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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 The Broad Institute
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+ * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+ * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+ * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+ * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+ * conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+ * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+ * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
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+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+ * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.filters;
+
+import net.sf.samtools.SAMRecord;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.commandline.Argument;
+
+/**
+ * A read filter (transformer) that sets all reads mapping quality to a given value.
+ *
+ *  <p>
+ *     If a BAM file contains erroneous or missing mapping qualities, this 'filter' will set
+ *     all your mapping qualities to a given value. Default being 60.
+ *  </p>
+ *
+ *
+ * <h2>Input</h2>
+ *  <p>
+ *	    BAM file(s)
+ *  </p>
+ *
+ *
+ * <h2>Output</h2>
+ *  <p>
+ *      BAM file(s) with all reads mapping qualities reassigned
+ *  </p>
+ *
+ * <h2>Examples</h2>
+ *  <pre>
+ *    java
+ *      -jar GenomeAnalysisTK.jar
+ *      -rf ReassignMappingQuality
+ *      -DMQ 35
+ *  </pre>
+ *
+ * @author carneiro
+ * @since 8/8/11
+ */
+
+public class ReassignMappingQualityFilter extends ReadFilter {
+
+    @Argument(fullName = "default_mapping_quality", shortName = "DMQ", doc = "Default read mapping quality to assign to all reads", required = false)
+    public int defaultMappingQuality = 60;
+
+    public boolean filterOut(SAMRecord rec) {
+        rec.setMappingQuality(defaultMappingQuality);
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+