI;
+import jalview.api.FeatureColourI;
+import jalview.api.FeaturesSourceI;
+import jalview.datamodel.AlignedCodonFrame;
+import jalview.datamodel.Alignment;
+import jalview.datamodel.AlignmentI;
+import jalview.datamodel.SequenceDummy;
+import jalview.datamodel.SequenceFeature;
+import jalview.datamodel.SequenceI;
+import jalview.io.gff.GffHelperBase;
+import jalview.io.gff.GffHelperFactory;
+import jalview.io.gff.GffHelperI;
+import jalview.schemes.FeatureColour;
+import jalview.schemes.UserColourScheme;
+import jalview.util.MapList;
+import jalview.util.ParseHtmlBodyAndLinks;
+import jalview.util.StringUtils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+/**
+ * Parses and writes features files, which may be in Jalview, GFF2 or GFF3
+ * format. These are tab-delimited formats but with differences in the use of
+ * columns.
+ * 
+ * A Jalview feature file may define feature colours and then declare that the
+ * remainder of the file is in GFF format with the line 'GFF'.
+ * 
+ * GFF3 files may include alignment mappings for features, which Jalview will
+ * attempt to model, and may include sequence data following a ##FASTA line.
+ * 
+ * 
+ * @author AMW
+ * @author jbprocter
+ * @author gmcarstairs
+ */
+public class FeaturesFile extends AlignFile implements FeaturesSourceI
+{
+  private static final String ID_NOT_SPECIFIED = "ID_NOT_SPECIFIED";
+
+  private static final String NOTE = "Note";
+
+  protected static final String TAB = "\t";
+
+  protected static final String GFF_VERSION = "##gff-version";
+
+  private AlignmentI lastmatchedAl = null;
+
+  private SequenceIdMatcher matcher = null;
+
+  protected AlignmentI dataset;
+
+  protected int gffVersion;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new FeaturesFile object.
+   */
+  public FeaturesFile()
+  {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor which does not parse the file immediately
+   * 
+   * @param inFile
+   * @param type
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public FeaturesFile(String inFile, String type) throws IOException
+  {
+    super(false, inFile, type);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param source
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public FeaturesFile(FileParse source) throws IOException
+  {
+    super(source);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor that optionally parses the file immediately
+   * 
+   * @param parseImmediately
+   * @param inFile
+   * @param type
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public FeaturesFile(boolean parseImmediately, String inFile, String type)
+          throws IOException
+  {
+    super(parseImmediately, inFile, type);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Parse GFF or sequence features file using case-independent matching,
+   * discarding URLs
+   * 
+   * @param align
+   *          - alignment/dataset containing sequences that are to be annotated
+   * @param colours
+   *          - hashtable to store feature colour definitions
+   * @param removeHTML
+   *          - process html strings into plain text
+   * @return true if features were added
+   */
+  public boolean parse(AlignmentI align,
+          Map<String, FeatureColourI> colours, boolean removeHTML)
+  {
+    return parse(align, colours, removeHTML, false);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Extends the default addProperties by also adding peptide-to-cDNA mappings
+   * (if any) derived while parsing a GFF file
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void addProperties(AlignmentI al)
+  {
+    super.addProperties(al);
+    if (dataset != null && dataset.getCodonFrames() != null)
+    {
+      AlignmentI ds = (al.getDataset() == null) ? al : al.getDataset();
+      for (AlignedCodonFrame codons : dataset.getCodonFrames())
+      {
+        ds.addCodonFrame(codons);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Parse GFF or Jalview format sequence features file
+   * 
+   * @param align
+   *          - alignment/dataset containing sequences that are to be annotated
