// @(#)root/meta:$Id$
// Author: Fons Rademakers   08/02/95

/*************************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 1995-2000, Rene Brun and Fons Rademakers.               *
 * All rights reserved.                                                  *
 *                                                                       *
 * For the licensing terms see $ROOTSYS/LICENSE.                         *
 * For the list of contributors see $ROOTSYS/README/CREDITS.             *
 *************************************************************************/

#ifndef ROOT_TBaseClass
#define ROOT_TBaseClass


//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                                      //
// TBaseClass                                                           //
//                                                                      //
// Description of a base class.                                         //
//                                                                      //
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


#ifndef ROOT_TDictionary
#include "TDictionary.h"
#endif
#ifndef ROOT_TClassRef
#include "TClassRef.h"
#endif

class TBrowser;
class TClass;

class TBaseClass : public TDictionary {

private:
   TBaseClass(const TBaseClass &);          // Not implemented
   TBaseClass&operator=(const TBaseClass&); // Not implemented

private:
   BaseClassInfo_t   *fInfo;      //!pointer to CINT base class info
   TClassRef          fClassPtr;  // pointer to the base class TClass
   TClass            *fClass;     //!pointer to parent class
   Int_t              fDelta;     // BaseClassInfo_t offset (INT_MAX if unset)
   mutable Int_t      fProperty;  // BaseClassInfo_t's properties
   Int_t              fSTLType;   // cache of IsSTLContainer()

public:
   TBaseClass(BaseClassInfo_t *info = 0, TClass *cl = 0);
   virtual     ~TBaseClass();
   virtual void   Browse(TBrowser *b);
   const char    *GetTitle() const;
   TClass        *GetClassPointer(Bool_t load=kTRUE);
   Int_t          GetDelta();
   Bool_t         IsFolder() const {return kTRUE;}
   ROOT::ESTLType IsSTLContainer();
   Long_t         Property() const;
   void           SetClass(TClass* cl) { fClass = cl; }

   ClassDef(TBaseClass,2)  //Description of a base class
};

#endif