[Biojava-l] Mutable Features - strand?

[Matthew Pocock]

Hi,

This is an oversight. We should add the interface method:

    void setStrand(Strand) throws ChangeVetoException

Any volunteeres?

Matthew

Keith James wrote:
> I'm wondering about mutating Features - someone here using biojava has
> pointed out that while most properties of generic features are now
> mutable (type, type term, location, source etc), strand is not.
> 
> While there is a 'flip' method on Strand, there is no way to apply the
> flipped Strand back to a feature. Is this an oversight, or is there a
> reason why StrandedFeature has this immutable property?
> 
> The reason it is requested is for GUI tools where features need to get
> bumped around and generally messed with at lot during the annotation
> process.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Keith
> 


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