[Biojava-dev] Sequence cloning with annotations & features...

[David Huen]

On Mar 29 2005, David Jung wrote:

> Hello.
> I was wondering if someone could suggest the best way to
> clone a Sequence (since it isn't a Cloneable).  I'd like
> to clone the raw sequence, annotations and features.
> I know how to clone the raw sequence and annotations,
> but aren't sure how to clone features, including
> all nested features recursively.
> (This is so that I can add features to the clone
> and they won't appear on the original Sequence)

If persistence of the cloned sequence is not required, I think it is 
possible to create a ViewSequence on the original. All features of the 
original are visible in the view but features added to the view are not 
visible on the original.

Regards,
David Huen