Exemple #1
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    def parse_qresult(self):
        """Parse a HMMER2 query block."""
        while self.read_next():
            if not self.line.startswith('Query'):
                raise StopIteration()
            _, id_ = self.parse_key_value()
            self.qresult = QueryResult(id=id_)

            description = None

            while self.read_next() and not self.line.startswith('Scores'):
                if self.line.startswith('Accession'):
                    self.qresult.accession = self.parse_key_value()[1]
                if self.line.startswith('Description'):
                    description = self.parse_key_value()[1]

            hit_placeholders = self.parse_hits()
            if len(hit_placeholders) > 0:
                self.parse_hsps(hit_placeholders)
                self.parse_hsp_alignments()

            while not self.line.startswith('Query'):
                self.read_next()
                if not self.line:
                    break
            self.buf.append(self.line)

            if description is not None:
                self.qresult.description = description
            yield self.qresult
Exemple #2
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    def _parse_qresult(self):
        """Parses a HMMER3 query block."""

        self._read_until(lambda line: line.startswith('Query:'))

        while self.line:

            # get query id and length
            regx = re.search(_QRE_ID_LEN, self.line)
            qid = regx.group(1).strip()
            # store qresult attributes
            qresult_attrs = {
                'seq_len': int(regx.group(2)),
                'program': self._meta.get('program'),
                'version': self._meta.get('version'),
                'target': self._meta.get('target'),
            }

            # get description and accession, if they exist
            qdesc = '<unknown description>'  # placeholder
            while not self.line.startswith('Scores for '):
                self.line = read_forward(self.handle)

                if self.line.startswith('Accession:'):
                    acc = self.line.strip().split(' ', 1)[1]
                    qresult_attrs['accession'] = acc.strip()
                elif self.line.startswith('Description:'):
                    qdesc = self.line.strip().split(' ', 1)[1].strip()
                    qresult_attrs['description'] = qdesc

            # parse the query hits
            while self.line and '//' not in self.line:
                hit_list = self._parse_hit(qid, qdesc)
                # read through the statistics summary
                # TODO: parse and store this information?
                if self.line.startswith('Internal pipeline'):
                    while self.line and '//' not in self.line:
                        self.line = read_forward(self.handle)

            # create qresult, set its attributes and yield
            # not initializing hit_list directly to handle empty hits
            # (i.e. need to set its query description manually)
            qresult = QueryResult(id=qid, hits=hit_list)
            for attr, value in qresult_attrs.items():
                setattr(qresult, attr, value)
            yield qresult
            self.line = read_forward(self.handle)

            # HMMER >= 3.1 outputs '[ok]' at the end of all results file,
            # which means we can break the main loop when we see the line
            if '[ok]' in self.line:
                break
Exemple #3
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    def _parse_commented_qresult(self):
        """Iterator returning `QueryResult` objects from a commented file."""
        while True:
            comments = self._parse_comments()
            if comments:
                try:
                    self.fields = comments['fields']
                    # iterator for the query results
                    qres_iter = self._parse_qresult()
                except KeyError:
                    # no fields means the query has no results
                    assert 'fields' not in comments
                    # create an iterator returning one empty qresult
                    # if the query has no results
                    qres_iter = iter([QueryResult()])

                for qresult in qres_iter:
                    for key, value in comments.items():
                        setattr(qresult, key, value)
                    yield qresult

            else:
                break
Exemple #4
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    def _parse_qresult(self):
        # initial qresult value
        qresult = None
        hit_rows = []
        # state values
        state_QRES_NEW = 1
        state_QRES_HITTAB = 3
        state_QRES_CONTENT = 5
        state_QRES_END = 7

        while True:

