static int gt_condenser_search_runner(GT_UNUSED int argc,
                                      GT_UNUSED const char **argv,
                                      GT_UNUSED int parsed_args,
                                      void *tool_arguments,
                                      GtError *err)
{
  GtCondenserSearchArguments *arguments = tool_arguments;
  int i, had_err = 0;
  char *querypath = gt_str_get(arguments->querypath);
  GtStr* coarse_fname = gt_str_new_cstr("coarse_");
  char *db_basename = NULL;
  char *suffix_ptr = NULL;
  GtTimer *timer = NULL;
  GtLogger *logger = NULL;

  gt_error_check(err);
  gt_assert(arguments);

  logger = gt_logger_new(arguments->verbose, GT_LOGGER_DEFLT_PREFIX, stderr);

  db_basename = gt_basename(gt_str_get(arguments->dbpath));
  /* if first char is '.' this might be a hidden file */
  if (strlen(db_basename) > (size_t) 1 &&
      (suffix_ptr = strrchr(db_basename + 1, '.')) != NULL) {
    /* remove suffix */
    *suffix_ptr = '\0';
  }
  gt_str_append_cstr(coarse_fname, db_basename);
  gt_str_append_cstr(coarse_fname, ".fas");
  gt_free(db_basename);
  db_basename = NULL;
  suffix_ptr = NULL;

  if (arguments->blastn || arguments->blastp) {
    GtMatch              *match;
    GtMatchIterator      *mp = NULL;
    GtNREncseq           *nrencseq = NULL;
    GtStr                *fastaname = gt_str_clone(arguments->dbpath);
    HitPosition          *hits;
    double                eval,
                          raw_eval = 0.0;
    GtUword               coarse_db_len = 0;
    GtMatchIteratorStatus status;
    int                   curr_hits = 0,
                          max_hits = 100;

    hits = gt_malloc(sizeof (*hits) * (size_t) max_hits);

    gt_str_append_cstr(fastaname, ".fas");

    for (i=0; i < max_hits; i++) {
      hits[i].range = gt_malloc(sizeof (*hits[i].range) * (size_t) 1);
    }

    if (gt_showtime_enabled()) {
      timer = gt_timer_new_with_progress_description("initialization");
      gt_timer_start(timer);
    }

    /*extract sequences from compressed database*/
    if (!had_err) {
      nrencseq = gt_n_r_encseq_new_from_file(gt_str_get(arguments->dbpath),
                                             logger, err);
      if (nrencseq == NULL)
        had_err = -1;
    }
    if (!had_err) {
      if (arguments->ceval == GT_UNDEF_DOUBLE ||
          arguments->feval == GT_UNDEF_DOUBLE) {
        /* from NCBI BLAST tutorial:
           E = Kmne^{-lambdaS}
           calculates E-value for score S with natural scale parameters K for
           search space size and lambda for the scoring system
           E = mn2^-S'
           m being the subject (total) length, n the length of ONE query
           calculates E-value for bit-score S'
         */
        GtFastaReader *reader;
        GtCondenserSearchAvg avg = {0,0};
        reader = gt_fasta_reader_rec_new(arguments->querypath);
        had_err = gt_fasta_reader_run(reader, NULL, NULL,
                                      gt_condenser_search_cum_moving_avg,
                                      &avg,
                                      err);
        if (!had_err) {
          GtUword S = arguments->bitscore;
          gt_log_log(GT_WU " queries, avg query size: " GT_WU,
                     avg.count, avg.avg);
          raw_eval = 1/pow(2.0, (double) S) * avg.avg;
          gt_logger_log(logger, "Raw E-value set to %.4e", raw_eval);
          gt_assert(avg.avg != 0);
        }
        gt_fasta_reader_delete(reader);
      }
    }

    /*create BLAST database from compressed database fasta file*/
    if (!had_err) {
      if (timer != NULL)
        gt_timer_show_progress(timer, "create coarse BLAST db", stderr);
      if (arguments->blastn)
        had_err = gt_condenser_search_create_nucl_blastdb(gt_str_get(fastaname),
                                                          err);
      else
        had_err = gt_condenser_search_create_prot_blastdb(gt_str_get(fastaname),
                                                          err);
    }

    if (!had_err) {
      GtBlastProcessCall *call;

      if (timer != NULL)
        gt_timer_show_progress(timer, "coarse BLAST run", stderr);

      if (arguments->blastp)
        call = gt_blast_process_call_new_prot();
      else
        call = gt_blast_process_call_new_nucl();
      gt_blast_process_call_set_db(call, gt_str_get(fastaname));
      gt_blast_process_call_set_query(call, querypath);
      gt_blast_process_call_set_evalue(call, arguments->ceval);
      gt_blast_process_call_set_num_threads(call, arguments->blthreads);

