gatk-3.8/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/alignment/Aligner.java

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package org.broadinstitute.sting.alignment;
import net.sf.samtools.SAMRecord;
import net.sf.samtools.SAMFileHeader;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Iterator;
/**
* Create perfect alignments from the read to the genome represented by the given BWT / suffix array.
*
* @author mhanna
* @version 0.1
*/
public interface Aligner {
/**
* Close this instance of the BWA pointer and delete its resources.
*/
public void close();
/**
* Allow the aligner to choose one alignment randomly from the pile of best alignments.
* @param bases Bases to align.
* @return An align
*/
public Alignment getBestAlignment(final byte[] bases);
/**
* Align the read to the reference.
* @param read Read to align.
* @param header Optional header to drop in place.
* @return A list of the alignments.
*/
public SAMRecord align(final SAMRecord read, final SAMFileHeader header);
/**
* Get a iterator of alignments, batched by mapping quality.
* @param bases List of bases.
* @return Iterator to alignments.
*/
public Iterable<Alignment[]> getAllAlignments(final byte[] bases);
/**
* Get a iterator of aligned reads, batched by mapping quality.
* @param read Read to align.
* @param newHeader Optional new header to use when aligning the read. If present, it must be null.
* @return Iterator to alignments.
*/
public Iterable<SAMRecord[]> alignAll(final SAMRecord read, final SAMFileHeader newHeader);
}