Merge branch 'Release_2_8_0b1_Branch' into try_r20b1_merge
[jalview.git] / src / jalview / ws / jws2 / Jws2Discoverer.java
index ed808f6..0782d57 100644 (file)
@@ -1,59 +1,51 @@
 /*
- * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.7)
- * Copyright (C) 2011 J Procter, AM Waterhouse, G Barton, M Clamp, S Searle
+ * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.8.0b1)
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 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.ws.jws2;
 
+import jalview.bin.Cache;
+import jalview.gui.AlignFrame;
+import jalview.gui.Desktop;
+import jalview.gui.JvSwingUtils;
+import jalview.ws.WSMenuEntryProviderI;
+import jalview.ws.jws2.jabaws2.Jws2Instance;
+import jalview.ws.params.ParamDatastoreI;
+
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
 import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
-import java.io.Closeable;
-import java.net.ConnectException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 import java.util.Vector;
 
 import javax.swing.JMenu;
 import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
-import javax.swing.event.MenuEvent;
-import javax.swing.event.MenuListener;
 
-import org.apache.log4j.Level;
-
-import jalview.bin.Cache;
-import jalview.datamodel.AlignmentView;
-import jalview.gui.AlignFrame;
-import jalview.gui.Desktop;
-import jalview.gui.JalviewChangeSupport;
-import jalview.gui.JvSwingUtils;
-import jalview.ws.WSMenuEntryProviderI;
-import jalview.ws.jws2.Jws2Discoverer.Jws2Instance;
-import jalview.ws.params.ParamDatastoreI;
-import compbio.data.msa.MsaWS;
-import compbio.metadata.Option;
-import compbio.metadata.Preset;
-import compbio.metadata.PresetManager;
-import compbio.metadata.RunnerConfig;
-import compbio.ws.client.Jws2Client;
 import compbio.ws.client.Services;
 
 /**
@@ -115,6 +107,7 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
 
   public void run()
   {
+
     if (running && oldthread != null && oldthread.isAlive())
     {
       if (!aborted)
@@ -136,6 +129,16 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
       Cache.log.debug("Old discovery thread has finished.");
     }
     running = true;
+    
+    // first set up exclusion list if needed
+    final Set<String> ignoredServices = new HashSet<String>();
+    for (String ignored:jalview.bin.Cache.getDefault("IGNORED_JABAWS_SERVICETYPES", Services.JpredWS.toString()).split("\\|"))
+    {
+      ignoredServices.add(ignored);
+    }
+
+    
+    changeSupport.firePropertyChange("services", services, new Vector());
     oldthread = Thread.currentThread();
     try
     {
@@ -162,17 +165,36 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
     {
       invalidServiceUrls.removeAllElements();
     }
+    if (validServiceUrls != null)
+    {
+      validServiceUrls.removeAllElements();
+    }
+    ArrayList<String> svctypes = new ArrayList<String>();
 
