From: gmungoc <g.m.carstairs@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:52:30 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: JAL-2738 JAL-2743 properties to map VCF header to species or assembly
X-Git-Tag: Release_2_11_0~17^2^2~2
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;h=873061987e0feabe7be4ead7c1767840f1e60723;p=jalview.git

JAL-2738 JAL-2743 properties to map VCF header to species or assembly
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diff --git a/src/jalview/io/vcf/VCFLoader.java b/src/jalview/io/vcf/VCFLoader.java
index 5ba5d93..f4ce1a3 100644
--- a/src/jalview/io/vcf/VCFLoader.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/vcf/VCFLoader.java
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ import htsjdk.variant.vcf.VCFInfoHeaderLine;
  */
 public class VCFLoader
 {
+  private static final String DEFAULT_SPECIES = "homo_sapiens";
+
   /**
    * A class to model the mapping from sequence to VCF coordinates. Cases include
    * <ul>
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ public class VCFLoader
 
   /*
    * Lookup keys, and default values, for Preference entries that describe
-   * patterns for VCF and VEP fields to capture 
+   * patterns for VCF and VEP fields to capture
    */
   private static final String VEP_FIELDS_PREF = "VEP_FIELDS";
 
@@ -93,6 +95,16 @@ public class VCFLoader
   private static final String DEFAULT_VEP_FIELDS = ".*";// "Allele,Consequence,IMPACT,SWISSPROT,SIFT,PolyPhen,CLIN_SIG";
 
   /*
+   * Lookup keys, and default values, for Preference entries that give
+   * mappings from tokens in the 'reference' header to species or assembly
+   */
+  private static final String VCF_ASSEMBLY = "VCF_ASSEMBLY";
+
+  private static final String DEFAULT_VCF_ASSEMBLY = "assembly19=GRCh38,hs37=GRCh37,grch37=GRCh37,grch38=GRCh38";
+
+  private static final String VCF_SPECIES = "VCF_SPECIES"; // default is human
+
+  /*
    * keys to fields of VEP CSQ consequence data
    * see https://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/tools/vep/vep_formats.html
    */
@@ -114,12 +126,6 @@ public class VCFLoader
   private static final String PIPE_REGEX = "\\|";
 
   /*
-   * key for Allele Frequency output by VEP
-   * see http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/tools/vep/vep_formats.html
-   */
-  private static final String ALLELE_FREQUENCY_KEY = "AF";
-
-  /*
    * delimiter that separates multiple consequence data blocks
    */
   private static final String COMMA = ",";
@@ -155,6 +161,16 @@ public class VCFLoader
   private VCFHeader header;
 
   /*
+   * species (as a valid Ensembl term) the VCF is for 
+   */
+  private String vcfSpecies;
+
+  /*
+   * genome assembly version (as a valid Ensembl identifier) the VCF is for 
+   */
+  private String vcfAssembly;
+
+  /*
    * a Dictionary of contigs (if present) referenced in the VCF file
    */
   private SAMSequenceDictionary dictionary;
@@ -252,6 +268,7 @@ public class VCFLoader
     {
       ref = ref.substring(7);
     }
+    setSpeciesAndAssembly(ref);
 
     SequenceI seq = null;
     File dbFile = new File(ref);
@@ -260,7 +277,7 @@ public class VCFLoader
     {
       HtsContigDb db = new HtsContigDb("", dbFile);
       seq = db.getSequenceProxy(contig);
-      loadSequenceVCF(seq, ref);
+      loadSequenceVCF(seq);
       db.close();
     }
     else
@@ -284,7 +301,9 @@ public class VCFLoader
     {
       VCFHeaderLine ref = header
               .getOtherHeaderLine(VCFHeader.REFERENCE_KEY);
-      String vcfAssembly = ref.getValue();
+      String reference = ref.getValue();
+
+      setSpeciesAndAssembly(reference);
 
       int varCount = 0;
       int seqCount = 0;
@@ -294,7 +313,7 @@ public class VCFLoader
        */
       for (SequenceI seq : seqs)
       {
-        int added = loadSequenceVCF(seq, vcfAssembly);
+        int added = loadSequenceVCF(seq);
         if (added > 0)
         {
           seqCount++;
@@ -338,6 +357,64 @@ public class VCFLoader
   }
 
