// $Id$
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
//       The GSI Online Offline Object Oriented (Go4) Project
//         Experiment Data Processing at EE department, GSI
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
// Copyright (C) 2000- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
//                     Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
// Contact:            http://go4.gsi.de
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
// This software can be used under the license agreements as stated
// in Go4License.txt file which is part of the distribution.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifndef TGO4MBSSOURCEPARAMETER_H
#define TGO4MBSSOURCEPARAMETER_H

#include "TGo4EventSourceParameter.h"

#include "TString.h"

class TGo4MbsSourceParameter : public TGo4EventSourceParameter {
  public:
     TGo4MbsSourceParameter() ;

     TGo4MbsSourceParameter(const char* name, Int_t id);

    virtual ~TGo4MbsSourceParameter();

    /** Define the Start index for the NextEvent */
    void SetStartEvent(UInt_t firstindex) { fuStartEvent=firstindex; }

    /** Returns the Start index for the NextEvent */
    UInt_t GetStartEvent() const { return fuStartEvent; }

    /** Define the index of Stop event */
    void SetStopEvent(UInt_t lastindex) { fuStopEvent=lastindex; }

    /** Returns the index of Stop event */
    UInt_t GetStopEvent() const { return fuStopEvent; }

    /** Defines event interval */
    void SetEventInterval(UInt_t skipinterval) { fuEventInterval=skipinterval; }

    /** Returns event interval */
    UInt_t GetEventInterval() const { return fuEventInterval; }

    /** basic method to printout status information
      * on stdout; to be overridden by specific subclass */
    virtual Int_t PrintParameter(Text_t* buffer=0, Int_t buflen=0);

    /** update contents of paramter class with external object. */
    virtual Bool_t UpdateFrom(TGo4Parameter* rhs);

  private:

    /** Index of first event to process. */
    UInt_t fuStartEvent;

    /** Index of last event to process. */
    UInt_t fuStopEvent;

    /** Number of events to skip from file in between two read events  */
    UInt_t fuEventInterval;

  ClassDef(TGo4MbsSourceParameter,1)

};

#endif //TGO4MBSFILEPARAMETER_H