G4MagneticField.hh

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// G4MagneticField
//
// Class description:
//
// Magnetic Field abstract class, implements inquiry function interface.
 
// Author: John Apostolakis (CERN), 13.01.1996
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef G4MAGNETIC_FIELD_HH
#define G4MAGNETIC_FIELD_HH
 
#include "G4Types.hh"
#include "G4Field.hh"
 
class G4MagneticField : public G4Field
{
  public:
 
    /**
     * Default Constructor and Destructor.
     */
    G4MagneticField();
    ~G4MagneticField() override = default;
 
    /**
     * Copy constructor and assignment operator.
     */
    G4MagneticField(const G4MagneticField& r);
    G4MagneticField& operator= (const G4MagneticField& p);
 
    /**
     * Since a pure magnetic field does not change track energy, returns false.
     */
    inline G4bool DoesFieldChangeEnergy() const override { return false; }
 
    /**
     * Given the position time vector 'Point', returns the value of the
     * field in the array 'Bfield'.
     *  @param[in] Point The position time vector.
     *  @param[out] Bfield The field array in output.
     */
    void GetFieldValue( const G4double Point[4],
                              G4double* Bfield ) const override = 0;
 
    /**
     * Returns the field type-ID, "kMagnetic".
     * This should be overriden in derived classes.
     */
    inline G4FieldType GetFieldType() const override { return kMagnetic; }
};
 
#endif