G4PVPlacement.hh

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// G4PVPlacement
//
// Class description:
//
// Class representing a single volume positioned within and relative
// to a mother volume.
 
// Author: Paul Kent (CERN), 24.07.1995 - First non-stub version
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef G4PVPLACEMENT_HH
#define G4PVPLACEMENT_HH
 
#include "G4VPhysicalVolume.hh"
#include "G4Transform3D.hh"
 
/**
 * @brief G4PVPlacement represents a single volume positioned within and
 * relative to a mother volume.
 */
 
class G4PVPlacement : public G4VPhysicalVolume
{
  public:
 
    /**
     * Initialises a single volume, positioned in a frame which is rotated by
     * '*pRot' and traslated by 'tlate', relative to the coordinate system of
     * the mother volume 'pMotherLogical'.
     * If 'pRot=nullptr' the volume is unrotated with respect to its mother.
     * The physical volume is added to the mother's logical volume.
     * This is a very natural way of defining a physical volume, and is
     * especially useful when creating subdetectors: the mother volumes are
     * not placed until a later stage of the assembly program.
     *  @param[in] pRot The pointer to the rotation in the mother volume.
     *  @param[in] tlate Traslation vector in the mother volume.
     *  @param[in] pCurrentLogical Pointer to its logical volume.
     *  @param[in] pName The volume name.
     *  @param[in] pMotherLogical Pointer to the logical volume of the mother.
     *  @param[in] pMany Flag to identify if the volume is meant to be
     *             considered an overlapping structure, or not. - not used.
     *  @param[in] pCopyNo The optional custom copy number. Should be set to 0
     *             for the first volume of a given type.
     *  @param[in] pSurfChk Boolean flag, if true activates check for overlaps
     *             with existing volumes (false by default).
     */
    G4PVPlacement(G4RotationMatrix* pRot,
            const G4ThreeVector& tlate,
                  G4LogicalVolume* pCurrentLogical,
            const G4String& pName,
                  G4LogicalVolume* pMotherLogical,
                  G4bool pMany,
                  G4int  pCopyNo,
                  G4bool pSurfChk = false);
 
    /**
     * Additional constructor, which expects a G4Transform3D object that
     * represents the direct rotation and translation of the solid (NOT of the
     * frame). The G4Transform3D argument should be constructed by:
     *  i) First rotating it to align the solid to the system of 
     *     reference of its mother volume *pMotherLogical, and 
     * ii) Then placing the solid at the location Transform3D.getTranslation(),
     *     with respect to the origin of the system of coordinates of the
     *     mother volume.  
     * This construct is useful for the people who prefer to think in terms 
     * of moving objects in a given reference frame.
     * All other arguments are the same as for the previous constructor.
     *  @param[in] Transform3D The transformation in the 3D space.
     *  @param[in] pCurrentLogical Pointer to its logical volume.
     *  @param[in] pName The volume name.
     *  @param[in] pMotherLogical Pointer to the logical volume of the mother.
     *  @param[in] pMany Flag to identify if the volume is meant to be
     *             considered an overlapping structure, or not. - not used.
     *  @param[in] pCopyNo The optional custom copy number. Should be set to 0
     *             for the first volume of a given type.
     *  @param[in] pSurfChk Boolean flag, if true activates check for overlaps
     *             with existing volumes (false by default).
     */
    G4PVPlacement(const G4Transform3D& Transform3D,
                        G4LogicalVolume* pCurrentLogical,
                  const G4String& pName,
                        G4LogicalVolume* pMotherLogical,
                        G4bool pMany,
                        G4int pCopyNo,
                        G4bool pSurfChk = false);
 
    /**
     * A simple variation of the first constructor, only specifying the
     * mother volume as a pointer to its physical volume instead of its
     * logical volume. The effect is exactly the same.
     */
    G4PVPlacement(G4RotationMatrix* pRot,
            const G4ThreeVector& tlate,
            const G4String& pName,
                  G4LogicalVolume* pLogical,
                  G4VPhysicalVolume* pMother,
                  G4bool pMany,
                  G4int pCopyNo,
                  G4bool pSurfChk = false);
 
    /**
     * Utilises both variations above (from first and third constructors).
     * The effect is the same as for the second constructor.
     */
    G4PVPlacement(const G4Transform3D& Transform3D,
                  const G4String& pName,
                        G4LogicalVolume* pLogical,
                        G4VPhysicalVolume* pMother,
                        G4bool pMany,
                        G4int pCopyNo,
                        G4bool pSurfChk = false);
 
    /**
     * Fake default constructor for usage restricted to direct object
     * persistency for clients requiring preallocation of memory for
     * persistifiable objects.
     */
    G4PVPlacement(__void__&);
 
    /**
     * Default Destructor.
     */
    ~G4PVPlacement() override;
 
    /**
     * Copy constructor and assignment operator not allowed.
     */
    G4PVPlacement(const G4PVPlacement&) = delete;
    G4PVPlacement& operator=(const G4PVPlacement&) = delete;
 
    /**
     * Returns/sets the copy number associated to the volume.
     */
    inline G4int GetCopyNo() const override  { return fcopyNo; }
    void SetCopyNo(G4int CopyNo) override;
 
    /**
     * Verifies if the placed volume is overlapping with existing daughters
     * or with the mother volume. Provides default resolution for the number
     * of points to be generated and verified.
     * A tolerance for the precision of the overlap check can be specified,
     * by default it is set to maximum precision.
     * Reports a maximum of overlaps errors according to parameter in input.
     *  @param[in] res The number of points to generate on volume's surface.
     *  @param[in] tol The precision tolerance for the overlap check, below
     *             which to ignore overlaps (default is maximim precision).
     *  @param[in] verbose Verbosity mode (default is true).
     *  @param[in] maxErr Maximum of overlaps errors to report (default is 1).
     *  @returns True if an overlap occurs.
     */
    G4bool CheckOverlaps(G4int res = 1000, G4double tol = 0.,
                         G4bool verbose = true, G4int maxErr = 1) override;
 
    /**
     * Stub methods, unused for placed volumes.
     */
    G4bool IsMany() const override;
    G4bool IsReplicated() const override;
    G4bool IsParameterised() const override;
    G4VPVParameterisation* GetParameterisation() const override;
    void GetReplicationData(EAxis& axis,
                            G4int& nReplicas,
                            G4double& width,
                            G4double& offset,
                            G4bool& consuming) const override;
 
    /**
     * Used only for specialised repeated volumes. Always false with Id 0.
     */
    G4bool IsRegularStructure() const override; 
    G4int GetRegularStructureId() const override; 
 
    /**
     * Returns the volume type characterisation.
     */
    EVolume VolumeType() const override;
   
  private:
 
    /**
     * Auxiliary function for 2nd constructor (one with G4Transform3D).
     * Creates a new RotMatrix on the heap (using "new") and copies 
     * its argument into it.
     */
    static G4RotationMatrix* NewPtrRotMatrix(const G4RotationMatrix& RotMat);
 
  private:
 
    /** Flag for overlapping structure - not used. */
    G4bool fmany = false;
 
    /** Flag for allocation of the rotation matrix. */
    G4bool fallocatedRotM = false;
 
    /** Optional copy number, for identification. */
    G4int fcopyNo = 0;
};
 
#endif