diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/RealignedReadCounter.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/RealignedReadCounter.java
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-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2010.
- *
- * 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,
- * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
- * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR
- * THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.indels;
-
-import net.sf.samtools.SAMRecord;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.contexts.ReferenceContext;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.refdata.ReadMetaDataTracker;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.By;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.DataSource;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.ReadWalker;
-
-@By(DataSource.READS)
-// walker to count realigned reads
-public class RealignedReadCounter extends ReadWalker<Integer, Integer> {
-
-    public static final String ORIGINAL_CIGAR_TAG = "OC";
-    public static final String ORIGINAL_POSITION_TAG = "OP";
-
-    private long updatedReads = 0;
-
-    public Integer map(ReferenceContext ref, SAMRecord read, ReadMetaDataTracker metaDataTracker) {
-
-        if ( read.getAttribute(ORIGINAL_CIGAR_TAG) != null ) {
-            String newCigar = (String)read.getAttribute(ORIGINAL_CIGAR_TAG);
-            // deal with an old bug
-            if ( read.getCigar().toString().equals(newCigar) ) {
-                return 0;
-            }
-
-            updatedReads++;
-        }
-
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    public Integer reduceInit() {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    public Integer reduce(Integer value, Integer sum) {
-        return sum + value;
-    }
-
-    public void onTraversalDone(Integer result) {
-        System.out.println(updatedReads + " reads were updated");
-    }
-}