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021package org.biojava.bio.seq.io.agave;
022import org.biojava.bio.Annotation;
023
024/**
025 * Just make the property follow the common case
026 * @author Hanning Ni   Doubletwist Inc
027 */
028public class UtilHelper {
029   /**
030    * inhibit the getProperty(key) of Annotation from throw exception when
031    *  key does not exist.
032    */
033    public static Object getProperty(Annotation annot, String key)
034    {
035        if( annot == null || key == null) return null ;
036        try{
037           Object ob = annot.getProperty(key) ;
038            return ob ;
039        }catch( java.util.NoSuchElementException e)
040        {
041            return null ;
042        }
043    }
044}