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+/* BasicPropertiesPanel
+ * This file is part of Artemis
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009  Genome Research Limited
+ *
+ * This program 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 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * $Header: //tmp/pathsoft/artemis/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/gff/PropertiesPanel.java,v 1.11 2009-08-17 12:50:42 tjc Exp $
+ */
+
+package uk.ac.sanger.artemis.components.genebuilder.gff;
+
+import java.awt.FlowLayout;
+
+import javax.swing.Box;
+import javax.swing.JPanel;
+
+import uk.ac.sanger.artemis.Feature;
+import uk.ac.sanger.artemis.FeatureVector;
+import uk.ac.sanger.artemis.components.genebuilder.BasicGeneBuilderFrame;
+import uk.ac.sanger.artemis.components.genebuilder.GeneUtils;
+import uk.ac.sanger.artemis.io.ChadoCanonicalGene;
+import uk.ac.sanger.artemis.io.GFFStreamFeature;
+import uk.ac.sanger.artemis.io.QualifierVector;
+
+public class BasicPropertiesPanel extends JPanel
+{
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+  private PropertiesPanel genePropPanel;
+  private PropertiesPanel transcriptPropPanel;
+  private PropertiesPanel pepPropPanel;
+  private Feature gene;
+  
+  public BasicPropertiesPanel(final ChadoCanonicalGene chadoGene,
+		                      BasicGeneBuilderFrame gbFrame)
+  {
+    super(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
+    
+    Box yBox = Box.createVerticalBox();
+    gene = (Feature) chadoGene.getGene().getUserData();
+    genePropPanel = new PropertiesPanel(gene, false, true, false);
+    yBox.add(genePropPanel);
+    
+    Feature transcript = gbFrame.getSelectedTranscriptFeature();
+    transcriptPropPanel = new PropertiesPanel(transcript, false, false, false);
+    yBox.add(transcriptPropPanel);
+    
+    String transcriptName = GeneUtils.getUniqueName(transcript.getEmblFeature());
+    uk.ac.sanger.artemis.io.Feature pep =
+      chadoGene.getProteinOfTranscript(transcriptName);
+    
+    if(pep != null)
+    {
+      Feature protein = (Feature) pep.getUserData();
+      pepPropPanel = new PropertiesPanel(protein, false, false, false);
+      yBox.add(pepPropPanel);
+    }
+    
+    add(yBox);
+  }
+  
+  public QualifierVector getProteinProperties(Feature feature)
+  {
+    return pepPropPanel.getGffQualifiers(feature);
+  }
+  
+  public QualifierVector getGeneProperties(Feature feature)
+  {
+    return genePropPanel.getGffQualifiers(feature);
+  }
+  
+  public QualifierVector getTranscriptProperties(Feature feature)
+  {
+    return transcriptPropPanel.getGffQualifiers(feature);
+  }
+  
+  public void updateObsoleteSettings()
+  {
+    if(!genePropPanel.obsoleteChanged)
+      return;
+    
+    genePropPanel.obsoleteChanged = false;
+    PropertiesPanel.updateObsoleteSettings((GFFStreamFeature)gene.getEmblFeature());
+  }
+
+  public void setObsoleteChanged(boolean obs, FeatureVector features)
+  {
+    PropertiesPanel.updateObsoleteSettings((GFFStreamFeature)gene.getEmblFeature());
+    //obsoleteField.setSelected(obsoleteChanged);
+  }
+}
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