     List<JabaWsServerQuery> qrys = new ArrayList<JabaWsServerQuery>();
     for (final String jwsservers : getServiceUrls())
     {
       JabaWsServerQuery squery = new JabaWsServerQuery(this, jwsservers);
+      if (svctypes.size() == 0)
+      {
+        // TODO: remove this ugly hack to get Canonical JABA service ordering
+        // for all possible services
+        for (Services sv : squery.JABAWS2SERVERS)
+        {
+          if (!ignoredServices.contains(sv.toString()))
+          {
+            svctypes.add(sv.toString());
+          }
+        }
+
+      }
       qrys.add(squery);
       new Thread(squery).start();
     }
-    boolean finished = false;
+    boolean finished = true;
     do
     {
+      finished = true;
       try
       {
         Thread.sleep(100);
@@ -182,7 +204,9 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
       ;
       for (JabaWsServerQuery squery : qrys)
       {
-        finished |= !squery.isRunning();
+        if (squery.isRunning()){
+          finished=false;
+        }
       }
       if (aborted)
       {
@@ -194,12 +218,37 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
         }
       }
     } while (!aborted && !finished);
-    oldthread = null;
-    running = false;
     if (!aborted)
     {
-      changeSupport.firePropertyChange("services", new Vector(), services);
+      // resort services according to order found in jabaws service list
+      // also ensure servics for each host are ordered in same way.
+
+      if (services != null && services.size() > 0)
+      {
+        Jws2Instance[] svcs = new Jws2Instance[services.size()];
+        int[] spos = new int[services.size()];
+        int ipos = 0;
+        Vector svcUrls = getServiceUrls();
+        for (Jws2Instance svc : services)
+        {
+          svcs[ipos] = svc;
+          spos[ipos++] = 1000 * svcUrls.indexOf(svc.getHost()) + 1
+                  + svctypes.indexOf(svc.serviceType);
+        }
+        jalview.util.QuickSort.sort(spos, svcs);
+        services = new Vector<Jws2Instance>();
+        for (Jws2Instance svc : svcs)
+        {
+          if (!ignoredServices.contains(svc.serviceType))
+          {
+            services.add(svc);
+          }
+        }
+      }
     }
+    oldthread = null;
+    running = false;
+    changeSupport.firePropertyChange("services", new Vector(), services);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -209,204 +258,184 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
    * @param srv
    * @param service2
    */
-  synchronized void addService(String jwsservers, Services srv,
-          MsaWS service2)
+  synchronized void addService(String jwsservers, Jws2Instance service)
   {
     if (services == null)
     {
       services = new Vector<Jws2Instance>();
     }
     System.out.println("Discovered service: " + jwsservers + " "
-            + srv.toString());
-    Jws2Instance service = new Jws2Instance(jwsservers, srv.toString(),
-            service2);
+            + service.toString());
+    // Jws2Instance service = new Jws2Instance(jwsservers, srv.toString(),
+    // service2);
 
     services.add(service);
     // retrieve the presets and parameter set and cache now
-    service.getParamStore().getPresets();
+    ParamDatastoreI pds = service.getParamStore();
+    if (pds != null)
+    {
+      pds.getPresets();
+    }
     service.hasParameters();
+    if (validServiceUrls == null)
+    {
+      validServiceUrls = new Vector();
+    }
+    validServiceUrls.add(jwsservers);
   }
 
-  public class Jws2Instance
-  {
-    public String hosturl;
+  /**
+   * holds list of services.
+   */
+  protected Vector<Jws2Instance> services;
 
-    public String serviceType;
+  /**
+   * attach all available web services to the appropriate submenu in the given
+   * JMenu
+   */
+  public void attachWSMenuEntry(JMenu wsmenu, final AlignFrame alignFrame)
+  {
+    // dynamically regenerate service list.
+    populateWSMenuEntry(wsmenu, alignFrame, null);
+  }
 
-    public MsaWS service;
+  private boolean isRecalculable(String action)
+  {
+    return (action != null && action.equalsIgnoreCase("conservation"));
+  }
 
