a8b66530fffa337e4bb8f178449ea9009219930a
mmaddren
  Fri Sep 30 12:44:51 2011 -0700
fixed the cv Validator
diff --git python/lib/ucscgenomics/cv.py python/lib/ucscgenomics/cv.py
index 342a40e..00352a7 100644
--- python/lib/ucscgenomics/cv.py
+++ python/lib/ucscgenomics/cv.py
@@ -24,32 +24,30 @@
 
 	def __init__(self, filePath=None, handler=None, protocolPath=None):
 		"""sets up exception handling method, and optionally reads from a file"""
 		ra.RaFile.__init__(self)
 		
 		self.handler = handler
 		if handler == None:
 			self.handler = self.raiseException
 			
 		if filePath == None:
 			filePath = os.path.expanduser('~/kent/src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/') + 'cv/alpha/cv.ra'
 		
 		self.protocolPath = protocolPath
 		if protocolPath == None:
 			self.protocolPath == os.path.expanduser('~/htdocsExtras/ENCODE/')
-			if not os.path.isdir(self.protocolPath):
-				self.protocolPath = None
 		
 		self.read(filePath)
 
 	def raiseException(self, exception):
 		"""wrapper function for raising exception"""
 		raise exception
 
 	def readStanza(self, stanza):
 		"""overriden method from RaFile which makes specialized stanzas based on type"""
 		e = ra.RaStanza()
 		ek, ev = e.readStanza(stanza)
 		type = e['type']
 
 		if type == 'Antibody':
 			entry = AntibodyStanza()