#ifndef FAIRPARASCIFILEIIO_H
#define FAIRPARASCIFILEIIO_H

#include "FairParIo.h"

#include <fstream>

class TList;

class FairParAsciiFileIo : public FairParIo
{
  protected:
    fstream* file;      // pointer to a file
  public:
    FairParAsciiFileIo();

    // default destructor closes an open file and deletes list of I/Os
    ~FairParAsciiFileIo();

    // opens file
    // if a file is already open, this file will be closed
    // activates detector I/Os
    Bool_t open(const Text_t* fname, const Text_t* status="in");

    // concatenate files whose names are stored in the TList
    // TList holds list od TObjStrings
    // create file all.par in local working directory
    // calls open to open the generated file all.par
    Bool_t open(const TList* fnamelist, const Text_t* status="in");

    // closes file
    void close();

    // returns kTRUE if file is open
    Bool_t check() {
      if (file) { return (file->rdbuf()->is_open()==1); }
      else { return kFALSE; }
    }

    // prints information about the file and the detector I/Os
    void print();

    fstream* getFile();
  private:
    FairParAsciiFileIo(const FairParAsciiFileIo&);
    FairParAsciiFileIo& operator=(const FairParAsciiFileIo&);

    ClassDef(FairParAsciiFileIo,0) // Parameter I/O from ASCII files
};

#endif  /* !FAIRPARASCIIFILEIO_H */