-    public Jws2Instance(String hosturl, String serviceType, MsaWS service)
+  private void populateWSMenuEntry(JMenu jws2al,
+          final AlignFrame alignFrame, String typeFilter)
+  {
+    if (running || services == null || services.size() == 0)
     {
-      super();
-      this.hosturl = hosturl;
-      this.serviceType = serviceType;
-      this.service = service;
+      return;
     }
-
-    PresetManager presets = null;
-
-    public JabaParamStore paramStore = null;
-
+    boolean byhost = Cache.getDefault("WSMENU_BYHOST", false), bytype = Cache
+            .getDefault("WSMENU_BYTYPE", false);
     /**
-     * non thread safe - gets the presets for this service (blocks whilst it
-     * calls the service to get the preset set)
-     * 
-     * @return service presets or null if exceptions were raised.
+     * eventually, JWS2 services will appear under the same align/etc submenus.
+     * for moment we keep them separate.
      */
-    public PresetManager getPresets()
+    JMenu atpoint;
+    List<Jws2Instance> enumerableServices = new ArrayList<Jws2Instance>();
+    // jws2al.removeAll();
+    Map<String, Jws2Instance> preferredHosts = new HashMap<String, Jws2Instance>();
+    Map<String, List<Jws2Instance>> alternates = new HashMap<String, List<Jws2Instance>>();
+    for (Jws2Instance service : services.toArray(new Jws2Instance[0]))
     {
-      if (presets == null)
+      if (!isRecalculable(service.action))
       {
-        try
+        // add 'one shot' services to be displayed using the classic menu
+        // structure
+        enumerableServices.add(service);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        if (!preferredHosts.containsKey(service.serviceType))
         {
-          presets = service.getPresets();
-        } catch (Exception ex)
+          Jws2Instance preferredInstance = getPreferredServiceFor(
+                  alignFrame, service.serviceType);
+          if (preferredInstance != null)
+          {
+            preferredHosts.put(service.serviceType, preferredInstance);
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            preferredHosts.put(service.serviceType, service);
+          }
+        }
+        List<Jws2Instance> ph = alternates.get(service.serviceType);
+        if (preferredHosts.get(service.serviceType) != service)
         {
-          System.err
-                  .println("Exception when retrieving presets for service "
-                          + serviceType + " at " + hosturl);
+          if (ph == null)
+          {
+            ph = new ArrayList<Jws2Instance>();
+          }
+          ph.add(service);
+          alternates.put(service.serviceType, ph);
         }
       }
-      return presets;
-    }
-
-    public String getHost()
-    {
-      return hosturl;
-      /*
-       * try { URL serviceurl = new URL(hosturl); if (serviceurl.getPort()!=80)
-       * { return serviceurl.getHost()+":"+serviceurl.getPort(); } return
-       * serviceurl.getHost(); } catch (Exception e) {
-       * System.err.println("Failed to parse service URL '" + hosturl +
-       * "' as a valid URL!"); } return null;
-       */
-    }
 
-    /**
-     * @return short description of what the service will do
-     */
-    public String getActionText()
-    {
-      return "Align with " + serviceType;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * non-thread safe - blocks whilst accessing service to get complete set of
-     * available options and parameters
-     * 
-     * @return
-     */
-    public RunnerConfig getRunnerConfig()
-    {
-      return service.getRunnerOptions();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected void finalize() throws Throwable
+    // create GUI element for classic services
+    addEnumeratedServices(jws2al, alignFrame, enumerableServices);
+    // and the instantaneous services
+    for (final Jws2Instance service : preferredHosts.values())
     {
-      if (service != null)
+      atpoint = JvSwingUtils.findOrCreateMenu(jws2al, service.action);
+      JMenuItem hitm;
+      if (atpoint.getItemCount() > 1)
       {
-        try
-        {
-          Closeable svc = (Closeable) service;
-          service = null;
-          svc.close();
-        } catch (Exception e)
-        {
-        }
-        ;
+        // previous service of this type already present
+        atpoint.addSeparator();
       }
-      super.finalize();
-    }
-
-    public ParamDatastoreI getParamStore()
-    {
-      if (paramStore == null)
+      atpoint.add(hitm = new JMenuItem(service.getHost()));
+      hitm.setForeground(Color.blue);
+      hitm.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
       {
-        try
-        {
-          paramStore = new JabaParamStore(this,
-                  (Desktop.instance != null ? Desktop
-                          .getUserParameterStore() : null));
-        } catch (Exception ex)
+
+        @Override
+        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
         {
+          Desktop.showUrl(service.getHost());
         }
+      });
+      hitm.setToolTipText(JvSwingUtils
+              .wrapTooltip("Opens the JABAWS server's homepage in web browser"));
 
