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+/**
+ * Author: Mark Larkin
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Des Higgins, Julie Thompson and Toby Gibson.
+ */
+#ifndef OUTPUTFILE_H
+#define OUTPUTFILE_H
+#include <memory>
+#include <fstream>
+namespace clustalw
+{
+
+class OutputFile
+{
+ public:
+ OutputFile();
+ ~OutputFile();
+ bool openFile(std::string* fileName, const std::string msg, const std::string* path,
+ const std::string ext, const std::string fileType);
+ bool isOpen();
+ //void writeToFile(std::string* info);
+ std::ofstream* getPtrToFile();
+ private:
+ std::string getOutputFileName(const std::string prompt, std::string path,
+ const std::string fileExtension);
+ std::auto_ptr<std::ofstream> file;
+ std::string typeOfFileMsg; // used for closing message!
+ std::string name;
+};
+
+}
+#endif
+