+   * @param colours
+   *          - hashtable to store feature colour definitions
+   * @param removeHTML
+   *          - process html strings into plain text
+   * @param relaxedIdmatching
+   *          - when true, ID matches to compound sequence IDs are allowed
+   * @return true if features were added
+   */
+  public boolean parse(AlignmentI align,
+          Map<String, FeatureColourI> colours, boolean removeHTML,
+          boolean relaxedIdmatching)
+  {
+    Map<String, String> gffProps = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    /*
+     * keep track of any sequences we try to create from the data
+     */
+    List<SequenceI> newseqs = new ArrayList<SequenceI>();
+
+    String line = null;
+    try
+    {
+      String[] gffColumns;
+      String featureGroup = null;
+
+      while ((line = nextLine()) != null)
+      {
+        // skip comments/process pragmas
+        if (line.length() == 0 || line.startsWith("#"))
+        {
+          if (line.toLowerCase().startsWith("##"))
+          {
+            processGffPragma(line, gffProps, align, newseqs);
+          }
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        gffColumns = line.split("\\t"); // tab as regex
+        if (gffColumns.length == 1)
+        {
+          if (line.trim().equalsIgnoreCase("GFF"))
+          {
+            /*
+             * Jalview features file with appended GFF
+             * assume GFF2 (though it may declare ##gff-version 3)
+             */
+            gffVersion = 2;
+            continue;
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (gffColumns.length > 1 && gffColumns.length < 4)
+        {
+          /*
+           * if 2 or 3 tokens, we anticipate either 'startgroup', 'endgroup' or
+           * a feature type colour specification
+           */
+          String ft = gffColumns[0];
+          if (ft.equalsIgnoreCase("startgroup"))
+          {
+            featureGroup = gffColumns[1];
+          }
+          else if (ft.equalsIgnoreCase("endgroup"))
+          {
+            // We should check whether this is the current group,
+            // but at present there's no way of showing more than 1 group
+            featureGroup = null;
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            String colscheme = gffColumns[1];
+            FeatureColourI colour = FeatureColour
+                    .parseJalviewFeatureColour(colscheme);
+            if (colour != null)
+            {
+              colours.put(ft, colour);
+            }
+          }
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * if not a comment, GFF pragma, startgroup, endgroup or feature
+         * colour specification, that just leaves a feature details line
+         * in either Jalview or GFF format
+         */
+        if (gffVersion == 0)
+        {
+          parseJalviewFeature(line, gffColumns, align, colours, removeHTML,
+                  relaxedIdmatching, featureGroup);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          parseGff(gffColumns, align, relaxedIdmatching, newseqs);
+        }
+      }
+      resetMatcher();
+    } catch (Exception ex)
+    {
+      // should report somewhere useful for UI if necessary
+      warningMessage = ((warningMessage == null) ? "" : warningMessage)
+              + "Parsing error at\n" + line;
+      System.out.println("Error parsing feature file: " + ex + "\n" + line);
+      ex.printStackTrace(System.err);
+      resetMatcher();
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * experimental - add any dummy sequences with features to the alignment
+     * - we need them for Ensembl feature extraction - though maybe not otherwise
+     */
+    for (SequenceI newseq : newseqs)
+    {
+      if (newseq.getSequenceFeatures() != null)
+      {
+        align.addSequence(newseq);
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Try to parse a Jalview format feature specification and add it as a
+   * sequence feature to any matching sequences in the alignment. Returns true
+   * if successful (a feature was added), or false if not.
