bcf_ordered_writer.h

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#ifndef BCF_ORDERED_WRITER_H
#define BCF_ORDERED_WRITER_H

#include "hts_utils.h"
#include "utils.h"

/**
 * A class for writing ordered VCF/BCF files.
 *
 * In some cases, the processing of a file changes the coordinates
 * slightly leading to slight local disorder within a contig,
 * instead of sorting the VCF wholesale, this class buffers the output
 * and sorts locally in a 10K base pair region before writing the records
 * out.
 */
class BCFOrderedWriter
{
    public:

    ///////
    //i/o//
    ///////
    std::string file_name;
    vcfFile *file;
    bcf_hdr_t *hdr;
    bool linked_hdr;

    //buffer for containing records to be written out
    std::list<bcf1_t*> buffer; //most recent records in the front
    std::list<bcf1_t*> pool;

    int32_t window;

    /**
     * Initialize output file.
     * @output_vcf_file
     * @window - the window to keep variants in buffer to check for local disorder, 0 for no buffering
     * @recycle - keep unused records in a pool for reuse
     */
    BCFOrderedWriter(std::string output_vcf_file_name, int32_t window=0, int32_t compression=6);

    /**
     * Duplicates a hdr and sets it.
     */
    void set_hdr(bcf_hdr_t *hdr);

    /**
     * Links a header.  This is useful when the read in VCF header is incomplete.
     */
    void link_hdr(bcf_hdr_t *hdr);

    /**
     * Reads next record, hides the random access of different regions from the user.
     */
    void write_hdr();

    /**
     * Reads next record, hides the random access of different regions from the user.
     */
    void write(bcf1_t *v);

    /**
     * Gets record from pool, creates a new record if necessary.
     * This is exposed so that the programmer may reuse bcf1_t
     * from this class and return to it when writing which is
     * essentially stowing it away in a buffer.
     */
    bcf1_t* get_bcf1_from_pool();

    /**
     * Returns record to pool.
     */
    void store_bcf1_into_pool(bcf1_t* v);

    /**
     * Flush writable records from buffer.
     */
    void flush();

    /**
     * Closes the file.
     */
    void close();

    private:

    /**
     * Flush writable records from buffer.
     */
    void flush(bool force);
};

#endif