#ifndef ALISTARTRAWDATA_H
#define ALISTARTRAWDATA_H
/* Copyright(c) 1998-1999, ALICE Experiment at CERN, All rights reserved. *
 * See cxx source for full Copyright notice                               */

/* $Id$ */

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                                           //
//  Converts START digits into a raw data stream                               //
//                                                                           //
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#include "TObject.h"
class AliSTART;
class AliSTARTdigit;
//class TTRee;
//class TBranch;
//class AliRawDataHeader;
class AliSTARTRawData : public TObject {

 public:

  AliSTARTRawData();                                         // default constructor
  AliSTARTRawData(const AliSTARTRawData &r);                 // copy constructor
  virtual ~AliSTARTRawData();                                // destructor
  AliSTARTRawData &operator=(const AliSTARTRawData &r);      // ass. op.

   Int_t RawDataSTART (AliSTARTdigit *fDigits); 
  // This method generates the files with the TOF detector data
  void SetVerbose(Int_t Verbose){fVerbose=Verbose;}
  // To set the verbose level
  void  GetDigits(AliSTARTdigit *fDigits, UInt_t *buf);
  //This method formats and stores in buf all the digits of a TOF module

  void  PackWord(UInt_t &BaseWord, UInt_t Word, Int_t StartBit, Int_t StopBit);
  //This method stores the value of the variable Word of StopBit-StartBit+1 bits 
  //in BaseWord, starting from the bit StartBit


 //START digits arrays


  TArrayI *TimeTDC() {return fTimeTDC;}
  TArrayI *ADC() {return fADC;}
  TArrayI *TimeTDCAmp() {return fTimeTDCAmp;}
  TArrayI *ADCAmp() {return fADCAmp;}
  TArrayI *SumMult() {return fSumMult;}

 
  
 protected:

  Int_t fVerbose;            //Verbose level (0:no msg, 1:msg, 2:digits in txt files)
  Int_t fIndex;              //number of 32 words to be stored into the output file

  Int_t fTimeDiff     ; //time difference 
  Int_t fMeanTime      ; // average time - ALICE start signal 
  Int_t fBestTimeLeft;   //first particle on the left
  Int_t fBestTimeRight;  //first particle on the right
  TArrayI * fTimeTDC;        //TDC on the each PMT
  TArrayI *  fADC;           //QTC (ADC) on the each PMT
  TArrayI * fTimeTDCAmp;    // TDC with amplified signal
  TArrayI *  fADCAmp;        //QTC amplified
  TArrayI *  fSumMult;       //multiplicity: left, right, left&right + all amplified
  AliSTARTdigit *fDigits;  //! The START digits manager

  ClassDef(AliSTARTRawData,1)             //  START raw data class

};
#endif