typedef struct{
	quint32 devserial;
	QString name;
} configelement_t;

typedef struct{
	quint8 type;//type, in case of entry boxes, this will set the validator
	QStringList checkboxes;//names for the checkboxe(s) in case of checkbox option
	QString title;//name displayed for the set of options
	QString* entry;//the entered value - always converted to a string for storage
} metadata_t;

//these are the four types of metadata into: text, integer, float, freeform (text), and checkboxes
enum {META_INVALID=0,META_TEXT,META_INT,META_FLOAT,META_FREE,META_CHECK};

typedef struct{
	QList<configelement_t> constituent_sensors;
	QList<configelement_t> missing_sensors;
	QList<metadata_t> metadata;
	quint8 nummissing;
	QString name;
	QString path;//this is used to store the default file path (full path) where the data will be stored (if wav file storage is used)
} configuration_descriptor_t;