private Collection<VariantContext> getVariantContexts( RefMetaDataTracker tracker, ReferenceContext ref) { List<Feature> features = tracker.getValues(variants, ref.getLocus()); List<VariantContext> VCs = new ArrayList<VariantContext>(features.size()); for (Feature record : features) { if (VariantContextAdaptors.canBeConvertedToVariantContext(record)) { // we need to special case the HapMap format because indels aren't handled correctly if (record instanceof RawHapMapFeature) { // is it an indel? RawHapMapFeature hapmap = (RawHapMapFeature) record; if (hapmap.getAlleles()[0].equals(RawHapMapFeature.NULL_ALLELE_STRING) || hapmap.getAlleles()[1].equals(RawHapMapFeature.NULL_ALLELE_STRING)) { // get the dbsnp object corresponding to this record (needed to help us distinguish // between insertions and deletions) VariantContext dbsnpVC = getDbsnp(hapmap.getName()); if (dbsnpVC == null || dbsnpVC.isMixed()) continue; Map<String, Allele> alleleMap = new HashMap<String, Allele>(2); alleleMap.put( RawHapMapFeature.DELETION, Allele.create(ref.getBase(), dbsnpVC.isSimpleInsertion())); alleleMap.put( RawHapMapFeature.INSERTION, Allele.create( (char) ref.getBase() + ((RawHapMapFeature) record).getAlleles()[1], !dbsnpVC.isSimpleInsertion())); hapmap.setActualAlleles(alleleMap); // also, use the correct positioning for insertions hapmap.updatePosition(dbsnpVC.getStart()); if (hapmap.getStart() < ref.getWindow().getStart()) { logger.warn( "Hapmap record at " + ref.getLocus() + " represents an indel too large to be converted; skipping..."); continue; } } } // ok, we might actually be able to turn this record in a variant context VariantContext vc = VariantContextAdaptors.toVariantContext(variants.getName(), record, ref); if (vc != null) // sometimes the track has odd stuff in it that can't be converted VCs.add(vc); } } return VCs; }