ENSCORESW-3224: Backport ZFINDescParser
Created by: tgrego
Description
Port changes made to ZFINDescParser in ensembl-xref, including unit tests, back to ensembl:feature/xref_sprint.
Use case
see ENSCORESW-3224
Benefits
Salvage more work from the 2018 xref sprint.
Possible Drawbacks
Increased test-suite run time (note: Travis does not automatically execute tests from misc-scripts/xref_mapping yet).
Testing
yes
If so, do the tests pass/fail?
pass
Have you run the entire test suite and no regression was detected?
yes