#ifndef ALIFMDRAWWRITER_H
#define ALIFMDRAWWRITER_H
/* Copyright(c) 1998-1999, ALICE Experiment at CERN, All rights
 * reserved. 
 *
 * Latest changes by Christian Holm Christensen <cholm@nbi.dk>
 *
 * See cxx source for full Copyright notice                               
 */
/* $Id$ */
/** @file    AliFMDRawWriter.h
    @author  Christian Holm Christensen <cholm@nbi.dk>
    @date    Mon Mar 27 12:45:56 2006
    @brief   Class to write raw data 
*/
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// 
// Class to writer ADC values to a Raw File
// Uses general ALTRO class - which is wrong
// Should make it right!
//
#ifndef ROOT_TTask
# include <TTask.h>
#endif

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class AliFMD;
class AliAltroBuffer;
class TArrayI;
class TClonesArray;

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/** @class AliFMDRawWriter
    @brief Class to write ALTRO formated raw data from an array of
    AliFMDDigit objects.
    @code 
    AliFMDRawWriter* fmdWriter = new AliFMDRawWriter(0);
    TClonesArray*    array     = fmd->DigitArray();
    fmdWriter->WriteDigits(array);
    @endcode 
    @ingroup FMD_sim
*/
class AliFMDRawWriter : public TTask 
{
public:
  /** Constructor 
      @param fmd Pointer to detector object. */
  AliFMDRawWriter(AliFMD* fmd);
  /** Destructor */
  virtual ~AliFMDRawWriter() {}

  /** Write the output from AliFMD object. 
      @param option Not used */
  virtual void Exec(Option_t* option="");
  /** Write an array of AliFMDDigit objects as raw ALTRO data. 
      @param digits Array of AliFMDDigit objects to convert to raw
      ALTRO data. */
  virtual void WriteDigits(TClonesArray* digits);
protected:
  AliFMDRawWriter(const AliFMDRawWriter& o) : TTask(o) {}
  AliFMDRawWriter& operator=(const AliFMDRawWriter&) { return *this; }
  AliFMD*       fFMD;              //! Pointer to detector description 
  UShort_t      fSampleRate;       // The sample rate (0 -> inferred from data)
  UShort_t      fChannelsPerAltro; // Number of pre-amp. channels/adc channel 
  UShort_t      fThreshold;        // Threshold for zero-suppression
  
  ClassDef(AliFMDRawWriter, 0) // Write FMD raw data to a DDL file
};

#endif
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