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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# pauvre - just a pore plotting package
# Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Darrin T. Schultz. All rights reserved.
#
# This file is part of pauvre.
#
# pauvre 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.
#
# pauvre 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 pauvre.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

# TODO
# import the pauvre rcParams
# Cleanup everything

import pandas as pd
pd.set_option('display.max_columns', 500)
pd.set_option('display.width', 1000)
import numpy as np
import os
import pauvre.rcparams as rc
from pauvre.functions import GFFParse, print_images, timestamp
from pauvre import gfftools
from pauvre.lsi.lsi import intersection
import progressbar
import platform
import sys
import time
import warnings

# for the shuffling algorithm
from itertools import product

# Biopython stuff
from Bio import SeqIO
import Bio.SubsMat.MatrixInfo as MI

# following this tutorial to install helvetica
# https://github.com/olgabot/sciencemeetproductivity.tumblr.com/blob/master/posts/2012/11/how-to-set-helvetica-as-the-default-sans-serif-font-in.md
global hfont
hfont = {'fontname':'Helvetica'}

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('agg')
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap, Normalize
import matplotlib.patches as patches

def shuffle_optimize_gffs(args, GFFs):
    """This function takes in a list of GFF objects and reshuffles the
    individual files such that the resulting sequence of GFF files has
    the minimum number of intersections when plotting synteny

    if args.optimum_order, then the program will find the global minimum
    arrangement using the first GFF file as the anchor.

    if not args.optimum_order, then the program will find the local minimum
    shuffle between every input pair of GFF files to plot in the best way possible
    given the input order.

    returns a list of GFF files from which the user can calculate plotting coordinates
    """
    # we use the first-input gff as the topmost sequence,
    #  and then find the best synteny match for the remaining sequences
    shuffled_gffs = []
    if args.optimum_order:
        firstgff = GFFs[0]
        # save the first gff file unadultered
        shuffled_gffs.append(firstgff)
        nextgffs = GFFs[1:]
        while len(nextgffs) > 0:
            obs_list = []
            for i in range(len(nextgffs)):
                # every observation will be stored here as a tuple.
                #  zeroth element is the num intersections with the current gff
                #  first element is the index of nextgffs
                #  second element is the GFF object
                shuffles = nextgffs[i].shuffle()
                for k in range(len(shuffles)):
                    shuf = shuffles[k]
                    coords = firstgff.couple(shuf, this_y = 0, other_y = 1)
                    num_inters = len(intersection(coords))
                    obs_list.append((num_inters, i, shuf))
                    #print(obs_list[-1])
            intersections, gffixs, shufs = zip(*obs_list)
            # get the index of the shuffled gff with the least number of
            #  intersections to the current one against which we are comparing
            #print("intersections", intersections)
            selected_ix = intersections.index(min(intersections))
            # save this gff to shuffled gffs to use later for plotting
            shuffled_gffs.append(shufs[selected_ix])
            # remove the origin of the shuffled gff from nextgffs
            del nextgffs[gffixs[selected_ix]]
            #print("global minimum was {} intersections".format(min(intersections)))
            # now update the firstgff to the latest shuffled one we collected
            firstgff = shufs[selected_ix]
    # plot the gff files in the order in which you input them,
    #  but shuffle them to the order with least intersections
    else:
        # first we need to find the best arrangement by finding the combinations
        #  that share the most unique genes
        genes_series = [GFFs[i].get_unique_genes() for i in range(len(GFFs))]
        combinations_indices = [0]
        remaining_indices = list(range(1, len(GFFs)))
        done = False
        biggest_intersection_index = -1
        biggest_intersection_value = 0
        current_remaining_indices_index = 0
        while not done:
            #get the len of the intersection
            #print("combinations_indices: {}".format(combinations_indices))
            #print("current_remaining_indices_index: {}".format(current_remaining_indices_index))
            #print("remaining_indices[current_remaining_indices_index]: {}".format(remaining_indices[current_remaining_indices_index]))
            #print("genes_series[remaining_indices[current_remaining_indices_index]]: {}".format(genes_series[remaining_indices[current_remaining_indices_index]]))
            this_intersection_value = len(genes_series[combinations_indices[-1]] &\
                                          genes_series[remaining_indices[current_remaining_indices_index]])
            if this_intersection_value > biggest_intersection_value:
                biggest_intersection_value = this_intersection_value
                biggest_intersection_index = current_remaining_indices_index
            if current_remaining_indices_index < len(remaining_indices)-1:
                current_remaining_indices_index += 1
            else:
                combinations_indices.append(remaining_indices[biggest_intersection_index])
                del remaining_indices[biggest_intersection_index]
                biggest_intersection_value = 0
                current_remaining_indices_index = 0
                biggest_intersection_index = -1
            if len(remaining_indices) == 0:
                done = True
        # The best order of genes with the most shared genes
        #I don't know if this is really that useful though since many species will overlap.
        # In a future implementation of this program it might be necessary to do sub-sorting of this list to get the lest number of line intersections
        print("The best gene combination is {}".format(combinations_indices))
        # now we rearrange the GFFs to the best order
        new_GFFs = [GFFs[i] for i in combinations_indices]
        # If we're adding another copy of the top one, add it here before shuffling
        if args.sandwich:
            new_GFFs.append(new_GFFs[0])
        shuffles = [new_GFFs[i].shuffle() for i in range(len(new_GFFs))]
        #print([len(shuffles[i]) for i in range(len(shuffles))])
        cumulative_least_shuffled_value = 999999999999999999999999999999999999
        bar = progressbar.ProgressBar()
        for combination in bar(list(product(*shuffles))):
            num_intersections = []
            #I have no idea what this list comprehension does anymore.
            first_genes = [str(combination[i].features[combination[i].features['featType'].isin(['gene', 'rRNA', 'CDS', 'tRNA'])]['name'].head(n=1)).split()[1] for i in range(len(combination))]
            # skip to the next iteration if all the genes aren't the same
            if args.start_with_aligned_genes and len(set(first_genes)) != 1:
                continue
            for i in range(len(new_GFFs) - 1):
                j = i + 1
                #figure out the best shuffle the next sequence
                coords = combination[i].couple(combination[j], this_y = i, other_y = j)
                num_intersections.append(len(intersection(coords)))
            if sum(num_intersections) < cumulative_least_shuffled_value:
                shuffled_gffs = combination
                cumulative_least_shuffled_value = sum(num_intersections)
                print("\nnew fewest global intersections: {}".format(sum(num_intersections)))
    return shuffled_gffs

