G4VWeightWindowStore.hh

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// Class G4VWeightWindowStore
//
// Class description:
//
// Interface class for a weight window store. It defines how the lower 
// weight window bound can be obtained from a weight window store.
// 
 
// Author: Michael Dressel (Michael.Dressel@cern.ch)
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#ifndef G4VWeightWindowStore_hh
#define G4VWeightWindowStore_hh G4VWeightWindowStore_hh
 
#include "globals.hh"
 
class G4GeometryCell;
class G4VPhysicalVolume;
 
class  G4VWeightWindowStore
{
 
public:  // with description
 
  G4VWeightWindowStore();
  virtual  ~G4VWeightWindowStore();
 
  virtual G4double GetLowerWeight(const G4GeometryCell &gCell, 
                            G4double partEnergy) const = 0;
    // derive a lower weight bound value of a "cell" addresed by a 
    // G4GeometryCell and the coresponding energy from the store.
 
  virtual G4bool IsKnown(const G4GeometryCell &gCell) const = 0;
    // returns true if the gCell is in the store, else false 
 
 
  virtual const G4VPhysicalVolume &GetWorldVolume() const = 0;
    // return a reference to the wolrd volume of the 
    // geometry
};
 
#endif