            # one line before the hit table
            if self.line.startswith('The best scores are:'):
                qres_state = state_QRES_HITTAB
            # the end of a query or the file altogether
            elif self.line.strip() == '>>>///' or not self.line:
                qres_state = state_QRES_END
            # the beginning of a new query
            elif not self.line.startswith('>>>') and '>>>' in self.line:
                qres_state = state_QRES_NEW
            # the beginning of the query info and its hits + hsps
            elif self.line.startswith('>>>') and not \
                    self.line.strip() == '>>><<<':
                qres_state = state_QRES_CONTENT
            # default qres mark
            else:
                qres_state = None

            if qres_state is not None:
                if qres_state == state_QRES_HITTAB:
                    # parse hit table if flag is set
                    hit_rows = self.__parse_hit_table()

                elif qres_state == state_QRES_END:
                    yield _set_qresult_hits(qresult, hit_rows)
                    break

                elif qres_state == state_QRES_NEW:
                    # if qresult is filled, yield it first
                    if qresult is not None:
                        yield _set_qresult_hits(qresult, hit_rows)
                    regx = re.search(_RE_ID_DESC_SEQLEN, self.line)
                    query_id = regx.group(1)
                    seq_len = regx.group(3)
                    desc = regx.group(2)
                    qresult = QueryResult(id=query_id)
                    qresult.seq_len = int(seq_len)
                    # get target from the next line
                    self.line = self.handle.readline()
                    qresult.target = [x for x in self.line.split(' ')
                                      if x][1].strip()
                    if desc is not None:
                        qresult.description = desc
                    # set values from preamble
                    for key, value in self._preamble.items():
                        setattr(qresult, key, value)

                elif qres_state == state_QRES_CONTENT:
                    assert self.line[3:].startswith(qresult.id), self.line
                    for hit, strand in self._parse_hit(query_id):
                        # HACK: re-set desc, for hsp hit and query description
                        hit.description = hit.description
                        hit.query_description = qresult.description
                        # if hit is not in qresult, append it
                        if hit.id not in qresult:
                            qresult.append(hit)
                        # otherwise, it might be the same hit with a different strand
                        else:
                            # make sure strand is different and then append hsp to
                            # existing hit
                            for hsp in hit.hsps:
                                assert strand != hsp.query_strand
                                qresult[hit.id].append(hsp)

            self.line = self.handle.readline()
Exemple #5
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    def _parse_qresult(self):
        """Generator function that returns QueryResult objects."""
        # state values, used to determine what to do with each line
        state_EOF = 0
        state_QRES_NEW = 1
        state_QRES_SAME = 3
        state_HIT_NEW = 2
        state_HIT_SAME = 4
        # dummies for initial states
        qres_state = None
        hit_state = None
        file_state = None
        # dummies for initial id caches
        prev_qid = None
        prev_hid = None
        # dummies for initial parsed value containers
        cur, prev = None, None
        hit_list, hsp_list = [], []

        while True:
            # store previous line's parsed values if we've past the first line
            if cur is not None:
                prev = cur
                prev_qid = cur_qid
                prev_hid = cur_hid
            # only parse the line if it's not EOF or not a comment line
            if self.line and not self.line.startswith('#'):
                cur = self._parse_result_row()
                cur_qid = self._get_id(cur['qresult'])
                cur_hid = self._get_id(cur['hit'])
            else:
                file_state = state_EOF
                # mock values for cur_qid and cur_hid since the line is empty
                cur_qid, cur_hid = None, None

            # get the state of hit and qresult
            if prev_qid != cur_qid:
                qres_state = state_QRES_NEW
            else:
                qres_state = state_QRES_SAME
            # new hits are hits with different id or hits in a new qresult
            if prev_hid != cur_hid or qres_state == state_QRES_NEW:
                hit_state = state_HIT_NEW
            else:
                hit_state = state_HIT_SAME