+   * 
+   * @param line
+   * @param gffColumns
+   * @param alignment
+   * @param featureColours
+   * @param removeHTML
+   * @param relaxedIdmatching
+   * @param featureGroup
+   */
+  protected boolean parseJalviewFeature(String line, String[] gffColumns,
+          AlignmentI alignment, Map<String, FeatureColourI> featureColours,
+          boolean removeHTML, boolean relaxedIdMatching, String featureGroup)
+  {
+    /*
+     * tokens: description seqid seqIndex start end type [score]
+     */
+    if (gffColumns.length < 6)
+    {
+      System.err.println("Ignoring feature line '" + line
+              + "' with too few columns (" + gffColumns.length + ")");
+      return false;
+    }
+    String desc = gffColumns[0];
+    String seqId = gffColumns[1];
+    SequenceI seq = findSequence(seqId, alignment, null, relaxedIdMatching);
+
+    if (!ID_NOT_SPECIFIED.equals(seqId))
+    {
+      seq = findSequence(seqId, alignment, null, relaxedIdMatching);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      seqId = null;
+      seq = null;
+      String seqIndex = gffColumns[2];
+      try
+      {
+        int idx = Integer.parseInt(seqIndex);
+        seq = alignment.getSequenceAt(idx);
+      } catch (NumberFormatException ex)
+      {
+        System.err.println("Invalid sequence index: " + seqIndex);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (seq == null)
+    {
+      System.out.println("Sequence not found: " + line);
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    int startPos = Integer.parseInt(gffColumns[3]);
+    int endPos = Integer.parseInt(gffColumns[4]);
+
+    String ft = gffColumns[5];
+
+    if (!featureColours.containsKey(ft))
+    {
+      /* 
+       * Perhaps an old style groups file with no colours -
+       * synthesize a colour from the feature type
+       */
+      UserColourScheme ucs = new UserColourScheme(ft);
+      featureColours.put(ft, new FeatureColour(ucs.findColour('A')));
+    }
+    SequenceFeature sf = new SequenceFeature(ft, desc, "", startPos,
+            endPos, featureGroup);
+    if (gffColumns.length > 6)
+    {
+      float score = Float.NaN;
+      try
+      {
+        score = new Float(gffColumns[6]).floatValue();
+        // update colourgradient bounds if allowed to
+      } catch (NumberFormatException ex)
+      {
+        // leave as NaN
+      }
+      sf.setScore(score);
+    }
+
+    parseDescriptionHTML(sf, removeHTML);
+
+    seq.addSequenceFeature(sf);
+
+    while (seqId != null
+            && (seq = alignment.findName(seq, seqId, false)) != null)
+    {
+      seq.addSequenceFeature(new SequenceFeature(sf));
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * clear any temporary handles used to speed up ID matching
+   */
+  protected void resetMatcher()
+  {
+    lastmatchedAl = null;
+    matcher = null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a sequence matching the given id, as follows
+   * <ul>
+   * <li>strict matching is on exact sequence name</li>
+   * <li>relaxed matching allows matching on a token within the sequence name,
+   * or a dbxref</li>
+   * <li>first tries to find a match in the alignment sequences</li>
+   * <li>else tries to find a match in the new sequences already generated while
+   * parsing the features file</li>
+   * <li>else creates a new placeholder sequence, adds it to the new sequences
+   * list, and returns it</li>
+   * </ul>
+   * 
+   * @param seqId
+   * @param align
+   * @param newseqs
+   * @param relaxedIdMatching
+   * 
+   * @return
+   */
+  protected SequenceI findSequence(String seqId, AlignmentI align,
+          List<SequenceI> newseqs, boolean relaxedIdMatching)
+  {
+    // TODO encapsulate in SequenceIdMatcher, share the matcher
+    // with the GffHelper (removing code duplication)
+    SequenceI match = null;
+    if (relaxedIdMatching)
+    {
+      if (lastmatchedAl != align)
+      {
+        lastmatchedAl = align;
+        matcher = new SequenceIdMatcher(align.getSequencesArray());
+        if (newseqs != null)
+        {
+          matcher.addAll(newseqs);
+        }
+      }
+      match = matcher.findIdMatch(seqId);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      match = align.findName(seqId, true);
+      if (match == null && newseqs != null)
+      {
+        for (SequenceI m : newseqs)
+        {
+          if (seqId.equals(m.getName()))
+          {
+            return m;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+    }
+    if (match == null && newseqs != null)
+    {
+      match = new SequenceDummy(seqId);
+      if (relaxedIdMatching)
+      {
+        matcher.addAll(Arrays.asList(new SequenceI[] { match }));
+      }
+      // add dummy sequence to the newseqs list
+      newseqs.add(match);
+    }
+    return match;
+  }
+
+  public void parseDescriptionHTML(SequenceFeature sf, boolean removeHTML)
+  {
+    if (sf.getDescription() == null)
+    {
+      return;
+    }
+    ParseHtmlBodyAndLinks parsed = new ParseHtmlBodyAndLinks(
+            sf.getDescription(), removeHTML, newline);
+
+    sf.description = (removeHTML) ? parsed.getNonHtmlContent()
+            : sf.description;
+    for (String link : parsed.getLinks())
+    {
+      sf.addLink(link);
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * generate a features file for seqs includes non-pos features by default.
