Add checking of start location to GFFCodec

richardsonjm · Dec 13, 2012 · 0326b66 · 0326b66
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diff --git a/src/org/broad/igv/feature/tribble/GFFCodec.java b/src/org/broad/igv/feature/tribble/GFFCodec.java
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ public BasicFeature decode(String line) {
         int col = 3;
         try {
             start = Integer.parseInt(tokens[col]) - 1;
+            if(start < 0) throw new ParserException("Start index must be 1 or larger; GFF is 1-based", -1, line);
             col++;
             end = Integer.parseInt(tokens[col]);
         } catch (NumberFormatException ne) {