#ifndef ALIFMDSTRIPINDEX_H
#define ALIFMDSTRIPINDEX_H
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// Struct to encode a strip address into one integer
// developed by Christian Holm Christensen (cholm@nbi.dk).
// 
// The functions are static to ensure applicability from
// anywhere. This is needed to smoothly store strip addresses in track
// references. 
//
// Added by Hans H. Dalsgaard (hans.dalsgaard@cern.ch) 


class AliFMDStripIndex
{
public:
  /** 
   * Constructor
   * 
   */  
  AliFMDStripIndex() {}
  /** 
   * Destructor 
   * 
   */
  virtual ~AliFMDStripIndex() {}
  /** 
   * Pack an identifier from detector coordinates
   * 
   * @param det  Detector
   * @param rng  Ring
   * @param sec  Sector
   * @param str  Strip
   * 
   * @return Packed identifier 
   */
  static UInt_t Pack(UShort_t det, Char_t rng, UShort_t sec, UShort_t str) 
  {
    UInt_t irg  = (rng == 'I' || rng == 'i' ? 0 : 1);
    UInt_t id   = (((str & 0x1FF) <<  0) | 
		   ((sec & 0x03F) <<  9) | 
		   ((irg & 0x001) << 16) | 
		   ((det & 0x003) << 17));
    return id;
  }
  /** 
   * Unpack an identifier to detector coordinates
   * 
   * @param id   Identifier to unpack
   * @param det  On return, the detector
   * @param rng  On return, the ring
   * @param sec  On return, the sector
   * @param str  On return, the strip
   */  
  static void Unpack(UInt_t id, 
		     UShort_t& det, Char_t& rng, UShort_t& sec, UShort_t& str)
  {
    str = ((id >>  0) & 0x1FF);
    sec = ((id >>  9) & 0x03F);
    rng = ((id >> 16) & 0x001) ? 'O' : 'I';
    det = ((id >> 17) & 0x003);
  }

  ClassDef(AliFMDStripIndex,1)
};
#endif
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