text: /*
   *  Copyright (C) 2010-2011  Regents of the University of Michigan,
   *                           Hyun Min Kang, Matthew Flickenger, Matthew Snyder,
   *                           and Goncalo Abecasis
   *
   *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
   *   (at your option) any later version.
   *
   *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   *   GNU General Public License for more details.
   *
   *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
   */
  
  #ifndef __VCF_FILE_WRITER_H__
  #define __VCF_FILE_WRITER_H__
  
  #include "VcfFile.h"
  #include "VcfRecord.h"
  
  /// This header file provides interface to read/write VCF files.
  class VcfFileWriter : public VcfFile
  {
  public:
      /// Default Constructor, initializes the variables, but does not open
      /// any files.
      VcfFileWriter();
      /// Destructor
      virtual ~VcfFileWriter();
  
      /// Open the vcf file with the specified filename for writing.
      /// \param filename the vcf file to open for writing.
      /// \param header to be written the file
      /// \param compressionMode type of compression to use for writing
      /// \return true = success; false = failure.
      bool open(const char* filename, VcfHeader& header,
                InputFile::ifileCompression compressionMode);
  
      /// Open the vcf file with the specified filename for writing using the
      /// default compression (BGZF).
      /// \param filename the vcf file to open for writing.
      /// \param header to be written the file
      /// \return true = success; false = failure.
      virtual bool open(const char* filename, VcfHeader& header);
      
      /// Write the VCF data line to the file.
      /// \param record record to write to the file.
      /// \return true if successfully wrote, false if not.
      bool writeRecord(VcfRecord& record);
  
  protected: 
      virtual void resetFile() {}
  
  private:
      VcfFileWriter(const VcfFileWriter& vcfFileWriter);
      VcfFileWriter& operator=(const VcfFileWriter& vcfFileWriter);
  };
  
  #endif
  