added method for handling different bam index types

src/bam/reader.jl

@@ -28,13 +28,8 @@ function BioGenerics.IO.stream(reader::Reader)
 end
 
 function Reader(input::IO; index=nothing)
-    if isa(index, AbstractString)
-        index = BAI(index)
-    elseif index != nothing
-        error("unrecognizable index argument")
-    end
     reader = init_bam_reader(input)
-    reader.index = index
+    reader.index = init_bam_index(index)
     return reader
 end
 
@@ -125,6 +120,11 @@ function init_bam_reader(input::IO)
     return init_bam_reader(BGZFStreams.BGZFStream(input))
 end
 
+init_bam_index(index::AbstractString) = BAI(index)
+init_bam_index(index::BAI) = index
+init_bam_index(index::Nothing) = nothing
+init_bam_index(index) = error("unrecognizable index argument")
+    
 function _read!(reader::Reader, record)
     unsafe_read(
         reader.stream,

test/test_bam.jl

@@ -241,6 +241,21 @@
 
     end
 
+    @testset "BAI" begin
+
+        filepath = joinpath(bamdir, "GSE25840_GSM424320_GM06985_gencode_spliced.head.bam")
+
+        index = BAM.BAI(filepath * ".bai")
+        reader = open(BAM.Reader, filepath, index=index)
+        
+        @test isa(eachoverlap(reader, "chr1", 1:100), BAM.OverlapIterator)
+
+        close(reader)
+
+        @test_throws ErrorException open(BAM.Reader, filepath, index=1234) 
+
+    end
+
     @testset "Random access" begin
         filepath = joinpath(bamdir, "GSE25840_GSM424320_GM06985_gencode_spliced.head.bam")
         reader = open(BAM.Reader, filepath, index=filepath * ".bai")