+   * 
+   * @param sequences
+   *          source of sequence features
+   * @param visible
+   *          hash of feature types and colours
+   * @return features file contents
+   */
+  public String printJalviewFormat(SequenceI[] sequences,
+          Map<String, FeatureColourI> visible)
+  {
+    return printJalviewFormat(sequences, visible, true, true);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * generate a features file for seqs with colours from visible (if any)
+   * 
+   * @param sequences
+   *          source of features
+   * @param visible
+   *          hash of Colours for each feature type
+   * @param visOnly
+   *          when true only feature types in 'visible' will be output
+   * @param nonpos
+   *          indicates if non-positional features should be output (regardless
+   *          of group or type)
+   * @return features file contents
+   */
+  public String printJalviewFormat(SequenceI[] sequences,
+          Map<String, FeatureColourI> visible, boolean visOnly,
+          boolean nonpos)
+  {
+    StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder(256);
+    boolean featuresGen = false;
+    if (visOnly && !nonpos && (visible == null || visible.size() < 1))
+    {
+      // no point continuing.
+      return "No Features Visible";
+    }
+
+    if (visible != null && visOnly)
+    {
+      // write feature colours only if we're given them and we are generating
+      // viewed features
+      // TODO: decide if feature links should also be written here ?
+      Iterator<String> en = visible.keySet().iterator();
+      while (en.hasNext())
+      {
+        String featureType = en.next().toString();
+        FeatureColourI colour = visible.get(featureType);
+        out.append(colour.toJalviewFormat(featureType)).append(newline);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Work out which groups are both present and visible
+    List<String> groups = new ArrayList<String>();
+    int groupIndex = 0;
+    boolean isnonpos = false;
+
+    SequenceFeature[] features;
+    for (int i = 0; i < sequences.length; i++)
+    {
+      features = sequences[i].getSequenceFeatures();
+      if (features != null)
+      {
+        for (int j = 0; j < features.length; j++)
+        {
+          isnonpos = features[j].begin == 0 && features[j].end == 0;
+          if ((!nonpos && isnonpos)
+                  || (!isnonpos && visOnly && !visible
+                          .containsKey(features[j].type)))
+          {
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          if (features[j].featureGroup != null
+                  && !groups.contains(features[j].featureGroup))
+          {
+            groups.add(features[j].featureGroup);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    String group = null;
+    do
+    {
+      if (groups.size() > 0 && groupIndex < groups.size())
+      {
+        group = groups.get(groupIndex);
+        out.append(newline);
+        out.append("STARTGROUP").append(TAB);
+        out.append(group);
+        out.append(newline);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        group = null;
+      }
+
+      for (int i = 0; i < sequences.length; i++)
+      {
+        features = sequences[i].getSequenceFeatures();
+        if (features != null)
+        {
+          for (SequenceFeature sequenceFeature : features)
+          {
+            isnonpos = sequenceFeature.begin == 0
+                    && sequenceFeature.end == 0;
+            if ((!nonpos && isnonpos)
+                    || (!isnonpos && visOnly && !visible
+                            .containsKey(sequenceFeature.type)))
+            {
+              // skip if feature is nonpos and we ignore them or if we only
+              // output visible and it isn't non-pos and it's not visible
+              continue;
+            }
+
+            if (group != null
+                    && (sequenceFeature.featureGroup == null || !sequenceFeature.featureGroup
+                            .equals(group)))
+            {
+              continue;
+            }
+
+            if (group == null && sequenceFeature.featureGroup != null)
+            {
+              continue;
+            }
+            // we have features to output
+            featuresGen = true;
+            if (sequenceFeature.description == null
+                    || sequenceFeature.description.equals(""))
+            {
+              out.append(sequenceFeature.type).append(TAB);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+              if (sequenceFeature.links != null
+                      && sequenceFeature.getDescription().indexOf("<html>") == -1)
+              {
+                out.append("<html>");
+              }
+
+              out.append(sequenceFeature.description);