def black_colormap():
    zeroone = np.linspace(0, 1, 100)
    colorrange = [(0,0,0,x) for x in zeroone]
    minblosum = min(MI.blosum62.values())
    maxblosum = max(MI.blosum62.values())
    colormap = {i: colorrange[int(translate(i, minblosum, maxblosum, 0, 99))]
                for i in range(minblosum, maxblosum + 1, 1)}
    return colormap

def translate(value, left_min, left_max, right_min, right_max):
    """This code maps values from the left range and interpolates to the
    corresponding range on the right. This is used to translate the amino acid
    substition matrix scores to a scale between 0 and 1 for making alphamaps.

    I don't know if this works if the directionality of the ranges are swapped.
      IE [5, -10] mapped to [0, 1]

    args:
      <value> - the value in [<left_min>:<left_max>] to scale between
                 [<right_min>:<right_max>]
      <left_min> - the 'min' of the left (source) range
      <left_max> - the 'max' of the left (source) range
      <right_min> - the 'min' of the right (target) range
      <right_max>   the 'max' of the right (target) range

    output:
      the <value>(float) scaled between <right_min> and <right_max>
    """
    # Figure out how 'wide' each range is
    left_span = left_max - left_min
    right_span = right_max - right_min

    # Convert the left range into a 0-1 range (float)
    value_scaled = float(value - left_min) / float(left_span)

    # Convert the 0-1 range into a value in the right range.
    return right_min + (value_scaled * right_span)

def _samplename_warning(samplename, filename):
    warnings.warn("""
         There is a sample in your fasta alignments that
         does not match the samplenames from the gff filenames. Please
         rename this samplename to not contain any spaces or underscores.
         IE for sample 'NC016', '>NC_016_-_ND6' will not work but
         '>NC016_-_ND6' will work.

         Erroneous name: {}
                   File: {}""".format(samplename, os.path.basename(filename)))

def _samplelength_warning(samplename, genename, featType, gfflen, alnlen):
    raise Warning("""The length of the protein alignment isn't the same as the
         length in the GFF file for the sample. Maybe you used a sequence in the
         alignment that is different from the annotation source? Check if the
         stop codons are deleted/inserted from either the GFF or alignment. The
         protein alignment length should be 3 less than the gff length if the
         stop codons were included in the gff annotation.

         Another possibility is that the RNA that is generating this error has
         post-transcriptional modifications that complete the stop codon. In
         this case, you can fudge the stop position in the gff file (increase
         the value by one or two) to make the plotting script run.

