def _textOutput(self, gaObjects):
        """
        Prints out the specified Variant objects in a VCF-like form.
        """
        for variant in gaObjects:
            print(
                variant.id, variant.variant_set_id, variant.names,
                variant.reference_name, variant.start, variant.end,
                variant.reference_bases, variant.alternate_bases,
                sep="\t", end="\t")
            for key, value in variant.attributes.attr.items():
                val = value.values[0].string_value
                print(key, val, sep="=", end=";")
            print("\t", end="")
            for c in variant.calls:
                print(
                    c.call_set_id,
                    c.genotype.__str__().replace('\n', ''),
                    c.genotype_likelihood, c.attributes,
                    c.phaseset, sep=":", end="\t")
            print()
Prints out the specified Variant objects in a VCF-like form.