G4VDNAReactionModel.hh

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// Author: Mathieu Karamitros
 
// The code is developed in the framework of the ESA AO7146
//
// We would be very happy hearing from you, send us your feedback! :)
//
// In order for Geant4-DNA to be maintained and still open-source,
// article citations are crucial. 
// If you use Geant4-DNA chemistry and you publish papers about your software, 
// in addition to the general paper on Geant4-DNA:
//
// Int. J. Model. Simul. Sci. Comput. 1 (2010) 157–178
//
// we would be very happy if you could please also cite the following
// reference papers on chemistry:
//
// J. Comput. Phys. 274 (2014) 841-882
// Prog. Nucl. Sci. Tec. 2 (2011) 503-508 
 
#pragma once
 
#include "globals.hh"
 
class G4DNAMolecularReactionTable;
class G4MolecularConfiguration;
class G4Molecule;
class G4Track;
 
/**
  * G4VDNAReactionModel is an interface used by the G4DNAMolecularReaction process.
  * It defines how the reaction radius should be calculated and whether two molecules
  * can indeed react.
  */
class G4VDNAReactionModel
{
public :
    G4VDNAReactionModel();
    G4VDNAReactionModel(const G4VDNAReactionModel&) = delete;
    G4VDNAReactionModel& operator=(const G4VDNAReactionModel&) = delete;
    virtual ~G4VDNAReactionModel();
 
    virtual void Initialise(const G4MolecularConfiguration*, const G4Track&) {;}
    virtual void InitialiseToPrint(const G4MolecularConfiguration*) = 0 ;
    virtual G4double GetReactionRadius(const G4MolecularConfiguration*,
                                       const G4MolecularConfiguration*) = 0;
    virtual G4double GetReactionRadius(const G4int&) = 0;
    virtual G4bool FindReaction(const G4Track&, const G4Track&,
                                G4double /*reactionRadius*/,
                                G4double& /*separationDistance*/,
                                G4bool /*hasReachedUserTimeLimit*/) = 0;
 
    void SetReactionTable(const G4DNAMolecularReactionTable*);
    const G4DNAMolecularReactionTable* GetReactionTable();
 
protected :
    const G4DNAMolecularReactionTable* fpReactionTable ;
};