      mp = gt_match_iterator_blast_process_new(call, err);
      if (!mp)
        had_err = -1;

      gt_blast_process_call_delete(call);

      while (!had_err &&
             (status = gt_match_iterator_next(mp, &match, err)) !=
             GT_MATCHER_STATUS_END)
      {
        if (status == GT_MATCHER_STATUS_OK) {
          GtUword hit_seq_id;
          char string[7];
          const char *dbseqid = gt_match_get_seqid2(match);
          if (sscanf(dbseqid,"%6s" GT_WU, string, &hit_seq_id) == 2) {
            gt_match_get_range_seq2(match, hits[curr_hits].range);
            hits[curr_hits].idx = hit_seq_id;
            gt_match_delete(match);
            curr_hits++;
            if (curr_hits == max_hits) {
              HitPosition *hit_extention;
              max_hits += 100;
              hits = gt_realloc(hits, sizeof (*hit_extention) * max_hits);
              for (i=max_hits - 100; i < max_hits; i++) {
                hits[i].range = gt_malloc(sizeof (*hits[i].range));
              }
            }
          } else {
            gt_error_set(err, "could not parse unique db header %s", dbseqid);
            had_err = -1;
          }
        } else if (status == GT_MATCHER_STATUS_ERROR) {
          had_err = -1;
        }
      }
      gt_match_iterator_delete(mp);
    }
    /*extract sequences*/
    if (!had_err) {
      GtNREncseqDecompressor *decomp;
      GtFile *coarse_hits;
      if (timer != NULL)
        gt_timer_show_progress(timer, "extract coarse search hits", stderr);
      decomp = gt_n_r_encseq_decompressor_new(nrencseq);
      coarse_hits = gt_file_new(gt_str_get(coarse_fname),"w", err);
      /* TODO DW do NOT extract complete uniques! these could be complete
         chromosomes!! just extract something around it? maybe +- max query
         length*/
      for (i = 0; i < curr_hits; i++) {
        gt_n_r_encseq_decompressor_add_unique_idx_to_extract(decomp,
                                                             hits[i].idx);
      }
      had_err =
        gt_n_r_encseq_decompressor_start_unique_extraction(coarse_hits,
                                                           decomp,
                                                           &coarse_db_len,
                                                           err);
      gt_assert(coarse_db_len != 0);
      gt_file_delete(coarse_hits);
      gt_n_r_encseq_decompressor_delete(decomp);
    }
    gt_n_r_encseq_delete(nrencseq);

    /* create BLAST database from decompressed database file */
    if (!had_err) {
      if (timer != NULL)
        gt_timer_show_progress(timer, "create fine BLAST db", stderr);
      if (arguments->blastn)
        had_err =
          gt_condenser_search_create_nucl_blastdb(gt_str_get(coarse_fname),
                                                  err);
      else
        had_err =
          gt_condenser_search_create_prot_blastdb(gt_str_get(coarse_fname),
                                                  err);
    }
    /* perform fine BLAST search */
    if (!had_err) {
      GtBlastProcessCall *call;

      if (timer != NULL)
        gt_timer_show_progress(timer, "fine BLAST run", stderr);

      if (arguments->feval == GT_UNDEF_DOUBLE) {
        eval = raw_eval * coarse_db_len;
      } else {
        eval = arguments->feval;
      }

      if (arguments->blastp)
        call = gt_blast_process_call_new_prot();
      else
        call = gt_blast_process_call_new_nucl();

      gt_blast_process_call_set_db(call, gt_str_get(coarse_fname));
      gt_blast_process_call_set_query(call, querypath);
      gt_blast_process_call_set_evalue(call, eval);
      gt_blast_process_call_set_num_threads(call, arguments->blthreads);

      gt_logger_log(logger, "Fine E-value set to: %.4e (len)" GT_WU, eval,
                    coarse_db_len);

      mp = gt_match_iterator_blast_process_new(call, err);
      if (!mp)
        had_err = -1;

      gt_blast_process_call_delete(call);

