def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """Read Stockholm formatted MSA file"""
    n_seq, sequence_identifiers, alignment, alignment_id, consensus_structure = \
        RNA.file_msa_read(self.DATADIR + "/rfam_seed_selected.stk",
                          RNA.FILE_FORMAT_MSA_STOCKHOLM | \
                          RNA.FILE_FORMAT_MSA_SILENT)
    # first alignment in test file has 712 sequences
    self.assertTrue(n_seq == 712)
    self.assertTrue(len(sequence_identifiers) == 712)
    self.assertTrue(len(alignment) == 712)
    # test alignment contains an ID as well as a SS_cons line, so we must have retrieved both
    self.assertTrue(alignment_id != "")
    self.assertTrue(consensus_structure != "")
    # length of consensus structure must be equal to length of the sequences in alignment
    # (we check against 1st sequence)
    self.assertTrue(len(consensus_structure) == len(alignment[0]))