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Clarified that this also filters supplementary alignments.
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@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ package org.broadinstitute.gatk.engine.filters;
import htsjdk.samtools.SAMRecord;
/**
* Filter out reads that are secondary alignments
* Filter out reads that are non-primary alignments
*
* <p>This filter recognizes the SAM flag that identifies secondary alignments (ie not the best alignment).
* <p>This filter recognizes the SAM flag that identifies secondary and supplementary alignments, i.e. non-primary alignments.
* It is intended to ensure that only reads that are likely to be mapped in the right place, and therefore to be
* informative, will be used in analysis.</p>
*
@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ public class NotPrimaryAlignmentFilter extends ReadFilter {
public boolean filterOut( final SAMRecord read ) {
return read.getNotPrimaryAlignmentFlag();
}
}
}