SimTrackerHit.h

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// -*- C++ -*-
// AID-GENERATED
// =========================================================================
// This class was generated by AID - Abstract Interface Definition          
// DO NOT MODIFY, but use the org.freehep.aid.Aid utility to regenerate it. 
// =========================================================================
#ifndef EVENT_SIMTRACKERHIT_H
#define EVENT_SIMTRACKERHIT_H 1

#include "EVENT/LCObject.h"
#include "empty_ignore.h"

namespace EVENT {

class MCParticle;

/** A generic simulated tracker hit. 
 * 
 * @author gaede
 * @version $Id: SimTrackerHit.aid,v 1.9 2006/03/24 13:25:52 gaede Exp $
 */

class SimTrackerHit : public LCObject {

public: 
    /// Destructor.
    virtual ~SimTrackerHit() { /* nop */; }


    /** Useful typedef for template programming with LCIO */
    typedef SimTrackerHit lcobject_type ;

    /**Returns the detector specific (geometrical) cell id.
     */
    virtual int getCellID() const = 0;

    /** Returns the hit  position in [mm].      
     */
    virtual const double* getPosition() const = 0;

    /** Returns  the dE/dx of the hit in [GeV].
     */         
    virtual float getdEdx() const = 0;

    /** Returns the  time of the hit in [ns]. TO DO needs definition.
     */
    virtual float getTime() const = 0;

    /** Returns the MC particle that caused the hit.
     *
     * @see MCParticle
     */
    virtual MCParticle * getMCParticle() const = 0;

    /** Returns the 3-momentum of the particle at the hits position in [GeV] - 
     * optional, only if bit LCIO::THBIT_MOMENTUM is set.       
     */ 
    virtual const float* getMomentum() const = 0;

    /** The path length of the particle in the sensitive material that resulted in this hit.
     *  This is only stored together with momentum, i.e. if  LCIO::THBIT_MOMENTUM is set.
     */
    virtual float getPathLength() const = 0;
}; // class
} // namespace EVENT
#endif /* ifndef EVENT_SIMTRACKERHIT_H */

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