         Sample name: {}
           feat type: {}
           gene name: {}
          gff length: {}
          aln length: {}""".format(samplename, featType, genename, gfflen, alnlen))

def _nosample_warning(samplename, alngenename, gffnames):
    raise Warning("""One of the gff files doesn't contain a sequence that the
         alignment file indicates should be present. Either the alignment file
         is misnamed or the sequence name in the GFF file is not what you
         intended.

           Sample name: {}
         aln gene name: {}
             gff names: {}""".format(samplename, alngenename, gffnames))

def get_alignments(args):
    """
    this reads in all the alignments from the fasta directory.
    """
    # This is a dict object with key as
    filelist = {os.path.splitext(x)[0]:os.path.join(os.path.abspath(args.aln_dir), x)
                   for x in os.listdir(args.aln_dir)
                   if os.path.splitext(x)[1]}
    print("file list is:")
    print(filelist)
    # one entry in seq_dict is:
    # {seqname: {"featType": featType,
    #            "seqs": {samplename: seq},
    #            "indices": {samplename: indices}}
    seqs_dict = {}
    # go through every gene in the genelist
    for genename in filelist:
        thisFeatType = ""
        seqs_list    = {}
        indices_list = {}
        #print("We found the following samplenames: {}".format(args.samplenames), file = sys.stderr)
        # this block handles reading in the fasta files to interpret the alignments
        for record in SeqIO.parse(filelist[genename], "fasta"):
            # get the sample name and make sure that the sample names match
            samplename = record.id.replace("_", " ").split()[0]
            #print("Looking at sample: {}".format(samplename), file=sys.stderr)
            if samplename not in args.samplenames:
                #if there's a sequence in the fasta that we did not specify
                # in the command, ignore that sequence
                _samplename_warning(samplename, filelist[genename])
            else:
                # first, get the sample features
                samplegff = args.samplenames[samplename].features
                featType = samplegff.loc[samplegff['name'] == genename, 'featType'].to_string().split()[1]
                # now we determine if this is a prot alignment or a nucleotide aln
                if featType in ['gene', 'CDS']:
                    final_seq = "".join([x*3 for x in record.seq])
                elif featType == 'rRNA':
                    final_seq = str(record.seq)
                # we now need to verify that the protein sequence is
                #  the length of the gene in the gff file. Do this by removing
                #  gaps in the alignment
                gfffilt = samplegff.loc[samplegff['name'] == genename, 'width']
                if len(gfffilt) == 0:
                    _nosample_warning(samplename, genename, list(samplegff['name']))
                gfflen = int(gfffilt)
                aln = final_seq.replace("-", "")
                alnlen = len(aln)
                if gfflen != alnlen:
                    _samplelength_warning(samplename, genename, featType, gfflen, alnlen)
                # If we've made it this far without any errors, then incorporate the
                #  indices for each index
                #print("start_index", start_index)
                final_indices = [-1] * len(final_seq)
                # up until the next for loop, here we are determining which
                #  direction to move in. Reverse sequences decrease from the start
                strand = samplegff.loc[samplegff['name'] == genename, 'strand'].to_string().split()[1]
                if strand == '+':
                    direction = 1
                    start_index = int(samplegff.loc[samplegff['name'] == genename, 'start'])
                elif strand == '-':
                    direction = -1
                    start_index = int(samplegff.loc[samplegff['name'] == genename, 'stop'])
                for i in range(len(final_indices)):
                    if final_seq[i] != '-':
                        final_indices[i] = start_index
                        start_index = start_index + (1 * direction)
                seqs_list[samplename] = final_seq
                if args.center_on:
                    center_coord = int(args.samplenames[samplename].features.loc[args.samplenames[samplename].features['name'] == args.center_on, 'center'])
                    indices_list[samplename] = np.array(final_indices) - center_coord
                else:
                    indices_list[samplename] = final_indices
                thisFeatType = featType
        seqs_dict[genename] = {"featType": thisFeatType,
                              "seqs": seqs_list,
                               "indices": indices_list}
    return seqs_dict


def plot_synteny(seq1, ind1, seq2, ind2, y1, y2,
                 featType, matrix, cm, seqname):
    """This function plots all the lines for each"""
    print("PLOTTING SYNTENY")
    myPatches = []
    colormap = {"COX1": '#c0d9ef',
                   "L": '#e8f1df',
                   "I": '#f7dedc',
                 "16S": '#ff2e00',
                 "12S": '#ffc239',
                 "cal": '#ffff54',
                "COX2": "#7fce66",
                 "ND2": "#00ae60",
                "COX3": "#00aeec",
                 "ND1": "#006fbb",
                   "*": "#ffffff",
                   "(": "#ded9c5",
                   "Q": "#ffc294",
                   "?": "#b5a2c4",
                 "ND4": "#968b5a",
                 "ND3": "#00fc65",
                "ND4L": "#00dcf0",
                 "ND6": "#ff994e",
                 "ND5": "#dc31e6",
                   "X": "#d8d8d8",
                   "G": "#abdce7",
                "CYTB": "#ff0059"}

