//====================================================================
//	AthenaPoolConverter implementation
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//	Package    : AthenaPoolCnvSvc
//
//  Description:     Base Athena converter class implementation
//
//	Author     : Valeri Fine
//      created    : Mar 3, 2003
//  History    :
//====================================================================
#ifndef EVENTINFOPOOLCNV_POOLCONVERTER_H
#define EVENTINFOPOOLCNV_POOLCONVERTER_H
#include "GaudiKernel/Converter.h"

#include "POOLCore/pool.h"
#include "POOLCore/Placement.h"

class IOpaqueAddress;
class DataObject;
class StatusCode;
class IAddressCreator;
class AthenaPoolCnvSvc; 
class AthenaPoolAddress;

#include <string>

// Abstract factory to create the converter
template <class TYPE> class CnvFactory;

// Externals 
extern unsigned char Pool_StorageType;


class AthenaPoolConverter: public Converter {
  //  friend class CnvFactory<AthenaPoolConverter>;

 protected:
  AthenaPoolConverter(const CLID& id, ISvcLocator* svcloc);
  virtual std::string  markWrite()=0;
  virtual StatusCode   DataObjectToPool(DataObject* pObj,std::string tname)=0;
  virtual StatusCode   PoolToDataObject(DataObject* pObj,AthenaPoolAddress *pAddress)=0;
  virtual void setPlacement()=0;
 public:
  virtual StatusCode initialize();
  virtual StatusCode createObj(IOpaqueAddress* pAddr, DataObject*& pObj); 
  // virtual StatusCode fillObjRefs(IOpaqueAddress* pAddr, DataObject* pObj); 
  virtual StatusCode createRep(DataObject* pObj, IOpaqueAddress*& pAddr);

  /// Storage type and class ID
  static const unsigned char storageType()     { return Pool_StorageType; }
  static const CLID& classID();

 protected: 

  AthenaPoolCnvSvc*   m_AthenaPoolCnvSvc; 
  pool::Placement     m_Placement;
};
#endif