-      }
-      return paramStore;
-    }
-
-    public String getUri()
-    {
-      // this is only valid for Jaba 1.0 - this formula might have to change!
-      return hosturl
-              + (hosturl.lastIndexOf("/") == (hosturl.length() - 1) ? ""
-                      : "/") + serviceType;
-    }
-
-    private boolean hasParams = false, lookedForParams = false;
-
-    public boolean hasParameters()
-    {
-      if (!lookedForParams)
+      service.attachWSMenuEntry(atpoint, alignFrame);
+      if (alternates.containsKey(service.serviceType))
       {
-        lookedForParams = true;
-        try
-        {
-          hasParams = (getRunnerConfig().getArguments().size() > 0);
-        } catch (Exception e)
+        atpoint.add(hitm = new JMenu("Switch server"));
+        hitm.setToolTipText(JvSwingUtils
+                .wrapTooltip("Choose a server for running this service"));
+        for (final Jws2Instance sv : alternates.get(service.serviceType))
         {
+          JMenuItem itm;
+          hitm.add(itm = new JMenuItem(sv.getHost()));
+          itm.setForeground(Color.blue);
+          itm.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
+          {
 
+            @Override
+            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0)
+            {
+              new Thread(new Runnable()
+              {
+                public void run()
+                {
+                  setPreferredServiceFor(alignFrame, sv.serviceType,
+                          sv.action, sv);
+                  changeSupport.firePropertyChange("services",
+                          new Vector(), services);
+                };
+              }).start();
+
+            }
+          });
         }
+        /*
+         * hitm.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
+         * 
+         * @Override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) { new
+         * Thread(new Runnable() {
+         * 
+         * @Override public void run() { new SetPreferredServer(alignFrame,
+         * service.serviceType, service.action); } }).start(); } });
+         */
       }
-      return hasParams;
     }
-  };
+  }
 
