#ifndef ALIHLTPHOSBASE_H
#define ALIHLTPHOSBASE_H

/**************************************************************************
 * This file is property of and copyright by the Experimental Nuclear     *
 * Physics Group, Dep. of Physics                                         *
 * University of Oslo, Norway, 2007                                       *
 *                                                                        *
 * Author: Per Thomas Hille <perthi@fys.uio.no> for the ALICE HLT Project.*
 * Contributors are mentioned in the code where appropriate.              *
 * Please report bugs to perthi@fys.uio.no                                *
 *                                                                        *
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 * about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is          *
 * provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.                  *
 **************************************************************************/

#include <iostream>
#include <Rtypes.h>
#include "TString.h"
#include "AliHLTDataTypes.h"
#include "AliHLTPHOSConstants.h"
#include "AliHLTPHOSConfig.h"
#include "AliHLTPHOSAltroConfig.h"

using namespace PhosHLTConst;
using namespace std;

//
// Base class for all PHOS HLT classes.
// The class contains some utility functions
// and also loads data about the HLT configuration
// and the altro/FEE configuration
//


class  AliHLTPHOSBase : public AliHLTPHOSConfig, public AliHLTPHOSAltroConfig
{
 public:
  AliHLTPHOSBase();
  virtual ~AliHLTPHOSBase();
  bool CheckFile(const char *fileName, const char *opt) const;


  template<typename T> 
  void  DumpData(T *array, int N, int nPerLine)
  {
    cout <<   "DumpData N=  " << N <<endl;
    for(int i= 0; i< N; i++)
      {
	if((i%nPerLine == 0)  &&  (i != 0))
	  {
	    printf("\n");
	  }

	cout << array[i]<< "\t";
      }
  }

  template<typename T> 
  void  ResetArray(T *array, int N) const
  {
    for(int i= 0; i< N; i++)
      {
	array[i] = 0;
      }
  }
 
  template<typename T> 
  T  MaxValue(T *array, int N) const
  {
    T tmpMax = 0;

    for(int i = 0; i < N; i++)
      {
	if(array[i] > tmpMax)
	  {
	    tmpMax = array[i];
	  }
      }
  
    return tmpMax;
  }

  
protected:
  AliHLTPHOSConfig *fConfigPtr;        // object holding HLT configuration data
  AliHLTPHOSConfig *fAltroConfigPtr;   // object holding Altro configuration data

private:
  AliHLTPHOSBase(const AliHLTPHOSBase & );
  AliHLTPHOSBase & operator = (const AliHLTPHOSBase &);
};

#endif