            # we're creating objects for the previously parsed line(s),
            # so nothing is done in the first parsed line (prev == None)
            if prev is not None:
                # every line is essentially an HSP with one fragment, so we
                # create both of these for every line
                frag = HSPFragment(prev_hid, prev_qid)
                for attr, value in prev['frag'].items():
                    # adjust coordinates to Python range
                    # NOTE: this requires both start and end coords to be
                    # present, otherwise a KeyError will be raised.
                    # Without this limitation, we might misleadingly set the
                    # start / end coords
                    for seq_type in ('query', 'hit'):
                        if attr == seq_type + '_start':
                            value = min(value,
                                        prev['frag'][seq_type + '_end']) - 1
                        elif attr == seq_type + '_end':
                            value = max(value,
                                        prev['frag'][seq_type + '_start'])
                    setattr(frag, attr, value)
                # strand and frame setattr require the full parsed values
                # to be set first
                for seq_type in ('hit', 'query'):
                    # try to set hit and query frame
                    frame = self._get_frag_frame(frag, seq_type, prev['frag'])
                    setattr(frag, '%s_frame' % seq_type, frame)
                    # try to set hit and query strand
                    strand = self._get_frag_strand(frag, seq_type,
                                                   prev['frag'])
                    setattr(frag, '%s_strand' % seq_type, strand)

                hsp = HSP([frag])
                for attr, value in prev['hsp'].items():
                    setattr(hsp, attr, value)
                hsp_list.append(hsp)

                # create hit and append to temp hit container if hit_state
                # says we're not at the same hit or at a new query
                if hit_state == state_HIT_NEW:
                    hit = Hit(hsp_list)
                    for attr, value in prev['hit'].items():
                        setattr(hit, attr, value)
                    hit_list.append(hit)
                    hsp_list = []
                # create qresult and yield if we're at a new qresult or EOF
                if qres_state == state_QRES_NEW or file_state == state_EOF:
                    qresult = QueryResult(hit_list, prev_qid)
                    for attr, value in prev['qresult'].items():
                        setattr(qresult, attr, value)
                    yield qresult
                    # if current line is EOF, break
                    if file_state == state_EOF:
                        break
                    hit_list = []

            self.line = self.handle.readline().strip()
Exemple #6
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    def _parse_qresult(self):
        """Generator function that returns QueryResult objects."""
        # state values, determines what to do for each line
        state_EOF = 0
        state_QRES_NEW = 1
        state_QRES_SAME = 3
        # initial value dummies
        qres_state = None
        file_state = None
        prev_qid = None
        cur, prev = None, None
        # container for Hit objects, used to create QueryResult
        hit_list = []

        while True:
            # store previous line's parsed values for all lines after the first
            if cur is not None:
                prev = cur
                prev_qid = cur_qid
            # only parse the result row if it's not EOF
            # NOTE: we are not parsing the extra '#' lines appended to the end
            # of hmmer31b1 tabular results since storing them in qresult
            # objects means we can not do a single-pass parsing
            if self.line and not self.line.startswith('#'):
                cur = self._parse_row()
                cur_qid = cur['qresult']['id']
            else:
                file_state = state_EOF
                # mock value for cur_qid, since we have nothing to parse
                cur_qid = None

            if prev_qid != cur_qid:
                qres_state = state_QRES_NEW
            else:
                qres_state = state_QRES_SAME

            if prev is not None:
                # since domain tab formats only have 1 Hit per line
                # we always create HSPFragment, HSP, and Hit per line
                prev_hid = prev['hit']['id']

                # create fragment and HSP and set their attributes
                frag = HSPFragment(prev_hid, prev_qid)
                for attr, value in prev['frag'].items():
                    setattr(frag, attr, value)
                hsp = HSP([frag])
                for attr, value in prev['hsp'].items():
                    setattr(hsp, attr, value)

                # create Hit and set its attributes
                hit = Hit([hsp])
                for attr, value in prev['hit'].items():
                    setattr(hit, attr, value)
                hit_list.append(hit)

