G4VPVDivisionFactory.hh

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// G4VPVDivisionFactory
//
// Class description:
//
// Abstract factory that defines interfaces for creating volume divisions. 
 
// Author: Ivana Hrivnacova (IJCLab, Orsay), 04.05.2004
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef G4VPVDIVISIONFACTORY_HH
#define G4VPVDIVISIONFACTORY_HH
 
#include "geomdefs.hh"
 
class G4LogicalVolume;
class G4VPhysicalVolume;
class G4VPVParameterisation;
 
/**
 * @brief G4VPVDivisionFactory is an abstract factory that defines the
 * interfaces for creating volume divisions.
 */
 
class G4VPVDivisionFactory
{
  public:
 
    /**
     * Default Destructor.
     */
    virtual ~G4VPVDivisionFactory() = default;
    
    /**
     * Returns a pointer to the unique instance of the factory.
     */
    static G4VPVDivisionFactory* Instance();
    
    /**
     * Creates a division, using number of divisions and width.
     *  @param[in] pName The volume name.
     *  @param[in] pLogical Pointer to the logical volume of the division.
     *  @param[in] pMother Pointer to the logical volume of the mother.
     *  @param[in] pAxis The axis along which do the division.
     *  @param[in] nReplicas The number of copies to replicate.
     *  @param[in] width The witdh of the divided slice along the axis.
     *  @param[in] offset The optional offset distance from mother's border.
     *  @returns The pointer to physical divided volume.
     */
    virtual G4VPhysicalVolume* CreatePVDivision(
                             const G4String& pName,
                                   G4LogicalVolume* pLogical,
                                   G4LogicalVolume* pMother,
                             const EAxis pAxis,
                             const G4int nReplicas,
                             const G4double width,
                             const G4double offset ) = 0;
 
    /**
     * Creates a division, using the number of divisions.
     *  @param[in] pName The volume name.
     *  @param[in] pLogical Pointer to the logical volume of the division.
     *  @param[in] pMother Pointer to the logical volume of the mother.
     *  @param[in] pAxis The axis along which do the division.
     *  @param[in] nReplicas The number of copies to replicate.
     *  @param[in] offset The optional offset distance from mother's border.
     *  @returns The pointer to physical divided volume.
     */
    virtual G4VPhysicalVolume* CreatePVDivision(
                             const G4String& pName,
                                   G4LogicalVolume* pLogical,
                                   G4LogicalVolume* pMother,
                             const EAxis pAxis,
                             const G4int nReplicas,
                             const G4double offset ) = 0;
 
    /**
     * Creates a division, using the width of the division slice.
     *  @param[in] pName The volume name.
     *  @param[in] pLogical Pointer to the logical volume of the division.
     *  @param[in] pMother Pointer to the logical volume of the mother.
     *  @param[in] pAxis The axis along which do the division.
     *  @param[in] width The witdh of the divided slice along the axis.
     *  @param[in] offset The optional offset distance from mother's border.
     *  @returns The pointer to physical divided volume.
     */
    virtual G4VPhysicalVolume* CreatePVDivision(
                             const G4String& pName,
                                   G4LogicalVolume* pLogical,
                                   G4LogicalVolume* pMother,
                             const EAxis pAxis,
                             const G4double width,
                             const G4double offset ) = 0;
 
    /**
     * Creates a division, using a parameterisation algorithm.
     *  @param[in] pName The volume name.
     *  @param[in] pLogical Pointer to the logical volume of the division.
     *  @param[in] pMother Pointer to the logical volume of the mother.
     *  @param[in] param The pointer to the parameterisation algorithm.
     *  @returns The pointer to physical divided volume.
     */
    virtual G4VPhysicalVolume* CreatePVDivision(
                             const G4String& pName,
                                   G4LogicalVolume* pLogical,
                                   G4LogicalVolume* pMother,
                             const G4VPVParameterisation* param) = 0;
 
    /**
     * Returns true if 'pv' is a pointer to a division.
     */
    virtual G4bool IsPVDivision(const G4VPhysicalVolume* pv) const = 0;
 
  protected:
 
    /**
     * Protected default Constructor.
     */
    G4VPVDivisionFactory() = default;
 
  protected:
 
    /** The static pointer of the singleton instance. */
    static G4ThreadLocal G4VPVDivisionFactory* fgInstance;
};
 
#endif