   /**
+   * Attempts to determine and save the species and genome assembly version to
+   * which the VCF data applies. This may be done by parsing the {@code reference}
+   * header line, configured in a property file, or (potentially) confirmed
+   * interactively by the user.
+   * <p>
+   * The saved values should be identifiers valid for Ensembl's REST service
+   * {@code map} endpoint, so they can be used (if necessary) to retrieve the
+   * mapping between VCF coordinates and sequence coordinates.
+   * 
+   * @param reference
+   * @see https://rest.ensembl.org/documentation/info/assembly_map
+   * @see https://rest.ensembl.org/info/assembly/human?content-type=text/xml
+   * @see https://rest.ensembl.org/info/species?content-type=text/xml
+   */
+  protected void setSpeciesAndAssembly(String reference)
+  {
+    vcfSpecies = DEFAULT_SPECIES;
+
+    /*
+     * for a non-human species, or other assembly identifier,
+     * specify as a Jalview property file entry e.g.
+     * VCF_ASSEMBLY = hs37=GRCh37,assembly19=GRCh37
+     * VCF_SPECIES = c_elegans=celegans
+     * to map a token in the reference header to a value
+     */
+    String prop = Cache.getDefault(VCF_ASSEMBLY, DEFAULT_VCF_ASSEMBLY);
+    for (String token : prop.split(","))
+    {
+      String[] tokens = token.split("=");
+      if (tokens.length == 2)
+      {
+        if (reference.contains(tokens[0].trim().toLowerCase()))
+        {
+          vcfAssembly = tokens[1].trim();
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    prop = Cache.getProperty(VCF_SPECIES);
+    if (prop != null)
+    {
+      for (String token : prop.split(","))
+      {
+        String[] tokens = token.split("=");
+        if (tokens.length == 2)
+        {
+          if (reference.contains(tokens[0].trim().toLowerCase()))
+          {
+            vcfSpecies = tokens[1].trim();
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Opens the VCF file and parses header data
    * 
    * @param filePath
@@ -588,12 +665,11 @@ public class VCFLoader
    * and returns the number of variant features added
    * 
    * @param seq
-   * @param vcfAssembly
    * @return
    */
-  protected int loadSequenceVCF(SequenceI seq, String vcfAssembly)
+  protected int loadSequenceVCF(SequenceI seq)
   {
-    VCFMap vcfMap = getVcfMap(seq, vcfAssembly);
+    VCFMap vcfMap = getVcfMap(seq);
     if (vcfMap == null)
     {
       return 0;
@@ -614,10 +690,9 @@ public class VCFLoader
    * Answers a map from sequence coordinates to VCF chromosome ranges
    * 
    * @param seq
-   * @param vcfAssembly
    * @return
    */
-  private VCFMap getVcfMap(SequenceI seq, String vcfAssembly)
+  private VCFMap getVcfMap(SequenceI seq)
   {
     /*
      * simplest case: sequence has id and length matching a VCF contig
@@ -650,32 +725,26 @@ public class VCFLoader
     String seqRef = seqCoords.getAssemblyId();
     MapList map = seqCoords.getMap();
 
-    if (!vcfSpeciesMatchesSequence(vcfAssembly, species))
+    // note this requires the configured species to match that
+    // returned with the Ensembl sequence; todo: support aliases?
+    if (!vcfSpecies.equalsIgnoreCase(species))
     {
+      Cache.log.warn("No VCF loaded to " + seq.getName()
+              + " as species not matched");
       return null;
     }
 
-    if (vcfAssemblyMatchesSequence(vcfAssembly, seqRef))
+    if (seqRef.equalsIgnoreCase(vcfAssembly))
     {
       return new VCFMap(chromosome, map);
     }
 
-    if (!"GRCh38".equalsIgnoreCase(seqRef) // Ensembl
-            || !vcfAssembly.contains("Homo_sapiens_assembly19")) // gnomAD
-    {
-      return null;
-    }
-
     /*
-     * map chromosomal coordinates from sequence to VCF if the VCF
-     * data has a different reference assembly to the sequence
+     * VCF data has a different reference assembly to the sequence:
+     * query Ensembl to map chromosomal coordinates from sequence to VCF
      */
-    // TODO generalise for cases other than GRCh38 -> GRCh37 !
-    // - or get the user to choose in a dialog
-
     List<int[]> toVcfRanges = new ArrayList<>();
     List<int[]> fromSequenceRanges = new ArrayList<>();
-    String toRef = "GRCh37";
 
     for (int[] range : map.getToRanges())
     {
@@ -687,12 +756,13 @@ public class VCFLoader
       }
 
       int[] newRange = mapReferenceRange(range, chromosome, "human", seqRef,
-              toRef);
+              vcfAssembly);
       if (newRange == null)
       {
         Cache.log.error(
                 String.format("Failed to map %s:%s:%s:%d:%d to %s", species,
-                        chromosome, seqRef, range[0], range[1], toRef));
+                        chromosome, seqRef, range[0], range[1],
+                        vcfAssembly));
         continue;
       }
       else
@@ -733,28 +803,6 @@ public class VCFLoader
   }
 
   /**
-   * Answers true if we determine that the VCF data uses the same reference
-   * assembly as the sequence, else false
-   * 
-   * @param vcfAssembly
-   * @param seqRef
-   * @return
-   */
-  private boolean vcfAssemblyMatchesSequence(String vcfAssembly,
-          String seqRef)
-  {
-    // TODO improve on this stub, which handles gnomAD and
-    // hopes for the best for other cases
-
-    if ("GRCh38".equalsIgnoreCase(seqRef) // Ensembl
-            && vcfAssembly.contains("Homo_sapiens_assembly19")) // gnomAD
-    {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  /**
    * Answers true if the species inferred from the VCF reference identifier
    * matches that for the sequence
    *