   /**
-   * holds list of services.
+   * add services using the Java 2.5/2.6/2.7 system which optionally creates
+   * submenus to index by host and service program type
    */
-  protected Vector<Jws2Instance> services;
-
-  public void attachWSMenuEntry(JMenu wsmenu, final AlignFrame alignFrame)
+  private void addEnumeratedServices(final JMenu jws2al,
+          final AlignFrame alignFrame, List<Jws2Instance> enumerableServices)
   {
-    // dynamically regenerate service list.
-    final JMenu jws2al = wsmenu; // new JMenu("JABAWS Alignment");
-    jws2al.addMenuListener(new MenuListener()
-    {
-      // TODO: future: add menu listener to parent menu - so submenus are
-      // populated *before* they are selected.
-      @Override
-      public void menuSelected(MenuEvent e)
-      {
-        populateWSMenuEntry(jws2al, alignFrame);
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public void menuDeselected(MenuEvent e)
-      {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public void menuCanceled(MenuEvent e)
-      {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-
-      }
-
-    });
-    wsmenu.add(jws2al);
-
-  }
-
-  private void populateWSMenuEntry(JMenu jws2al, final AlignFrame alignFrame)
-  {
-    if (running || services == null || services.size() == 0)
-    {
-      return;
-    }
     boolean byhost = Cache.getDefault("WSMENU_BYHOST", false), bytype = Cache
             .getDefault("WSMENU_BYTYPE", false);
     /**
@@ -415,24 +444,22 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
      */
     JMenu atpoint;
     MsaWSClient msacl = new MsaWSClient();
-    Vector hostLabels = new Vector();
-    jws2al.removeAll();
-    String lasthost = null;
+    List<String> hostLabels = new ArrayList<String>();
+    Hashtable<String, String> lasthostFor = new Hashtable<String, String>();
     Hashtable<String, ArrayList<Jws2Instance>> hosts = new Hashtable<String, ArrayList<Jws2Instance>>();
-    String[] sorton;
-    for (Jws2Instance service : services)
+    ArrayList<String> hostlist = new ArrayList<String>();
+    for (Jws2Instance service : enumerableServices)
     {
       ArrayList<Jws2Instance> hostservices = hosts.get(service.getHost());
       if (hostservices == null)
       {
         hosts.put(service.getHost(),
                 hostservices = new ArrayList<Jws2Instance>());
+        hostlist.add(service.getHost());
       }
       hostservices.add(service);
     }
-    sorton = hosts.keySet().toArray(new String[1]);
-    String hostlist[] = sorton.clone();
-    jalview.util.QuickSort.sort(sorton, hostlist);
+    // now add hosts in order of the given array
     for (String host : hostlist)
     {
       Jws2Instance orderedsvcs[] = hosts.get(host).toArray(
@@ -445,7 +472,7 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
       jalview.util.QuickSort.sort(sortbytype, orderedsvcs);
       for (final Jws2Instance service : orderedsvcs)
       {
-        atpoint = jws2al;
+        atpoint = JvSwingUtils.findOrCreateMenu(jws2al, service.action);
         String type = service.serviceType;
         if (byhost)
         {
@@ -474,8 +501,16 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
           // contiguous
           // group
           JMenuItem hitm;
-          atpoint.addSeparator();
-          if (lasthost == null || !lasthost.equals(host))
+          if (hostLabels.contains(host))
+          {
+            atpoint.addSeparator();
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            hostLabels.add(host);
+          }
+          if (lasthostFor.get(service.action) == null
+                  || !lasthostFor.get(service.action).equals(host))
           {
             atpoint.add(hitm = new JMenuItem(host));
             hitm.setForeground(Color.blue);
@@ -490,33 +525,28 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
             });
             hitm.setToolTipText(JvSwingUtils
                     .wrapTooltip("Opens the JABAWS server's homepage in web browser"));
-            lasthost = host;
+            lasthostFor.put(service.action, host);
           }
-          hostLabels.addElement(host + service.serviceType
+          hostLabels.add(host + service.serviceType
                   + service.getActionText());
-          // hostLabels.addElement(host + (bytype ?
-          // service.serviceType+service.getActionText() : ""));
         }
-        msacl.attachWSMenuEntry(atpoint, service, alignFrame);
-        /*
-         * JMenuItem sitem = new JMenuItem(service.serviceType);
-         * sitem.setToolTipText("Hosted at " + service.hosturl);
-         * sitem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
-         * 
-         * @Override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { AlignmentView
-         * msa = alignFrame.gatherSequencesForAlignment(); MsaWSClient client =
-         * new MsaWSClient(service, "JWS2 Alignment of " +
-         * alignFrame.getTitle(), msa, false, true,
-         * alignFrame.getViewport().getAlignment().getDataset(), alignFrame); }
-         * });
-         */
+
+        service.attachWSMenuEntry(atpoint, alignFrame);
       }
     }
-
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
+    if (args.length > 0)
+    {
+      testUrls = new Vector<String>();
+      for (String url : args)
+      {
+        testUrls.add(url);
+      }
+      ;
+    }
     Thread runner = getDiscoverer().startDiscoverer(
             new PropertyChangeListener()
             {
@@ -527,6 +557,14 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
                 {
                   System.out.println("Changesupport: There are now "
                           + getDiscoverer().services.size() + " services");
+                  int i = 1;
+                  for (Jws2Instance instance : getDiscoverer().services)
+                  {
+                    System.out.println("Service " + i++ + " "
+                            + instance.getClass() + "@"
+                            + instance.getHost() + ": "
+                            + instance.getActionText());
+                  }
 
                 }
               }
@@ -541,6 +579,12 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
       }
       ;
     }
+    try
+    {
+      Thread.sleep(50);
+    } catch (InterruptedException x)
+    {
+    }
   }
 
   private static Jws2Discoverer discoverer;
@@ -590,8 +634,15 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
     }
   }
 
+  private static Vector<String> testUrls = null;
+
   public static Vector<String> getServiceUrls()
   {
+    if (testUrls != null)
+    {
+      // return test urls, if there are any, instead of touching cache
+      return testUrls;
+    }
     String surls = Cache.getDefault(JWS2HOSTURLS,
             "http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/jabaws");
     Vector<String> urls = new Vector<String>();
@@ -694,7 +745,8 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
     return thr;
   }
 