+              if (sequenceFeature.links != null)
+              {
+                for (int l = 0; l < sequenceFeature.links.size(); l++)
+                {
+                  String label = sequenceFeature.links.elementAt(l);
+                  String href = label.substring(label.indexOf("|") + 1);
+                  label = label.substring(0, label.indexOf("|"));
+
+                  if (sequenceFeature.description.indexOf(href) == -1)
+                  {
+                    out.append(" <a href=\"" + href + "\">" + label
+                            + "</a>");
+                  }
+                }
+
+                if (sequenceFeature.getDescription().indexOf("</html>") == -1)
+                {
+                  out.append("</html>");
+                }
+              }
+
+              out.append(TAB);
+            }
+            out.append(sequences[i].getName());
+            out.append("\t-1\t");
+            out.append(sequenceFeature.begin);
+            out.append(TAB);
+            out.append(sequenceFeature.end);
+            out.append(TAB);
+            out.append(sequenceFeature.type);
+            if (!Float.isNaN(sequenceFeature.score))
+            {
+              out.append(TAB);
+              out.append(sequenceFeature.score);
+            }
+            out.append(newline);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (group != null)
+      {
+        out.append("ENDGROUP").append(TAB);
+        out.append(group);
+        out.append(newline);
+        groupIndex++;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        break;
+      }
+
+    } while (groupIndex < groups.size() + 1);
+
+    if (!featuresGen)
+    {
+      return "No Features Visible";
+    }
+
+    return out.toString();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Parse method that is called when a GFF file is dragged to the desktop
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void parse()
+  {
+    AlignViewportI av = getViewport();
+    if (av != null)
+    {
+      if (av.getAlignment() != null)
+      {
+        dataset = av.getAlignment().getDataset();
+      }
+      if (dataset == null)
+      {
+        // working in the applet context ?
+        dataset = av.getAlignment();
+      }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      dataset = new Alignment(new SequenceI[] {});
+    }
+
+    boolean parseResult = parse(dataset, null, false, true);
+    if (!parseResult)
+    {
+      // pass error up somehow
+    }
+    if (av != null)
+    {
+      // update viewport with the dataset data ?
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      setSeqs(dataset.getSequencesArray());
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implementation of unused abstract method
+   * 
+   * @return error message
+   */
+  @Override
+  public String print()
+  {
+    return "Use printGffFormat() or printJalviewFormat()";
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns features output in GFF2 format, including hidden and non-positional
+   * features
+   * 
+   * @param sequences
+   *          the sequences whose features are to be output
+   * @param visible
+   *          a map whose keys are the type names of visible features
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String printGffFormat(SequenceI[] sequences,
+          Map<String, FeatureColourI> visible)
+  {
+    return printGffFormat(sequences, visible, true, true);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns features output in GFF2 format
+   * 
+   * @param sequences
+   *          the sequences whose features are to be output
+   * @param visible
+   *          a map whose keys are the type names of visible features
+   * @param outputVisibleOnly
+   * @param includeNonPositionalFeatures
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String printGffFormat(SequenceI[] sequences,
+          Map<String, FeatureColourI> visible, boolean outputVisibleOnly,
+          boolean includeNonPositionalFeatures)
+  {
+    StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder(256);
+    int version = gffVersion == 0 ? 2 : gffVersion;
+    out.append(String.format("%s %d\n", GFF_VERSION, version));
+    String source;
+    boolean isnonpos;
+    for (SequenceI seq : sequences)
+    {
+      SequenceFeature[] features = seq.getSequenceFeatures();
+      if (features != null)
+      {
+        for (SequenceFeature sf : features)
+        {
+          isnonpos = sf.begin == 0 && sf.end == 0;
+          if (!includeNonPositionalFeatures && isnonpos)
+          {
+            /*
+             * ignore non-positional features if not wanted
+             */
+            continue;
+          }
+          // TODO why the test !isnonpos here?
