#ifndef VEGA_VMetaString
#define VEGA_VMetaString

//*-- Author :    Damir Buskulic   24/06/00

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                                      //
// VMetaString                                                          //
//                                                                      //
// Helper class contains strings for meta data. Used for building       //
// branches of the meta tree. TString cannot be used because it is not  //
// collectable (does not derive from TObject. VMetaString is more       //
// efficient than TObjString for our purposes.                          //
//                                                                      //
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#include "TObject.h"
#include "TObjString.h"
#include "TString.h"

class VMetaString : public TObject
{
private :
   TString     mFileName;       // Frames file name containing this frame
   TString     mDetector;       // Name of the detector that generated this frame
   TString     mState;          // Locked/not-locked state flag of the interferometer
   
public :

   VMetaString();
   VMetaString(TString fileName, TString detector="VIRGO", TString state="L");
   ~VMetaString();

   virtual TString     GetFileName() {return mFileName;}
   virtual TString     GetDetector() {return mDetector;}
   virtual TString     GetState() {return mState;}

   virtual void      SetFileName(TString filename) {mFileName=filename;}
   virtual void      SetDetector(TString detector) {mDetector=detector;}
   virtual void      SetState(TString state) {mState=state;}
   
   ClassDef(VMetaString,1) // Meta strings for one frame
};

#endif