// confirm that the call is the correct one
final VCFCodec codec = new VCFCodec();
final FileInputStream s = new FileInputStream(outputVCF);
final LineIterator lineIterator = codec.makeSourceFromStream(new PositionalBufferedStream(s));
codec.readHeader(lineIterator);
final String line = lineIterator.next();
Assert.assertFalse(line == null);
final VariantContext vc = codec.decode(line);
Assert.assertTrue(vc.isBiallelic());
Assert.assertTrue(vc.getReference().basesMatch("ATGTATG"));