+          // what about not visible non-positional features?
+          if (!isnonpos && outputVisibleOnly
+                  && !visible.containsKey(sf.type))
+          {
+            /*
+             * ignore not visible features if not wanted
+             */
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          source = sf.featureGroup;
+          if (source == null)
+          {
+            source = sf.getDescription();
+          }
+
+          out.append(seq.getName());
+          out.append(TAB);
+          out.append(source);
+          out.append(TAB);
+          out.append(sf.type);
+          out.append(TAB);
+          out.append(sf.begin);
+          out.append(TAB);
+          out.append(sf.end);
+          out.append(TAB);
+          out.append(sf.score);
+          out.append(TAB);
+
+          int strand = sf.getStrand();
+          out.append(strand == 1 ? "+" : (strand == -1 ? "-" : "."));
+          out.append(TAB);
+
+          String phase = sf.getPhase();
+          out.append(phase == null ? "." : phase);
+
+          // miscellaneous key-values (GFF column 9)
+          String attributes = sf.getAttributes();
+          if (attributes != null)
+          {
+            out.append(TAB).append(attributes);
+          }
+
+          out.append(newline);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return out.toString();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a mapping given list of one or more Align descriptors (exonerate
+   * format)
+   * 
+   * @param alignedRegions
+   *          a list of "Align fromStart toStart fromCount"
+   * @param mapIsFromCdna
+   *          if true, 'from' is dna, else 'from' is protein
+   * @param strand
+   *          either 1 (forward) or -1 (reverse)
+   * @return
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  protected MapList constructCodonMappingFromAlign(
+          List<String> alignedRegions, boolean mapIsFromCdna, int strand)
+          throws IOException
+  {
+    if (strand == 0)
+    {
+      throw new IOException(
+              "Invalid strand for a codon mapping (cannot be 0)");
+    }
+    int regions = alignedRegions.size();
+    // arrays to hold [start, end] for each aligned region
+    int[] fromRanges = new int[regions * 2]; // from dna
+    int[] toRanges = new int[regions * 2]; // to protein
+    int fromRangesIndex = 0;
+    int toRangesIndex = 0;
+
+    for (String range : alignedRegions)
+    {
+      /* 
+       * Align mapFromStart mapToStart mapFromCount
+       * e.g. if mapIsFromCdna
+       *     Align 11270 143 120
+       * means:
+       *     120 bases from pos 11270 align to pos 143 in peptide
+       * if !mapIsFromCdna this would instead be
+       *     Align 143 11270 40 
+       */
+      String[] tokens = range.split(" ");
+      if (tokens.length != 3)
+      {
+        throw new IOException("Wrong number of fields for Align");
+      }
+      int fromStart = 0;
+      int toStart = 0;
+      int fromCount = 0;
+      try
+      {
+        fromStart = Integer.parseInt(tokens[0]);
+        toStart = Integer.parseInt(tokens[1]);
+        fromCount = Integer.parseInt(tokens[2]);
+      } catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+      {
+        throw new IOException("Invalid number in Align field: "
+                + nfe.getMessage());
+      }
+
+      /*
+       * Jalview always models from dna to protein, so adjust values if the
+       * GFF mapping is from protein to dna
+       */
+      if (!mapIsFromCdna)
+      {
+        fromCount *= 3;
+        int temp = fromStart;
+        fromStart = toStart;
+        toStart = temp;
+      }
+      fromRanges[fromRangesIndex++] = fromStart;
+      fromRanges[fromRangesIndex++] = fromStart + strand * (fromCount - 1);
+
+      /*
+       * If a codon has an intron gap, there will be contiguous 'toRanges';
+       * this is handled for us by the MapList constructor. 