                # create qresult and yield if we're at a new qresult or at EOF
                if qres_state == state_QRES_NEW or file_state == state_EOF:
                    qresult = QueryResult(hit_list, prev_qid)
                    for attr, value in prev['qresult'].items():
                        setattr(qresult, attr, value)
                    yield qresult
                    # if we're at EOF, break
                    if file_state == state_EOF:
                        break
                    hit_list = []

            self.line = self.handle.readline()
Exemple #7
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    def _parse_qresult(self):
        """Generator function that returns QueryResult objects."""
        # state values, determines what to do for each line
        state_EOF = 0
        state_QRES_NEW = 1
        state_QRES_SAME = 3
        state_HIT_NEW = 2
        state_HIT_SAME = 4
        # initial dummy values
        qres_state = None
        file_state = None
        prev_qid, prev_hid = None, None
        cur, prev = None, None
        hit_list, hsp_list = [], []

        while True:
            # store previous line's parsed values for all lines after the first
            if cur is not None:
                prev = cur
                prev_qid = cur_qid
                prev_hid = cur_hid
            # only parse the result row if it's not EOF
            if self.line:
                cur = self._parse_row()
                cur_qid = cur['qname']
                cur_hid = cur['tname']
            else:
                file_state = state_EOF
                # mock values, since we have nothing to parse
                cur_qid, cur_hid = None, None

            # get the state of hit and qresult
            if prev_qid != cur_qid:
                qres_state = state_QRES_NEW
            else:
                qres_state = state_QRES_SAME
            # new hits are hits with different ids or hits in a new qresult
            if prev_hid != cur_hid or qres_state == state_QRES_NEW:
                hit_state = state_HIT_NEW
            else:
                hit_state = state_HIT_SAME

            if prev is not None:
                # create fragment and HSP and set their attributes
                hsp = _create_hsp(prev_hid, prev_qid, prev)
                hsp_list.append(hsp)

                if hit_state == state_HIT_NEW:
                    # create Hit and set its attributes
                    hit = Hit(hsp_list)
                    hit.seq_len = prev['tsize']
                    hit_list.append(hit)
                    hsp_list = []

                # create qresult and yield if we're at a new qresult or at EOF
                if qres_state == state_QRES_NEW or file_state == state_EOF:
                    qresult = QueryResult(id=prev_qid)
                    for hit in hit_list:
                        qresult.absorb(hit)
                    qresult.seq_len = prev['qsize']
                    yield qresult
                    # if we're at EOF, break
                    if file_state == state_EOF:
                        break
                    hit_list = []

            self.line = self.handle.readline()
Exemple #8
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    def _parse_qresult(self):
        """Parses query results."""
        # parse the queries
        for event, qresult_elem in self.xml_iter:
            # </Iteration> marks the end of a single query
            # which means we can process it
            if event == 'end' and qresult_elem.tag == 'Iteration':

                # we'll use the following schema
                # <!ELEMENT Iteration (
                #        Iteration_iter-num,
                #        Iteration_query-ID?,
                #        Iteration_query-def?,
                #        Iteration_query-len?,
                #        Iteration_hits?,
                #        Iteration_stat?,
                #        Iteration_message?)>

                # assign query attributes with fallbacks
                query_id = qresult_elem.findtext('Iteration_query-ID')
                if query_id is None:
                    query_id = self._fallback['id']

                query_desc = qresult_elem.findtext('Iteration_query-def')
                if query_desc is None:
                    query_desc = self._fallback['description']

                query_len = qresult_elem.findtext('Iteration_query-len')
                if query_len is None:
                    query_len = self._fallback['len']

