=pod

=head1 LICENSE

Copyright [1999-2015] Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
Copyright [2016-2019] EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute

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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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=head1 NAME

Bio::EnsEMBL::IO::Parser::VEP_input - A line-based parser for Ensembl's 
default input format for the Variant Effect Predictor

=cut

package Bio::EnsEMBL::IO::Parser::VEP_input;

use strict;
use warnings;

use parent qw/Bio::EnsEMBL::IO::ColumnBasedParser/;

=head2 open

    Constructor
    Argument [1] : Filepath
    Argument [2+]: Hash of parameters for configuration, e.g. buffer sizes or 
                   specific functions for handling headers or data
    Returntype   : Bio::EnsEMBL::IO::TrackBasedParser

=cut

sub open {
    my ($caller, $filename, @other_args) = @_;
    my $class = ref($caller) || $caller;
    my $self;

    $self = $class->SUPER::open($filename, '\t|\s+', @other_args);

    if ($filename) {
      # pre-load peek buffer
      $self->next_block();
    }

    return $self;
}

## This format has no metadata

sub is_metadata { return; }

sub read_metadata { return; }

=head2 set_fields

    Description: Setter for list of fields used in this format - uses the
                  "public" (i.e. non-raw) names of getter methods
    Returntype : Void

=cut

sub set_fields {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->{'fields'} = [qw(seqname start end allele strand id)];
}


=head2 get_raw_chromosome

    Description: Getter for chromosome field
    Returntype : String 

=cut

sub get_raw_chromosome {
  my $self = shift;
  return $self->{'record'}[0];
}

=head2 get_seqname

    Description: Getter - wrapper around raw method 
                  (uses standard method name, not format-specific)
    Returntype : String 

=cut

sub get_seqname {
  my $self = shift;
  return $self->get_raw_chromosome();
}

=head2 get_raw_start

    Description: Getter for start field
    Returntype : Integer 

=cut

sub get_raw_start {
  my $self = shift;
  return $self->{'record'}[1];
}

=head2 get_start

    Description: Getter - wrapper around raw_start method
    Returntype : Integer 

=cut

sub get_start {
  my $self = shift;
  return $self->get_raw_start();
}

=head2 get_raw_end

    Description: Getter for end field
    Returntype : Integer

=cut

sub get_raw_end {
  my $self = shift;
  return $self->{'record'}[2];
}

=head2 get_end

    Description: Getter - wrapper around get_raw_end 
    Returntype : String 

=cut

sub get_end {
  my $self = shift;
  return $self->get_raw_end();
}

=head2 get_raw_allele

    Description: Getter for allele field
    Returntype : String 

=cut

sub get_raw_allele {
  my $self = shift;
  return $self->{'record'}[3];
}

=head2 get_allele

    Description: Getter - wrapper around get_raw_allele
    Returntype : String

=cut

sub get_allele {
  my $self = shift;
  return $self->get_raw_allele();
}

=head2 get_raw_strand

    Description: Getter for strand field
    Returntype : String 

=cut

sub get_raw_strand {
  my $self = shift;
  return $self->{'record'}[4];
}

=head2 get_strand

    Description: Getter - wrapper around get_raw_strand
                  Converts text content into integer
    Returntype : Integer (1, 0 or -1)

=cut

sub get_strand {
  my $self = shift;
  my $raw_strand = $self->get_raw_strand;
  $raw_strand = 1 unless defined($raw_strand);
  return defined($self->{'strand_conversion'}{$raw_strand}) ? $self->{'strand_conversion'}{$raw_strand} : $raw_strand;
}

=head2 get_raw_identifier

    Description: Getter for identifier field 
    Returntype : String

=cut

sub get_raw_identifier {
  my $self = shift;
  return $self->{'record'}[5];
}

=head2 get_id

    Description: Getter - wrapper around get_raw_identifier
    Returntype : Integer

=cut

sub get_id {
  my $self = shift;
  return $self->get_raw_identifier();
}

1;