+       * (It is not clear that exonerate ever generates this case)  
+       */
+      toRanges[toRangesIndex++] = toStart;
+      toRanges[toRangesIndex++] = toStart + (fromCount - 1) / 3;
+    }
+
+    return new MapList(fromRanges, toRanges, 3, 1);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Parse a GFF format feature. This may include creating a 'dummy' sequence to
+   * hold the feature, or for its mapped sequence, or both, to be resolved
+   * either later in the GFF file (##FASTA section), or when the user loads
+   * additional sequences.
+   * 
+   * @param gffColumns
+   * @param alignment
+   * @param relaxedIdMatching
+   * @param newseqs
+   * @return
+   */
+  protected SequenceI parseGff(String[] gffColumns, AlignmentI alignment,
+          boolean relaxedIdMatching, List<SequenceI> newseqs)
+  {
+    /*
+     * GFF: seqid source type start end score strand phase [attributes]
+     */
+    if (gffColumns.length < 5)
+    {
+      System.err.println("Ignoring GFF feature line with too few columns ("
+              + gffColumns.length + ")");
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * locate referenced sequence in alignment _or_ 
+     * as a forward or external reference (SequenceDummy)
+     */
+    String seqId = gffColumns[0];
+    SequenceI seq = findSequence(seqId, alignment, newseqs,
+            relaxedIdMatching);
+
+    SequenceFeature sf = null;
+    GffHelperI helper = GffHelperFactory.getHelper(gffColumns);
+    if (helper != null)
+    {
+      try
+      {
+        sf = helper.processGff(seq, gffColumns, alignment, newseqs,
+                relaxedIdMatching);
+        if (sf != null)
+        {
+          seq.addSequenceFeature(sf);
+          while ((seq = alignment.findName(seq, seqId, true)) != null)
+          {
+            seq.addSequenceFeature(new SequenceFeature(sf));
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (IOException e)
+      {
+        System.err.println("GFF parsing failed with: " + e.getMessage());
+        return null;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return seq;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Process the 'column 9' data of the GFF file. This is less formally defined,
+   * and its interpretation will vary depending on the tool that has generated
+   * it.
+   * 
+   * @param attributes
+   * @param sf
+   */
+  protected void processGffColumnNine(String attributes, SequenceFeature sf)
+  {
+    sf.setAttributes(attributes);
+
+    /*
+     * Parse attributes in column 9 and add them to the sequence feature's 
+     * 'otherData' table; use Note as a best proxy for description
+     */
+    char nameValueSeparator = gffVersion == 3 ? '=' : ' ';
+    // TODO check we don't break GFF2 values which include commas here
+    Map<String, List<String>> nameValues = GffHelperBase
+            .parseNameValuePairs(attributes, ";", nameValueSeparator, ",");
+    for (Entry<String, List<String>> attr : nameValues.entrySet())
+    {
+      String values = StringUtils.listToDelimitedString(attr.getValue(),
+              "; ");
+      sf.setValue(attr.getKey(), values);
+      if (NOTE.equals(attr.getKey()))
+      {
+        sf.setDescription(values);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * After encountering ##fasta in a GFF3 file, process the remainder of the
+   * file as FAST sequence data. Any placeholder sequences created during
+   * feature parsing are updated with the actual sequences.
+   * 
+   * @param align
+   * @param newseqs
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  protected void processAsFasta(AlignmentI align, List<SequenceI> newseqs)
+          throws IOException
+  {
+    try
+    {
+      mark();
+    } catch (IOException q)
+    {
+    }
+    FastaFile parser = new FastaFile(this);
+    List<SequenceI> includedseqs = parser.getSeqs();
+
+    SequenceIdMatcher smatcher = new SequenceIdMatcher(newseqs);
+
+    /*
+     * iterate over includedseqs, and replacing matching ones with newseqs
+     * sequences. Generic iterator not used here because we modify
+     * includedseqs as we go
+     */
+    for (int p = 0, pSize = includedseqs.size(); p < pSize; p++)
+    {
+      // search for any dummy seqs that this sequence can be used to update
+      SequenceI includedSeq = includedseqs.get(p);
+      SequenceI dummyseq = smatcher.findIdMatch(includedSeq);
+      if (dummyseq != null && dummyseq instanceof SequenceDummy)
+      {
+        // probably have the pattern wrong
+        // idea is that a flyweight proxy for a sequence ID can be created for
+        // 1. stable reference creation
+        // 2. addition of annotation
+        // 3. future replacement by a real sequence
+        // current pattern is to create SequenceDummy objects - a convenience
+        // constructor for a Sequence.