                # handle blast searches against databases with Blast's IDs
                # 'Query_' marks the beginning of a BLAST+-generated ID,
                # 'lcl|' marks the beginning of a BLAST legacy-generated ID
                if query_id.startswith('Query_') or query_id.startswith(
                        'lcl|'):
                    # store the Blast-generated query ID
                    blast_query_id = query_id
                    id_desc = query_desc.split(' ', 1)
                    query_id = id_desc[0]
                    try:
                        query_desc = id_desc[1]
                    except IndexError:
                        query_desc = ''
                else:
                    blast_query_id = ''

                hit_list, key_list = [], []
                for hit in self._parse_hit(qresult_elem.find('Iteration_hits'),
                                           query_id):
                    if hit:
                        # need to keep track of hit IDs, since there could be duplicates,
                        if hit.id in key_list:
                            warnings.warn(
                                "Adding hit with BLAST-generated ID "
                                "%r since hit ID %r is already present "
                                "in query %r. Your BLAST database may contain "
                                "duplicate entries." %
                                (hit._blast_id, hit.id, query_id),
                                BiopythonParserWarning)
                            # fallback to Blast-generated IDs, if the ID is already present
                            # and restore the desc, too
                            hit.description = '%s %s' % (hit.id,
                                                         hit.description)
                            hit.id = hit._blast_id
                            # and change the hit_id of the HSPs contained
                            for hsp in hit:
                                hsp.hit_id = hit._blast_id
                        else:
                            key_list.append(hit.id)

                        hit_list.append(hit)

                # create qresult and assign its attributes
                qresult = QueryResult(hit_list, query_id)
                qresult.description = query_desc
                qresult.seq_len = int(query_len)
                qresult._blast_id = blast_query_id
                for key, value in self._meta.items():
                    setattr(qresult, key, value)

                # statistics are stored in Iteration_stat's 'grandchildren' with the
                # following DTD
                # <!ELEMENT Statistics (
                #        Statistics_db-num,
                #        Statistics_db-len,
                #        Statistics_hsp-len,
                #        Statistics_eff-space,
                #        Statistics_kappa,
                #        Statistics_lambda,
                #        Statistics_entropy)>

                stat_iter_elem = qresult_elem.find('Iteration_stat')
                if stat_iter_elem is not None:
                    stat_elem = stat_iter_elem.find('Statistics')

                    for key, val_info in _ELEM_QRESULT_OPT.items():
                        value = stat_elem.findtext(key)
                        if value is not None:
                            caster = val_info[1]
                            # recast only if value is not intended to be str
                            if value is not None and caster is not str:
                                value = caster(value)
                            setattr(qresult, val_info[0], value)

                # delete element after we finish parsing it
                qresult_elem.clear()
                yield qresult
Exemple #9
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    def _parse_qresult(self):
        """Generator function that returns QueryResult objects."""
        # state values, determines what to do for each line
        state_EOF = 0
        state_QRES_NEW = 1
        state_QRES_SAME = 3
        state_HIT_NEW = 2
        state_HIT_SAME = 4
        # dummies for initial states
        qres_state = None
        hit_state = None
        file_state = None
        # dummies for initial id caches
        prev_qid = None
        prev_hid = None
        # dummies for initial parsed value containers
        cur, prev = None, None
        hit_list, hsp_list = [], []

        while True:
            # store previous line's parsed values, for every line after the 1st
            if cur is not None:
                prev = cur
                prev_qid = cur_qid
                prev_hid = cur_hid
            # only parse the line if it's not EOF
            if self.line and not self.line.startswith('#'):
                cur = self._parse_row()
                cur_qid = cur['qresult']['id']
                cur_hid = cur['hit']['id']
            else:
                file_state = state_EOF
                # mock ID values since the line is empty
                cur_qid, cur_hid = None, None

            # get the state of hit and qresult
            if prev_qid != cur_qid:
                qres_state = state_QRES_NEW
            else:
                qres_state = state_QRES_SAME
            # new hits are hits with different ids or hits in a new qresult
            if prev_hid != cur_hid or qres_state == state_QRES_NEW:
                hit_state = state_HIT_NEW
            else:
                hit_state = state_HIT_SAME

