JAL-3878 Add char[] constructor to Sequence

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/Sequence.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/Sequence.java
index 009a290..bb9c0f5 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/Sequence.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/Sequence.java
@@ -259,6 +259,21 @@ public class Sequence extends ASequence implements SequenceI
   }
 
   /**
+   * Create a new sequence object from a characters array using default values
+   * of 1 and -1 for start and end. The array used to create the sequence is
+   * copied and is not stored internally.
+   * 
+   * @param name
+   *          sequence name
+   * @param sequence
+   *          list of residues
+   */
+  public Sequence(String name, char[] sequence)
+  {
+    this(name, Arrays.copyOf(sequence, sequence.length), 1, -1);
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Creates a new Sequence object with new AlignmentAnnotations but inherits
    * any existing dataset sequence reference. If non exists, everything is
    * copied.