private VariantContext findMatchingComp(
      final VariantContext eval, final Collection<VariantContext> comps) {
    // if no comps, return null
    if (comps == null || comps.isEmpty()) return null;

    // if no eval, return any comp
    if (eval == null) return comps.iterator().next();

    // find all of the matching comps
    VariantContext lenientMatch = null;
    for (final VariantContext comp : comps) {
      switch (doEvalAndCompMatch(comp, eval, requireStrictAlleleMatch)) {
        case STRICT:
          return comp;
        case LENIENT:
          if (lenientMatch == null) lenientMatch = comp;
          break;
        case NO_MATCH:;
      }
    }

    // nothing matched, just return lenientMatch, which might be null
    return lenientMatch;
  }
  /** Collect relevant information from each variant in the supplied VCFs */
  @Override
  public Integer map(RefMetaDataTracker tracker, ReferenceContext ref, AlignmentContext context) {
    for (NewEvaluationContext nec : evaluationContexts.values()) {
      synchronized (nec) {
        nec.update0(tracker, ref, context);
      }
    }

    if (tracker != null) {
      String aastr =
          (ancestralAlignments == null)
              ? null
              : new String(
                  ancestralAlignments
                      .getSubsequenceAt(
                          ref.getLocus().getContig(),
                          ref.getLocus().getStart(),
                          ref.getLocus().getStop())
                      .getBases());

      //      --------- track ---------           sample  - VariantContexts -
      HashMap<RodBinding<VariantContext>, HashMap<String, Collection<VariantContext>>> evalVCs =
          variantEvalUtils.bindVariantContexts(
              tracker, ref, evals, byFilterIsEnabled, true, perSampleIsEnabled, mergeEvals);
      HashMap<RodBinding<VariantContext>, HashMap<String, Collection<VariantContext>>> compVCs =
          variantEvalUtils.bindVariantContexts(
              tracker, ref, comps, byFilterIsEnabled, false, false, false);

      // for each eval track
      for (final RodBinding<VariantContext> evalRod : evals) {
        final Map<String, Collection<VariantContext>> emptyEvalMap = Collections.emptyMap();
        final Map<String, Collection<VariantContext>> evalSet =
            evalVCs.containsKey(evalRod) ? evalVCs.get(evalRod) : emptyEvalMap;

        // for each sample stratifier
        for (final String sampleName : sampleNamesForStratification) {
          Collection<VariantContext> evalSetBySample = evalSet.get(sampleName);
          if (evalSetBySample == null) {
            evalSetBySample = new HashSet<VariantContext>(1);
            evalSetBySample.add(null);
          }

          // for each eval in the track
          for (VariantContext eval : evalSetBySample) {
            // deal with ancestral alleles if requested
            if (eval != null && aastr != null) {
              eval = new VariantContextBuilder(eval).attribute("ANCESTRALALLELE", aastr).make();
            }

            // for each comp track
            for (final RodBinding<VariantContext> compRod : comps) {
              // no sample stratification for comps
              final HashMap<String, Collection<VariantContext>> compSetHash = compVCs.get(compRod);
              final Collection<VariantContext> compSet =
                  (compSetHash == null || compSetHash.size() == 0)
                      ? Collections.<VariantContext>emptyList()
                      : compVCs.get(compRod).values().iterator().next();

              // find the comp
              final VariantContext comp = findMatchingComp(eval, compSet);

              HashMap<VariantStratifier, List<String>> stateMap =
                  new HashMap<VariantStratifier, List<String>>();
              for (VariantStratifier vs : stratificationObjects) {
                List<String> states =
                    vs.getRelevantStates(
                        ref, tracker, comp, compRod.getName(), eval, evalRod.getName(), sampleName);
                stateMap.put(vs, states);
              }

              ArrayList<StateKey> stateKeys = new ArrayList<StateKey>();
              variantEvalUtils.initializeStateKeys(stateMap, null, null, stateKeys);

              HashSet<StateKey> stateKeysHash = new HashSet<StateKey>(stateKeys);

              for (StateKey stateKey : stateKeysHash) {
                NewEvaluationContext nec = evaluationContexts.get(stateKey);

                // eval against the comp
                synchronized (nec) {
                  nec.apply(tracker, ref, context, comp, eval);
                }

                // eval=null against all comps of different type that aren't bound to another eval
                for (VariantContext otherComp : compSet) {
                  if (otherComp != comp && !compHasMatchingEval(otherComp, evalSetBySample)) {
                    synchronized (nec) {
                      nec.apply(tracker, ref, context, otherComp, null);
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }

        if (mergeEvals) break; // stop processing the eval tracks
      }
    }

    return null;
  }