+        // problem is that when promoted to a real sequence, all references
+        // need to be updated somehow. We avoid that by keeping the same object.
+        ((SequenceDummy) dummyseq).become(includedSeq);
+        dummyseq.createDatasetSequence();
+
+        /*
+         * Update mappings so they are now to the dataset sequence
+         */
+        for (AlignedCodonFrame mapping : align.getCodonFrames())
+        {
+          mapping.updateToDataset(dummyseq);
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * replace parsed sequence with the realised forward reference
+         */
+        includedseqs.set(p, dummyseq);
+
+        /*
+         * and remove from the newseqs list
+         */
+        newseqs.remove(dummyseq);
+      }
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * finally add sequences to the dataset
+     */
+    for (SequenceI seq : includedseqs)
+    {
+      // experimental: mapping-based 'alignment' to query sequence
+      AlignmentUtils.alignSequenceAs(seq, align,
+              String.valueOf(align.getGapCharacter()), false, true);
+
+      // rename sequences if GFF handler requested this
+      // TODO a more elegant way e.g. gffHelper.postProcess(newseqs) ?
+      SequenceFeature[] sfs = seq.getSequenceFeatures();
+      if (sfs != null)
+      {
+        String newName = (String) sfs[0].getValue(GffHelperI.RENAME_TOKEN);
+        if (newName != null)
+        {
+          seq.setName(newName);
+        }
+      }
+      align.addSequence(seq);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Process a ## directive
+   * 
+   * @param line
+   * @param gffProps
+   * @param align
+   * @param newseqs
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  protected void processGffPragma(String line,
+          Map<String, String> gffProps, AlignmentI align,
+          List<SequenceI> newseqs) throws IOException
+  {
+    line = line.trim();
+    if ("###".equals(line))
+    {
+      // close off any open 'forward references'
+      return;
+    }
+
+    String[] tokens = line.substring(2).split(" ");
+    String pragma = tokens[0];
+    String value = tokens.length == 1 ? null : tokens[1];
+
+    if ("gff-version".equalsIgnoreCase(pragma))
+    {
+      if (value != null)
+      {
+        try
+        {
+          // value may be e.g. "3.1.2"
+          gffVersion = Integer.parseInt(value.split("\\.")[0]);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e)
+        {
+          // ignore
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    else if ("sequence-region".equalsIgnoreCase(pragma))
+    {
+      // could capture <seqid start end> if wanted here
+    }
+    else if ("feature-ontology".equalsIgnoreCase(pragma))
+    {
+      // should resolve against the specified feature ontology URI
+    }
+    else if ("attribute-ontology".equalsIgnoreCase(pragma))
+    {
+      // URI of attribute ontology - not currently used in GFF3
+    }
+    else if ("source-ontology".equalsIgnoreCase(pragma))
+    {
+      // URI of source ontology - not currently used in GFF3
+    }
+    else if ("species-build".equalsIgnoreCase(pragma))
+    {
+      // save URI of specific NCBI taxon version of annotations
+      gffProps.put("species-build", value);
+    }
+    else if ("fasta".equalsIgnoreCase(pragma))
+    {
+      // process the rest of the file as a fasta file and replace any dummy
+      // sequence IDs
+      processAsFasta(align, newseqs);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      System.err.println("Ignoring unknown pragma: " + line);
+    }
+  }
+}