def get_feature_type_counts(self, ctx, ref, feature_type_list):
"""
Retrieve the count of each Feature type.
@param feature_type_list List of Feature Types. If empty,
this will retrieve counts for all Feature Types.
:param ref: instance of type "ObjectReference"
:param feature_type_list: instance of list of String
:returns: instance of mapping from String to Long
"""
# ctx is the context object
# return variables are: returnVal
#BEGIN get_feature_type_counts
ga = GenomeAnnotationAPI_local(self.services, ctx['token'], ref)
returnVal = ga.get_feature_type_counts(feature_type_list)
#END get_feature_type_counts
# At some point might do deeper type checking...
if not isinstance(returnVal, dict):
raise ValueError('Method get_feature_type_counts return value ' +
'returnVal is not type dict as required.')
# return the results
return [returnVal]
