src/hg/hgTables/hgTables.c 1.172

Index: src/hg/hgTables/hgTables.c
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RCS file: /projects/compbio/cvsroot/kent/src/hg/hgTables/hgTables.c,v
retrieving revision 1.171
retrieving revision 1.172
diff -b -B -U 4 -r1.171 -r1.172
--- src/hg/hgTables/hgTables.c	9 Jan 2009 00:58:26 -0000	1.171
+++ src/hg/hgTables/hgTables.c	10 Mar 2009 01:25:24 -0000	1.172
@@ -173,8 +173,29 @@
     *pTable = s;
     }
 }
 
+boolean trackIsType(char *table, char *type)
+/* Return TRUE track is a specific type.  Type should be something like "bed" or
+ * "bigBed" or "bigWig" */
+{
+struct trackDb *tdb = NULL;
+if (isCustomTrack(table))
+    {
+    struct customTrack *ct = lookupCt(table);
+    if (ct != NULL)
+        tdb = ct->tdb;
+    }
+else
+    {
+    if (curTrack && sameString(curTrack->tableName, table))
+	tdb = curTrack;
+    else
+	tdb = hTrackDbForTrack(database, table);
+    }
+return tdb != NULL && startsWithWord(type, tdb->type);
+}
+
 struct trackDb *findCompositeTdb(struct trackDb *track, char *table)
 /*	find the tdb for the table, if it is custom or composite or ordinary  */
 {
 struct trackDb *tdb = track;