Updates :

Prof. [~aloraine] - We have made changes to UI as per your feedback , Created class for default primer blast options.
Prutha Kulkarni and I are working on this as well as other task i.e IGBF-2259 as investigation task was a blocker for This task.
We are now working on parameter passing part when we right click on selected sym with "Primer Blast Refseq mRNA" option.
Referring to the following URL to see default options :
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/primer-blast/index.cgi

Steps for testing:
1) Test cases:

• Clone the experimental apps plugin repo on your local system.
• build the repo using mvn clean package command.
• check if the NCBI Primer app builds properly without throwing any exception.

2) Test app in IGB:

• Download latest Master branch Installer from downloads section of IGB repo.
• Run IGB.
• Open Plugin Manager in IGB.
• Click on add new repository.
• Copy Pooja Nikhare's experimental app fork's download section link and paste it in the URL textbox.
• Now, install the NCBI app.
• Once the app is installed, Primer Options tab will appear in IGB.
• In primer options tab
  • selecting any specific genome should change the value accordingly in organism field.
  • change the database, then zoom on sym and right click. The menu title should show the
    primer blast with selected database.
  • Modify default parameters and test whether the application opens NCBI primer blast site.
  • Click on Reset Default button, All the modified values should reset.
• Zoom in and select syms and right click to select "Primer Blast" option.
• It will redirect you to primer blast site.

Looked at Pooja's branch using:

• git remote add pooja git@bitbucket.org:pnikhare/experimental-apps-for-igb.git
• git fetch pooja
• git checkout IGBF-2258

Moved into NCBIPrimer directory and ran "mvn test"

Tests ran:

[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] T E S T S
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Running org.lorainelab.igb.ncbiprimer.RemotePrimerBlastNCBITest
14:36:35.237 [main] INFO o.l.i.n.RemotePrimerBlastNCBITest - Test for NCBI Primer URL
14:36:35.813 [main] INFO o.l.i.n.RemotePrimerBlastNCBITest - Test for database : refseq_rna
14:36:46.049 [main] INFO o.l.i.n.RemotePrimerBlastNCBITest - Test for database : genome_selected_species
14:36:56.189 [main] INFO o.l.i.n.RemotePrimerBlastNCBITest - Test for database : nt
14:37:06.428 [main] INFO o.l.i.n.RemotePrimerBlastNCBITest - Test for database : refseq_mrna
14:37:16.682 [main] INFO o.l.i.n.RemotePrimerBlastNCBITest - Test for database : refseq_representative_genomes
[INFO] Tests run: 6, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 51.762 s - in org.lorainelab.igb.ncbiprimer.RemotePrimerBlastNCBITest
[INFO]
[INFO] Results:
[INFO]
[INFO] Tests run: 6, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 53.672 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2020-03-13T14:37:27-04:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ran "mvn install". Added local repository ("target" directory inside NCBIPrimer module directory) to IGB 9.1.2 released version. Installed NBCI Primer App.

Opened Arabidopsis genome. Within the Primer Options tabbed panel, choose each of the five options. All worked as expected except for "Genomes for selected organisms (primary reference only)" which gave an error in the Console:

14:45:38.842 INFO o.l.i.ncbiprimer.PrimerSearchAction - Error in Primer Blast : Error: The primer specificity cannot be determined as sequences for the selected organism (Arabidopsis thaliana) are not present in selected database: PRIMERDB/genome_selected_species.

I am not entirely sure what this option is supposed to do. Here is the documentation:

"Genomes for selected organisms (primary reference assembly only):
These are complete or nearly complete genome sequences from primary chromosome assemblies (i.e., no mitochondrion or alternate loci) for the following selected organisms:

apis mellifera
bos taurus
danio rerio
dog
drosophila melanogaster
gallus gallus
human
mouse
pan troglodytes
pig
rat

Although sequences in this database are completely covered by the Refseq representative genomes database, it does not contain the alternate loci and therefore has even less redundancy than the Refseq representative genomes database. This database is recommended if you are not concerned about missing alternate loci or mitochondrion sequences. "

(from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/primer-blast/index.cgi)

Request:

Please add a test case for one of the species NOT in the above list. It should give an error.

It is working very nicely!
There is just one error with one of the databases - please see comments and request to add an additional test case.

As per https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/primer-blast/index.cgi "Genomes for selected organisms (primary reference assembly only)" will work only for few selected organisms. I will add a Test case for the organism other than listed above.

Since there are only a small number of species supported by option "Genomes for selected organisms (primary reference assembly only)," could you add some logic that only shows this option when genomes for those particular species are being shown?
If you feel this can be done as a new ticket, it would be fine to create a new one. If you think this is a good idea, please go ahead and do it and add it to the current sprint.

Yes, It can be done. Created a Jira Ticket.
Adding a failing test case is giving a wrong impression and Pipeline build also fails. So I did not add test case.

OK good!

Regarding failing test case:

Sorry, I was not clear enough about that. What I meant: A test that expects a particular type of error to occur when a function is given incorrect input.
I was thinking of something like this:

• https://www.baeldung.com/junit-assert-exception

Added test case and made changes on selecting the option "Genomes for selected organisms (primary reference assembly only)".

Pooja Nikhare suggested a few steps which I could take to review this ticket.
"- In primer options tab
– selecting any specific genome should the value accordingly in organism field.
– change the database, then zoom on sym and right click. The menu title should show the
primer blast with selected database.
– Modify default parameters and test whether the application opens NCBI primer blast site.
– Click on Reset Default button, All the modified values should reset.

• Zoom in and select syms and right click to select "Primer Blast" option.
  if any errors arise or ncbi app doesnt open check the console log file"

I have tested using the above steps and everything is working fine. I am sorry for the delay due to internet issues. Moving the ticket forward.