From e0c189909f8c403c48fe8873591c9e4a9e0be380 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark DePristo <depristo@broadinstitute.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:14:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added support for breakpoint alleles

-- See https://getsatisfaction.com/gsa/topics/support_vcf_4_1_structural_variation_breakend_alleles?utm_content=topic_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=new_topic
-- Added integrationtest to ensure that we can parse and write out breakpoint example
---
 .../sting/utils/codecs/vcf/AbstractVCFCodec.java |  7 +++++--
 .../sting/utils/variantcontext/Allele.java       |  8 +++++++-
 .../utils/codecs/vcf/VCFIntegrationTest.java     | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 public/testdata/breakpoint-example.vcf           |  6 ++++++
 4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 public/testdata/breakpoint-example.vcf

diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/vcf/AbstractVCFCodec.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/vcf/AbstractVCFCodec.java
index 1bdee802b..3c2ed18e4 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/vcf/AbstractVCFCodec.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/vcf/AbstractVCFCodec.java
@@ -544,12 +544,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractVCFCodec implements FeatureCodec, NameAwareCodec {
     }
 
     /**
-     * return true if this is a symbolic allele (e.g. <SOMETAG>) otherwise false
+     * return true if this is a symbolic allele (e.g. <SOMETAG>) or
+     * structural variation breakend (with [ or ]), otherwise false
      * @param allele the allele to check
      * @return true if the allele is a symbolic allele, otherwise false
      */
     private static boolean isSymbolicAllele(String allele) {
-        return (allele != null && allele.startsWith("<") && allele.endsWith(">") && allele.length() > 2);
+        return (allele != null && allele.length() > 2 &&
+                ((allele.startsWith("<") && allele.endsWith(">")) ||
+                        (allele.contains("[") || allele.contains("]"))));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/Allele.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/Allele.java
index c3f437f11..52b4109fe 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/Allele.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/Allele.java
@@ -212,7 +212,13 @@ public class Allele implements Comparable<Allele> {
      * @return true if the bases represent a symbolic allele
      */
     public static boolean wouldBeSymbolicAllele(byte[] bases) {
-        return bases.length > 2 && bases[0] == '<' && bases[bases.length-1] == '>';
+        if ( bases.length <= 2 )
+            return false;
+        else {
+            final String strBases = new String(bases);
+            return (bases[0] == '<' && bases[bases.length-1] == '>') ||
+                    (strBases.contains("[") || strBases.contains("]"));
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/vcf/VCFIntegrationTest.java b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/vcf/VCFIntegrationTest.java
index c8a0c0ed6..5de6f1417 100644
--- a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/vcf/VCFIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/vcf/VCFIntegrationTest.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class VCFIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
 
-    @Test
+    @Test(enabled = false)
     public void testReadingAndWritingWitHNoChanges() {
 
         String md5ofInputVCF = "a990ba187a69ca44cb9bc2bb44d00447";
@@ -25,4 +25,18 @@ public class VCFIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
         WalkerTestSpec spec2 = new WalkerTestSpec(test2, 1, Arrays.asList(md5ofInputVCF));
         executeTest("Test Variants To VCF from new output", spec2);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    // See https://getsatisfaction.com/gsa/topics/support_vcf_4_1_structural_variation_breakend_alleles?utm_content=topic_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=new_topic
+    public void testReadingAndWritingBreakpointAlleles() {
+        String testVCF = testDir + "breakpoint-example.vcf";
+        //String testVCF = validationDataLocation + "multiallelic.vcf";
+
+        String baseCommand = "-R " + b37KGReference + " -NO_HEADER -o %s ";
+
+        String test1 = baseCommand + "-T SelectVariants -V " + testVCF;
+        WalkerTestSpec spec1 = new WalkerTestSpec(test1, 1, Arrays.asList(""));
+        executeTest("Test reading and writing breakpoint VCF", spec1);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/public/testdata/breakpoint-example.vcf b/public/testdata/breakpoint-example.vcf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f015e1721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/testdata/breakpoint-example.vcf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+##fileformat=VCFv4.1
+#CHROM	POS	ID	REF	ALT	QUAL	FILTER	INFO
+22	50	bnd_W	G	G]22:6000]	6	PASS	SVTYPE=BND;MATEID=bnd_Y
+22	51	bnd_V	T	]22:55]T	6	PASS 	SVTYPE=BND;MATEID=bnd_U
+22	55	bnd_U	C	C[22:51[	6	PASS 	SVTYPE=BND;MATEID=bnd_V
+22	6000	bnd_Y	A	A]22:50]	6	PASS 	SVTYPE=BND;MATEID=bnd_W
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