    for i in range(len(seq1)):
        feat1 = seq1[i]
        feat2 = seq2[i]
        if feat1 != '-' and feat2 != '-':
            xs = []
            ys = []
            xs.append(ind1[i]) # top left
            ys.append(y1)
            xs.append(ind1[i] + 1) # top right
            ys.append(y1)
            xs.append(ind2[i] + 1) # bottom right
            ys.append(y2)
            xs.append(ind2[i]) #bottom left
            ys.append(y2)
            xs.append(ind1[i]) #top left
            ys.append(y1)
            alpha = 0.5
            if featType in ['CDS', 'gene']:
                try:
                    val = matrix[(feat1, feat2)]
                except:
                    val = matrix[(feat2, feat1)]
                color = cm[val]
                alpha = color[-1]
            elif featType == 'rRNA':
                if feat1 != feat2:
                    alpha=0
            color = colormap[seqname]
            stack1 = np.column_stack([xs, ys])
            myPatches.append(patches.Polygon(stack1, closed=True,
                                             color = color,
                                             alpha = alpha,
                                             lw=0))
    return myPatches

def synplot(args):
    rc.update_rcParams()
    print(args)
    GFFs = []
    for i in range(len(args.gff_paths)):
        gffpath = args.gff_paths[i]
        species = ""
        if args.gff_labels:
            species = args.gff_labels[i]
        GFFs.append(GFFParse(gffpath, args.stop_codons, species))

    # find the optimum shuffling pattern
    # and add a list of samplenames to the args
    optGFFs = shuffle_optimize_gffs(args, GFFs)
    # Make a sandwich for a circular comparison
    setattr(args, 'samplenames', {gff.samplename:gff for gff in optGFFs})

    # now get the cms and normalize
    #cms, normalize = gen_colormaps()
    cm = black_colormap()

    ## and we get the protein alignment objects
    # {seqname: {"featType": featType,
    #            "seqs": {samplename: seq},
    #            "indices": {samplename: indices}}
    print("getting alignments")
    seqs_dict = get_alignments(args)
    print("done getting alignments")
    print("seqs_dict is:")
    print(seqs_dict)

    # set the figure dimensions
    if args.ratio:
        figWidth = args.ratio[0] + 1
        figHeight = args.ratio[1] + 1
        #set the panel dimensions
        panelWidth = args.ratio[0]
        panelHeight =  args.ratio[1]

    else:
        figWidth = 2.5*4
        figHeight = 5
        #set the panel dimensions
        panelWidth = 2.5 * 3
        panelHeight = 1.75

    figure = plt.figure(figsize=(figWidth,figHeight))


    #find the margins to center the panel in figure
    leftMargin = (figWidth - panelWidth)/2
    bottomMargin = ((figHeight - panelHeight)/2) + 0.25

    panel0=plt.axes([leftMargin/figWidth, #left
                     bottomMargin/figHeight,    #bottom
                     panelWidth/figWidth,   #width
                     panelHeight/figHeight])     #height
    panel0.tick_params(axis='both',which='both',\
                       bottom='on', labelbottom='off',\
                       left='off', labelleft='off', \
                       right='off', labelright='off',\
                       top='off', labeltop='off')
    #turn off some of the axes
    panel0.spines['top'].set_visible(False)
    panel0.spines['right'].set_visible(False)
    panel0.spines['left'].set_visible(False)

    # {seqname: {"featType": featType,
    #            "seqs": {samplename: seq},
    #            "indices": {samplename: indices}}
    allPatches = []
    for seqname in seqs_dict:
        #go through in order
        print(seqname)
        for i in range(0, len(optGFFs) - 1):
            samplei = optGFFs[i].samplename
            samplej = optGFFs[i+1].samplename
            if samplei in seqs_dict[seqname]["seqs"].keys() and\
               samplej in seqs_dict[seqname]["seqs"].keys():
                featType = seqs_dict[seqname]["featType"]
                seq1 = seqs_dict[seqname]["seqs"][samplei]
                ind1 = seqs_dict[seqname]["indices"][samplei]
                seq2 = seqs_dict[seqname]["seqs"][samplej]
                ind2 = seqs_dict[seqname]["indices"][samplej]
                # this is the top one, just leave it at the actual value since
                #  the base of the annotations start on the integer
                y1 = len(optGFFs) - 1 - i
                # this needs to be increased by the bar_thickness (0.9 * track_width in this case, or 0.09)
                y2 = len(optGFFs) - 2 - i
                myPatches = plot_synteny(seq1, ind1, seq2, ind2, y1, y2,
                                         featType, MI.blosum62, cm, seqname)
                for patch in myPatches:
                    allPatches.append(patch)

