do not save description and dataCollection on nwbfile

src/nwb/NWBFile.cpp

@@ -38,14 +38,11 @@ NWBFile::~NWBFile() {}
 Status NWBFile::initialize(const std::string description,
                            const std::string dataCollection)
 {
-  this->description = description;
-  this->dataCollection = dataCollection;
-
   if (std::filesystem::exists(io->getFileName())) {
     return io->open(false);
   } else {
     io->open(true);
-    return createFileStructure();
+    return createFileStructure(description, dataCollection);
   }
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +51,8 @@ Status NWBFile::finalize()
   return io->close();
 }
 
-Status NWBFile::createFileStructure()
+Status NWBFile::createFileStructure(std::string description,
+                                    std::string dataCollection)
 {
   if (!io->canModifyObjects()) {
     return Status::Failure;

src/nwb/NWBFile.hpp

@@ -89,9 +89,12 @@ class NWBFile
    * Note, this function will fail if the file is in a mode where
    * new objects cannot be added, which can be checked via
    * nwbfile.io->canModifyObjects()
+   * @param description A description of the NWBFile session.
+   * @param dataCollection Information about the data collection methods.
    * @return Status The status of the file structure creation.
    */
-  Status createFileStructure();
+  Status createFileStructure(std::string description,
+                             std::string dataCollection);
 
 private:
   /**
@@ -127,9 +130,6 @@ class NWBFile
   const std::string identifierText;
   std::shared_ptr<BaseIO> io;
   static std::vector<SizeType> emptyContainerIndexes;
-
-  std::string description;
-  std::string dataCollection;
 };
 
 }  // namespace AQNWB::NWB