            # start creating objects after the first line (i.e. prev is filled)
            if prev is not None:
                # each line is basically an HSP with one HSPFragment
                frag = HSPFragment(prev_hid, prev_qid)
                for attr, value in prev['frag'].items():
                    setattr(frag, attr, value)
                hsp = HSP([frag])
                for attr, value in prev['hsp'].items():
                    setattr(hsp, attr, value)
                hsp_list.append(hsp)

                # create hit object when we've finished parsing all its hsps
                # i.e. when hit state is state_HIT_NEW
                if hit_state == state_HIT_NEW:
                    hit = Hit(hsp_list)
                    for attr, value in prev['hit'].items():
                        setattr(hit, attr, value)
                    hit_list.append(hit)
                    hsp_list = []

                # create qresult and yield if we're at a new qresult or EOF
                if qres_state == state_QRES_NEW or file_state == state_EOF:
                    qresult = QueryResult(hit_list, prev_qid)
                    for attr, value in prev['qresult'].items():
                        setattr(qresult, attr, value)
                    yield qresult
                    # if current line is EOF, break
                    if file_state == state_EOF:
                        break
                    hit_list = []

            self.line = self.handle.readline()
Exemple #10
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    def __iter__(self):
        for rec in self.blast_iter:
            # set attributes to SearchIO's
            # get id and desc
            if rec.query.startswith('>'):
                rec.query = rec.query[1:]
            try:
                qid, qdesc = rec.query.split(' ', 1)
            except ValueError:
                qid, qdesc = rec.query, ''
            qdesc = qdesc.replace('\n', '').replace('\r', '')

            qresult = QueryResult(id=qid)
            qresult.program = rec.application.lower()
            qresult.target = rec.database
            qresult.seq_len = rec.query_letters
            qresult.version = rec.version

            # determine alphabet based on program
            if qresult.program == 'blastn':
                alphabet = generic_dna
            elif qresult.program in ['blastp', 'blastx', 'tblastn', 'tblastx']:
                alphabet = generic_protein

            # iterate over the 'alignments' (hits) and the hit table
            for idx, aln in enumerate(rec.alignments):
                # get id and desc
                if aln.title.startswith('> '):
                    aln.title = aln.title[2:]
                elif aln.title.startswith('>'):
                    aln.title = aln.title[1:]
                try:
                    hid, hdesc = aln.title.split(' ', 1)
                except ValueError:
                    hid, hdesc = aln.title, ''
                hdesc = hdesc.replace('\n', '').replace('\r', '')

                # iterate over the hsps and group them in a list
                hsp_list = []
                for bhsp in aln.hsps:
                    frag = HSPFragment(hid, qid)
                    frag.alphabet = alphabet
                    # set alignment length
                    frag.aln_span = bhsp.identities[1]
                    # set frames
                    try:
                        frag.query_frame = int(bhsp.frame[0])
                    except IndexError:
                        if qresult.program in ('blastp', 'tblastn'):
                            frag.query_frame = 0
                        else:
                            frag.query_frame = 1
                    try:
                        frag.hit_frame = int(bhsp.frame[1])
                    except IndexError:
                        if qresult.program in ('blastp', 'tblastn'):
                            frag.hit_frame = 0
                        else:
                            frag.hit_frame = 1
                    # set query coordinates
                    frag.query_start = min(bhsp.query_start,
                                           bhsp.query_end) - 1
                    frag.query_end = max(bhsp.query_start, bhsp.query_end)
                    # set hit coordinates
                    frag.hit_start = min(bhsp.sbjct_start, bhsp.sbjct_end) - 1
                    frag.hit_end = max(bhsp.sbjct_start, bhsp.sbjct_end)
                    # set query, hit sequences and its annotation
                    qseq = ''
                    hseq = ''
                    midline = ''
                    for seqtrio in zip(bhsp.query, bhsp.sbjct, bhsp.match):
                        qchar, hchar, mchar = seqtrio
                        if qchar == ' ' or hchar == ' ':
                            assert all(' ' == x for x in seqtrio)
                        else:
                            qseq += qchar
                            hseq += hchar
                            midline += mchar
                    frag.query, frag.hit = qseq, hseq
                    frag.aln_annotation['similarity'] = midline

