ranges)
+ {
+ boolean forwardStrand = true;
+ for (int[] range : ranges)
+ {
+ if (range[1] > range[0])
+ {
+ break; // forward strand confirmed
+ }
+ else if (range[1] < range[0])
+ {
+ forwardStrand = false;
+ break; // reverse strand confirmed
+ }
+ }
+ return forwardStrand;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ *
+ * @return true if from, or to is a three to 1 mapping
+ */
+ public boolean isTripletMap()
+ {
+ return (toRatio == 3 && fromRatio == 1)
+ || (fromRatio == 3 && toRatio == 1);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a map which is the composite of this one and the input map. That
+ * is, the output map has the fromRanges of this map, and its toRanges are the
+ * toRanges of this map as transformed by the input map.
+ *
+ * Returns null if the mappings cannot be traversed (not all toRanges of this
+ * map correspond to fromRanges of the input), or if this.toRatio does not
+ * match map.fromRatio.
+ *
+ *
+ * Example 1:
+ * this: from [1-100] to [501-600]
+ * input: from [10-40] to [60-90]
+ * output: from [10-40] to [560-590]
+ * Example 2 ('reverse strand exons'):
+ * this: from [1-100] to [2000-1951], [1000-951] // transcript to loci
+ * input: from [1-50] to [41-90] // CDS to transcript
+ * output: from [10-40] to [1960-1951], [1000-971] // CDS to gene loci
+ *
+ *
+ * @param map
+ * @return
+ */
+ public MapList traverse(MapList map)
+ {
+ if (map == null)
+ {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * compound the ratios by this rule:
+ * A:B with M:N gives A*M:B*N
+ * reduced by greatest common divisor
+ * so 1:3 with 3:3 is 3:9 or 1:3
+ * 1:3 with 3:1 is 3:3 or 1:1
+ * 1:3 with 1:3 is 1:9
+ * 2:5 with 3:7 is 6:35
+ */
+ int outFromRatio = getFromRatio() * map.getFromRatio();
+ int outToRatio = getToRatio() * map.getToRatio();
+ int gcd = MathUtils.gcd(outFromRatio, outToRatio);
+ outFromRatio /= gcd;
+ outToRatio /= gcd;
+
+ List toRanges = new ArrayList<>();
+ List ranges = getToRanges();
+
+ for (int ir = 0, nr = ranges.size(); ir < nr; ir++)
+ {
+ int[] range = ranges.get(ir);
+ int[] transferred = map.locateInTo(range[0], range[1]);
+ if (transferred == null || transferred.length % 2 != 0)
+ {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * convert [start1, end1, start2, end2, ...]
+ * to [[start1, end1], [start2, end2], ...]
+ */
+ for (int i = 0, n = transferred.length; i < n; i += 2)
+ {
+ toRanges.add(new int[] { transferred[i], transferred[i + 1] });
+ }
+ }
+
+ return new MapList(getFromRanges(), toRanges, outFromRatio, outToRatio);
+ }
+
+}