      if (!had_err) {
        GtUword numofhits = 0;
        while (!had_err &&
               (status = gt_match_iterator_next(mp, &match, err)) !=
               GT_MATCHER_STATUS_END) {
          if (status == GT_MATCHER_STATUS_OK) {
            GtMatchBlast *matchb = (GtMatchBlast*) match;
            char *dbseqid = gt_malloc(sizeof (*dbseqid) * 50);
            GtRange range_seq1;
            GtRange range_seq2;
            numofhits++;
            gt_match_get_range_seq1(match, &range_seq1);
            gt_match_get_range_seq2(match, &range_seq2);
            gt_file_xprintf(
                    arguments->outfp,
                    "%s\t%s\t%.2f\t" GT_WU "\t" GT_WU "\t" GT_WU "\t" GT_WU "\t"
                    GT_WU "\t%g\t%.3f\n",
                    gt_match_get_seqid1(match),
                    gt_match_get_seqid2(match),
                    gt_match_blast_get_similarity(matchb),
                    gt_match_blast_get_align_length(matchb),
                    range_seq1.start,
                    range_seq1.end,
                    range_seq2.start,
                    range_seq2.end,
                    gt_match_blast_get_evalue(matchb),
                    (double) gt_match_blast_get_bitscore(matchb));
            gt_match_delete(match);
            gt_free(dbseqid);
          } else if (status == GT_MATCHER_STATUS_ERROR) {
            had_err = -1;
          }
        }
        gt_log_log(GT_WU " hits found\n", numofhits);
      }
      gt_match_iterator_delete(mp);

    }
    if (!had_err)
      if (timer != NULL)
        gt_timer_show_progress_final(timer, stderr);
    gt_timer_delete(timer);

    /*cleanup*/
    for (i=0; i < max_hits; i++) {
      gt_free(hits[i].range);
    }
    gt_free(hits);
    gt_str_delete(fastaname);
  }
  gt_str_delete(coarse_fname);
  gt_logger_delete(logger);
  return had_err;
}
static int process_feature(GtLTRClusterStream *lcs,
                           const char *feature,
                           GtError *err)
{
  GtArray *matches;
  GtMatchIterator *mi = NULL;
  GtMatch *match = NULL;
  GtMatchIteratorStatus status;
  GtEncseq *encseq;
  unsigned long i;
  int had_err = 0;

  if (lcs->current_state != NULL) {
    char tmp[BUFSIZ];
    gt_free(*lcs->current_state);
    (void) snprintf(tmp, BUFSIZ, "Clustering feature: %s", feature);
    *lcs->current_state = gt_cstr_dup(tmp);
  }
  matches = gt_array_new(sizeof(GtMatch*));
  encseq = (GtEncseq*) gt_hashmap_get(lcs->feat_to_encseq, feature);
  gt_log_log("found encseq %p for feature %s", encseq, feature);
  if (!had_err) {
    mi = gt_match_iterator_last_new(encseq, encseq, lcs->match_score,
                                        lcs->mismatch_cost,
                                        lcs->gap_open_cost,
                                        lcs->gap_ext_cost,
                                        lcs->xdrop,
                                        lcs->ydrop,
                                        lcs->zdrop,
                                        lcs->k,
                                        lcs->mscoregapped,
                                        lcs->mscoregapless, err);
    if (mi != NULL) {
      while ((status = gt_match_iterator_next(mi, &match, err))
             != GT_MATCHER_STATUS_END) {
        if (status == GT_MATCHER_STATUS_OK) {
          gt_array_add(matches, match);
        } else {
          gt_assert(status == GT_MATCHER_STATUS_ERROR);
          had_err = -1;
          break;
        }
      }
    } else
      had_err = -1;
  }
  if (!had_err) {
    GtClusteredSet *cs;
    GtHashmap *seqdesc2seqnum;
    GtMatch *tmp_match;
    const char *description;
    char *output;
    unsigned long desclen,
                  num_of_seq;

    seqdesc2seqnum = gt_hashmap_new(GT_HASH_STRING, free_hash, NULL);
    num_of_seq = gt_encseq_num_of_sequences(encseq);
    for (i = 0; i < num_of_seq; i++) {
      description = gt_encseq_description(encseq, &desclen, i);
      output = gt_calloc((size_t) (desclen + 1), sizeof (char));
      strncpy(output, description, (size_t) desclen);
      output[desclen] = '\0';
      gt_hashmap_add(seqdesc2seqnum, (void*) gt_cstr_dup(output),
                     (void*) (i + 1));
      gt_free(output);
    }
    cs = gt_clustered_set_union_find_new(num_of_seq, err);
    if (cs != NULL) {
      if (cluster_sequences(matches, cs, seqdesc2seqnum, (unsigned) lcs->psmall,
                            (unsigned) lcs->plarge, encseq, err) != 0) {
        had_err = -1;
      }
      if (!had_err) {
        (void) cluster_annotate_nodes(cs, encseq, feature, lcs->nodes, err);
      }
    } else
      had_err = -1;

    for (i = 0; i < gt_array_size(matches); i++) {
      tmp_match = *(GtMatch**) gt_array_get(matches, i);
      gt_match_delete(tmp_match);
    }
    gt_array_delete(matches);
    matches = NULL;
    gt_hashmap_delete(seqdesc2seqnum);
    gt_clustered_set_delete(cs, err);
  }
  gt_match_iterator_delete(mi);

  return had_err;
}