-  Vector<String> invalidServiceUrls = null, urlsWithoutServices = null;
+  Vector<String> invalidServiceUrls = null, urlsWithoutServices = null,
+          validServiceUrls = null;
 
   /**
    * @return the invalidServiceUrls
@@ -801,4 +853,125 @@ public class Jws2Discoverer implements Runnable, WSMenuEntryProviderI
     return null;
   }
 
+  public int getServerStatusFor(String url)
+  {
+    if (validServiceUrls != null && validServiceUrls.contains(url))
+    {
+      return 1;
+    }
+    if (urlsWithoutServices != null && urlsWithoutServices.contains(url))
+      return 0;
+    if (invalidServiceUrls != null && invalidServiceUrls.contains(url))
+    {
+      return -1;
+    }
+    return -2;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * pick the user's preferred service based on a set of URLs (jaba server
+   * locations) and service URIs (specifying version and service interface
+   * class)
+   * 
+   * @param serviceURL
+   * @return null or best match for given uri/ls.
+   */
+  public Jws2Instance getPreferredServiceFor(String[] serviceURLs)
+  {
+    HashSet<String> urls = new HashSet<String>();
+    urls.addAll(Arrays.asList(serviceURLs));
+    Jws2Instance match = null;
+    if (services != null)
+    {
+      for (Jws2Instance svc : services)
+      {
+        if (urls.contains(svc.getServiceTypeURI()))
+        {
+          if (match == null)
+          {
+            // for moment we always pick service from server ordered first in
+            // user's preferences
+            match = svc;
+          }
+          if (urls.contains(svc.getUri()))
+          {
+            // stop and return - we've matched type URI and URI for service
+            // endpoint
+            return svc;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return match;
+  }
+
+  Map<String, Map<String, String>> preferredServiceMap = new HashMap<String, Map<String, String>>();;
+
+  /**
+   * get current preferred service of the given type, or global default
+   * 
+   * @param af
+   *          null or a specific alignFrame
+   * @param serviceType
+   *          Jws2Instance.serviceType for service
+   * @return null if no service of this type is available, the preferred service
+   *         for the serviceType and af if specified and if defined.
+   */
+  public Jws2Instance getPreferredServiceFor(AlignFrame af,
+          String serviceType)
+  {
+    String serviceurl = null;
+    synchronized (preferredServiceMap)
+    {
+      String afid = (af == null) ? "" : af.getViewport().getSequenceSetId();
+      Map<String, String> prefmap = preferredServiceMap.get(afid);
+      if (afid.length() > 0 && prefmap == null)
+      {
+        // recover global setting, if any
+        prefmap = preferredServiceMap.get("");
+      }
+      if (prefmap != null)
+      {
+        serviceurl = prefmap.get(serviceType);
+      }
+
+    }
+    Jws2Instance response = null;
+    for (Jws2Instance svc : services)
+    {
+      if (svc.serviceType.equals(serviceType))
+      {
+        if (serviceurl == null || serviceurl.equals(svc.getHost()))
+        {
+          response = svc;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  public void setPreferredServiceFor(AlignFrame af, String serviceType,
+          String serviceAction, Jws2Instance selectedServer)
+  {
+    String afid = (af == null) ? "" : af.getViewport().getSequenceSetId();
+    if (preferredServiceMap == null)
+    {
+      preferredServiceMap = new HashMap<String, Map<String, String>>();
+    }
+    Map<String, String> prefmap = preferredServiceMap.get(afid);
+    if (prefmap == null)
+    {
+      prefmap = new HashMap<String, String>();
+      preferredServiceMap.put(afid, prefmap);
+    }
+    prefmap.put(serviceType, selectedServer.getHost());
+    prefmap.put(serviceAction, selectedServer.getHost());
+  }
+
+  public void setPreferredServiceFor(String serviceType,
+          String serviceAction, Jws2Instance selectedServer)
+  {
+    setPreferredServiceFor(null, serviceType, serviceAction, selectedServer);
+  }
 }