code: @Override
  	public String sendAlignmentRequest(Sequence<Compound> seq, RemotePairwiseAlignmentProperties rpa) throws Exception {
  		return sendAlignmentRequest(seq.getSequenceAsString(), rpa);
  	}
docs: Converts given sequence to String and calls
  {@link #sendAlignmentRequest(String, RemotePairwiseAlignmentProperties)}