private String getDisplayName(SeqFeatureI sf) {
    String display_name = "";

    // Annot
    if (sf instanceof AnnotatedFeatureI) {
      display_name = sf.getName();
    }

    // Not Annot
    else {
      // FeatPair
      FeatureSetI fset =
          (sf.canHaveChildren() ? (FeatureSetI) sf : (FeatureSetI) sf.getRefFeature());
      // cant do as seqfeature as getHitSequence() is in FeatureSet and not
      // SeqFeature and furthermore cant do a getHitFeature().getRefSequence()
      // as FeatureSet has no hit feature yet it has hit sequence
      // SeqFeatureI fset = sf.canHaveChildren() ? sf : sf.getRefFeature();
      SequenceI seq = (fset != null ? fset.getHitSequence() : null);
      SeqFeatureI featPair = null; // FeaturePairI fp;

      if (fset != null && fset.size() > 0 && (fset.getFeatureAt(0).hasHitFeature())) {
        featPair = fset.getFeatureAt(0);
      } else if (sf.hasHitFeature()) {
        featPair = sf; // fp = (FeaturePairI) sf;
      } // else {//fp = null; } // not necasary - already null

      if (seq == null && featPair != null) seq = featPair.getHitFeature().getRefSequence();
      if (seq == null) seq = sf.getFeatureSequence();

      if (seq != null) {
        display_name = seq.getName() != null ? seq.getName() : "";
      } else if (featPair != null) {
        SeqFeatureI hit = featPair.getHitFeature();
        display_name = hit.getName() != null ? hit.getName() : "";
      }
      /* NOT FeaturePair
         this will only be reached if not an annot, not a FS w fps
         and not a FeaturePair (or if fp hit name is "")
         in otherwords a seqfeature result
         added getName in for chado gene predics which are leaf seq feats
      */
      // shouldnt we check getName != null before using biotype??
      else display_name = getBioTypeForDisplay(sf);
    }
    return display_name;
  }