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+
+from pysam import VariantFile
+
+HOM_REF = (0, 0)
+HET_VAR = (0, 1)
+HOM_VAR = (1, 1)
+
+
+class AnnotatedRecord(object):
+    """
+    A lightweight object to annotated the final records
+    """
+    def __init__(self, record):
+        """
+        A pysam VariantRecord wrapper
+        """
+        self.__record = record
+        if "SVTYPE" in record.info.keys():
+            self._sv_type = record.info["SVTYPE"]
+        else:
+            self._sv_type = record.alts[0][1:-1]
+
+    @property
+    def record(self):
+        return self.__record
+
+    @property
+    def id(self):
+        return self.record.id
+
+    @id.setter
+    def id(self, id):
+        self.__record.id = id
+
+    @property
+    def pos(self):
+        return self.record.pos
+
+    @property
+    def chrom(self):
+        return self.record.chrom
+
+    @property
+    def stop(self):
+        return self.record.stop
+
+    @property
+    def svtype(self):
+        return self._sv_type
+
+    @property
+    def filter(self):
+        return self.record.filter
+
+    @property
+    def samples(self):
+        return self.record.samples
+
+
+class AnnotatedRecordSample(object):
+    """
+    A lightweight object to VariantRecordSample
+    """
+    def __init__(self, variantsample):
+        self.variantsample = variantsample
+
+
+class VCFReader(SVReader):
+
+    def __init__(self, file_name, reference_handle=None, svs_to_report=None):
+        super(VCFReader, self).__init__(file_name,
+                                        generic_name,
+                                        reference_handle)
+        self.vcf_reader = VariantFile(file_name)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __next__(self):
+        while True:
+            raw_record = next(self.vcf_reader)
+            record = AnnotatedRecord(raw_record)
+            return record
+
+    def getHeader(self):
+        return self.vcf_reader.header
+
+    def addInfo(self, name, number, type, description):
+        self.vcf_reader.header.info.add(id=name,
+                                        number=number,
+                                        type=type,
+                                        description=description)
+
+    def addFilter(self, name, description):
+        self.vcf_reader.header.filters.add(id=name,
+                                           number=None,
+                                           type=None,
+                                           description=description)
+
+    def getOrderedSamples(self):
+        samples = self.vcf_reader.header.samples
+        sample_names = [sample.rsplit('.')[0] for sample in samples]
+        return sample_names
+
+    def numSamples(self):
+        return len(self.vcf_reader.header.samples)
+
+
+class VCFWriter(SVWriter):
+
+    def __init__(self, file_name,  template_reader, index=True):
+        super(VCFWriter, self).__init__(file_name,
+                                        template_reader.tool_name,
+                                        template_reader)
+
+    def _open(self):
+        self.vcf_writer = VariantFile(self.filename, 'w',
+                                      header=self.template_reader.getHeader())
+        self._isopen = True
+
+    def _write(self, record):
+        self.vcf_writer.write(record.record)
+
+    def _close(self):
+        if self._isopen:
+            self.vcf_writer.close()
+        else:   # nothing was written
+            self._dumpemptyvcf()