def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """Read multiple MSAs from MAF file"""
    f = open(self.DATADIR + "/test.maf", 'r')
    counter = 0
    while True:
        n_seq, sequence_identifiers, alignment, alignment_id, consensus_structure = \
            RNA.file_msa_read_record(f, RNA.FILE_FORMAT_MSA_MAF)
        # stop parsing on error or EOF
        if n_seq == -1:
            break
        # skip empty alignments, i.e. number of sequences == 0
        if n_seq == 0:
            continue
        counter = counter + 1
    f.close()
    # There are 4 alignments in the MAF file
    self.assertTrue(counter == 3)