JAL-2490 initial unit tests prior to refactoring

diff --git a/src/jalview/analysis/AlignmentSorter.java b/src/jalview/analysis/AlignmentSorter.java
index 6c46a3e..e9fb335 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/analysis/AlignmentSorter.java
+++ b/src/jalview/analysis/AlignmentSorter.java
@@ -682,35 +682,6 @@ public class AlignmentSorter
 
   public static String FEATURE_DENSITY = "density";
 
-  /**
-   * sort the alignment using the features on each sequence found between start
-   * and stop with the given featureLabel (and optional group qualifier)
-   * 
-   * @param featureLabel
-   *          (may not be null)
-   * @param groupLabel
-   *          (may be null)
-   * @param start
-   *          (-1 to include non-positional features)
-   * @param stop
-   *          (-1 to only sort on non-positional features)
-   * @param alignment
-   *          - aligned sequences containing features
-   * @param method
-   *          - one of the string constants FEATURE_SCORE, FEATURE_LABEL,
-   *          FEATURE_DENSITY
-   */
-  public static void sortByFeature(String featureLabel, String groupLabel,
-          int start, int stop, AlignmentI alignment, String method)
-  {
-    sortByFeature(
-            featureLabel == null ? null
-                    : Arrays.asList(new String[] { featureLabel }),
-            groupLabel == null ? null : Arrays
-                    .asList(new String[] { groupLabel }), start, stop,
-            alignment, method);
-  }
-
   private static boolean containsIgnoreCase(final String lab,
           final List<String> labs)
   {