    #print("len allPatches", len(allPatches))
    # this bit plots the simplified lines in the centers
    ## first we plot all the lines from the centers of matching genes.
    ##  This is temporary. Or maybe it should be a feature
    #verts = []
    #for i in range(len(optGFFs) - 1):
    #    j = i + 1
    #    coords = optGFFs[i].couple(optGFFs[j], this_y = len(optGFFs) - i, other_y = len(optGFFs) - i - 1)
    #    for coord in coords:
    #        verts.append(coord)

    #for vert in verts:
    #    xxyy = list(zip(*vert))
    #    panel0.plot(xxyy[0], xxyy[1])
    # now we plot horizontal lines showing the length of the mitochondrial sequence
    maxseqlen = 0
    # this is a heuristic for trackwidth of what looks good in my experience
    track_multiplier = 0.08
    if args.ratio:
        track_width = track_multiplier * panelWidth
    else:
        #0.032 if only 3
        #0.062 if 6
        track_width = track_multiplier * panelWidth
    for i in range(len(optGFFs)):
        gff = optGFFs[i]
        #print(" - Plotting panels of {}".format(gff), file = sys.stderr)
        x_offset = 0
        #print("   - Detecting if centering is on.".format(gff), file = sys.stderr)
        if args.center_on:
            x_offset = -1 * int(gff.features.loc[gff.features['name'] == args.center_on, 'center'])
            gff = gfftools.x_offset_gff(gff, x_offset)
            #print("     - Centering is on.".format(gff), file = sys.stderr)
        #print("   - Plotting horizontal portions with gffplot_horizontal.".format(gff), file = sys.stderr)
        panel0, patches = gfftools.gffplot_horizontal(
            figure, panel0, args, gff,
            track_width = track_width,
            start_y = len(optGFFs) - i - 1 - ((0.9 * track_width)/2),
            x_offset = x_offset)
        #print("{} patches came out of gffplot_horizontal()".format(len(patches)))
        seq_name = gff.features['sequence'].unique()[0]
        if args.gff_labels:
            seq_name = "$\it{{{0}}}$".format(gff.species)
        panel0.text(0 + x_offset, len(optGFFs) - i - 1 + (0.18/2),
                    seq_name, fontsize = 12,
                    ha='left', va='bottom',
                    color = 'black',
                    zorder = 100)

        if gff.seqlen > maxseqlen:
            maxseqlen = gff.seqlen
        xs = (1 + x_offset, gff.seqlen + x_offset)
        #ys = [len(optGFFs) - i - 1 + (0.09/2)]*2
        ys = [len(optGFFs) - i - 1]*2

        #print("   - Plotting lines.".format(gff), file = sys.stderr)
        panel0.plot(xs, ys, color='black', zorder = -9)
        #print("   - Adding patches.".format(gff), file = sys.stderr)
        #print("Right before adding patches there are {} patches.".format(len(patches)))
        for i in range(len(patches)):
            patch = patches[i]
            allPatches.append(patch)
    for patch in allPatches:
        panel0.add_patch(patch)
    panel0.set_xlabel("position (bp)")

    #panel0.set_xlim([-15000, int(np.ceil(maxseqlen/1000)*1000)])
    panel0.set_ylim([ 0 - ( (track_width/2) * 1.1 ),
                      len(optGFFs) - 1 + ( (track_width/2) * 1.1 )])

    # This removes the text labels from the plot
    labels = [item.get_text() for item in panel0.get_xticklabels()]
    empty_string_labels = ['']*len(labels)
    print(" - Setting tick labels.".format(gff), file = sys.stderr)

    panel0.set_xticklabels(empty_string_labels)

    # Print image(s)
    print(" - Running print_images.".format(gff), file = sys.stderr)
    if args.BASENAME is None:
        file_base = "synteny"
    else:
        file_base = args.BASENAME
    print_images(
        base=file_base,
        image_formats=args.fileform,
        no_timestamp = args.no_timestamp,
        dpi=args.dpi,
        transparent=args.transparent)


def run(args):
    synplot(args)