#ifndef _BLASR_HDF_ALN_GROUP_HPP_
#define _BLASR_HDF_ALN_GROUP_HPP_

#include <hdf/HDFArray.h>
#include <hdf/HDFGroup.h>

class HDFAlnGroup
{
public:
    HDFGroup alnGroup;
    HDFArray<unsigned int> idArray;
    HDFStringArray pathArray;

    void Initialize(HDFGroup &parent)
    {
        alnGroup.Initialize(parent.group, "AlnGroup");
        idArray.Initialize(alnGroup.group, "ID");
    }

    void Read(AlnGroup &aln)
    {
        // Seem to write data in this HDFAlnGroup obj to AlnGroup & aln
        int idNElem = idArray.arrayLength;
        int pathNElem = pathArray.arrayLength;
        if (idNElem > 0) {

            aln.id.resize(idNElem);
            idArray.Read(0, idNElem);

            aln.path.resize(pathNElem);
            unsigned int i;
            for (i = 0; i < pathNElem; i++) {
                pathArray.Read(i, i + 1, &aln.path[i]);
            }
        }
    }

    int AddPath(std::string &path)
    {
        int id;
        pathArray.Write(&path, 1);
        id = pathArray.size();
        idArray.Write(&id, 1);
        return id;
    }

    ~HDFAlnGroup() { alnGroup.Close(); }
};

#endif