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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// OutputFile class - handles the output to MDV files
//
// Mike Dixon, RAP, NCAR, P.O.Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000, USA
//
// April 2004
//
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#ifndef OutputFile_HH
#define OutputFile_HH

#include <ctime>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <Mdv/DsMdvx.hh>
#include <Mdv/MdvxProj.hh>
#include "Params.hh"

using namespace std;

class OutputFile {
  
public:
  
  // constructor
  
  OutputFile(const string &prog_name,
	     const Params &params,
	     const MdvxProj &proj,
	     const Mdvx::master_header_t &exampleMhdr,
	     const vector<Mdvx::field_header_t> &exampleFhdrs);
  
  // destructor
  
  virtual ~OutputFile();
  
  // write output file
  // returns 0 on success, -1 on failure

  int write(const time_t& mergeTime,
	    const time_t& startTime, 
	    const time_t& endTime,
	    const vector<void *> fieldData,
	    const string &dataSetInfo);

  // add string to data set info

  void addToInfo(const char *info_str);

  // missing values
  
  static const fl32 missingFl32;
  static const int missingInt = 0;

protected:
  
private:

  const string &_progName;
  const Params &_params;
  const MdvxProj &_proj;
  Mdvx::master_header_t _exampleMhdr;
  vector<Mdvx::field_header_t> _exampleFhdrs;

};

#endif