                    # create HSP object with the fragment
                    hsp = HSP([frag])
                    hsp.evalue = bhsp.expect
                    hsp.bitscore = bhsp.bits
                    hsp.bitscore_raw = bhsp.score
                    # set gap
                    try:
                        hsp.gap_num = bhsp.gaps[0]
                    except IndexError:
                        hsp.gap_num = 0
                    # set identity
                    hsp.ident_num = bhsp.identities[0]
                    hsp.pos_num = bhsp.positives[0]
                    if hsp.pos_num is None:
                        hsp.pos_num = hsp[0].aln_span

                    hsp_list.append(hsp)

                hit = Hit(hsp_list)
                hit.seq_len = aln.length
                hit.description = hdesc
                qresult.append(hit)

            qresult.description = qdesc
            yield qresult
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    def _parse_qresult(self):
        # state values
        state_EOF = 0
        state_QRES_NEW = 1
        state_QRES_SAME = 3
        state_HIT_NEW = 2
        state_HIT_SAME = 4
        # initial dummies
        qres_state, hit_state = None, None
        file_state = None
        prev_qid, prev_hid = None, None
        cur, prev = None, None
        hit_list, hsp_list = [], []
        # if the file has c4 alignments, use that as the alignment mark
        if self.has_c4_alignment:
            self._ALN_MARK = 'C4 Alignment:'

        while True:
            self.read_until(lambda line: line.startswith(self._ALN_MARK))
            if cur is not None:
                prev = cur
                prev_qid = cur_qid
                prev_hid = cur_hid
            # only parse the result row if it's not EOF
            if self.line:
                assert self.line.startswith(self._ALN_MARK), self.line
                # create temp dicts for storing parsed values
                header = {'qresult': {}, 'hit': {}, 'hsp': {}}
                # if the file has c4 alignments, try to parse the header
                if self.has_c4_alignment:
                    self.read_until(
                        lambda line: line.strip().startswith('Query:'))
                    header = self._parse_alignment_header()
                # parse the block contents
                cur = self.parse_alignment_block(header)
                cur_qid = cur['qresult']['id']
                cur_hid = cur['hit']['id']
            elif not self.line or self.line.startswith('-- completed '):
                file_state = state_EOF
                cur_qid, cur_hid = None, None

            # get the state of hit and qresult
            if prev_qid != cur_qid:
                qres_state = state_QRES_NEW
            else:
                qres_state = state_QRES_SAME
            # new hits are hits with different ids or hits in a new query
            if prev_hid != cur_hid or qres_state == state_QRES_NEW:
                hit_state = state_HIT_NEW
            else:
                hit_state = state_HIT_SAME

            if prev is not None:
                hsp = _create_hsp(prev_hid, prev_qid, prev['hsp'])
                hsp_list.append(hsp)

                if hit_state == state_HIT_NEW:
                    hit = Hit(hsp_list)
                    for attr, value in prev['hit'].items():
                        setattr(hit, attr, value)
                    hit_list.append(hit)
                    hsp_list = []

                if qres_state == state_QRES_NEW or file_state == state_EOF:
                    qresult = QueryResult(id=prev_qid)
                    for hit in hit_list:
                        # not using append since Exonerate may separate the
                        # same hit if it has different strands
                        qresult.absorb(hit)
                    for attr, value in prev['qresult'].items():
                        setattr(qresult, attr, value)
                    yield qresult
                    if file_state == state_EOF:
                        break
                    hit_list = []

            # only readline() here if we're not parsing C4 alignments
            # C4 alignments readline() is handled by its parse_alignment_block
            # function
            if not self.has_c4_alignment:
                self.line = self.handle.readline()