G4TouchableHistory.hh

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// G4TouchableHistory
//
// Class description:
//
// Object representing a touchable detector element, and its history in the
// geometrical hierarchy, including its net resultant local->global transform.
//
// Touchables are objects capable of maintaining an
// association between parts of the geometrical hierarchy (volumes
// &/or solids) and their resultant transformation.
//
// Utilisation:
// -----------
// A touchable is a geometrical volume (solid) which has a unique
// placement in a detector description. It is an abstract base class which 
// can be implemented in a variety of ways. Each way must provide the 
// capabilities of obtaining the transformation and solid that is described
// by the touchable. 
//
// All touchable implementations must respond to the two following "requests": 
//
//   1) GetTranslation and GetRotation that return the components of the
//      volume's transformation.
//
//   2) GetSolid that gives the solid of this touchable.
//
//
// Additional capabilities are available from implementations with more
// information. These have a default implementation that causes an exception. 
//
// Several capabilities are available from touchables with physical volumes:
//
//   3) GetVolume gives the physical volume.
//
//   4) GetReplicaNumber or GetCopyNumber gives the copy number of the
//      physical volume, either if it is replicated or not.
//
// Touchables that store volume hierarchy (history) have the whole stack of
// parent volumes available. Thus it is possible to add a little more state
// in order to extend its functionality. We add a "pointer" to a level and a
// member function to move the level in this stack. Then calling the above
// member functions for another level, the information for that level can be
// retrieved.  
//
// The top of the history tree is, by convention, the world volume.
//
//   5) GetHistoryDepth gives the depth of the history tree.
//
//   6) GetReplicaNumber/GetCopyNumber, GetVolume, GetTranslation and
//      GetRotation each can be called with a depth argument.
//      They return the value of the respective level of the touchable.
// 
//   7) MoveUpHistory(num) moves the current pointer inside the touchable
//      to point "num" levels up the history tree. Thus, eg, calling 
//      it with num=1 will cause the internal pointer to move to the mother 
//      of the current volume.
//      NOTE: this method MODIFIES the touchable.
//   
// An update method, with different arguments is available, so that the
// information in a touchable can be updated: 
//
//   8) UpdateYourself takes a physical volume pointer and can additionally
//      take a NavigationHistory.
 
// Created: Paul Kent, August 1996
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef G4TOUCHABLEHISTORY_HH
#define G4TOUCHABLEHISTORY_HH
 
#include "G4NavigationHistory.hh"
#include "G4Allocator.hh"
#include "G4LogicalVolume.hh"
#include "G4ThreeVector.hh"
#include "G4RotationMatrix.hh"
 
#include "geomwdefs.hh"
 
class G4TouchableHistory
{
  public:
 
    G4TouchableHistory(); 
      // The default constructor produces a touchable-history of 
      // 'zero-depth', ie an "unphysical" and not very unusable one.
      // It is for initialisation only.  
 
    G4TouchableHistory( const G4NavigationHistory& history );
      // Copy constructor
 
    virtual ~G4TouchableHistory();
      // Destructor
 
    inline virtual G4VPhysicalVolume* GetVolume( G4int depth = 0 ) const;
    inline virtual G4VSolid* GetSolid( G4int depth = 0 ) const;
    virtual const G4ThreeVector& GetTranslation( G4int depth = 0 ) const;
    virtual const G4RotationMatrix* GetRotation( G4int depth = 0 ) const;
 
    inline virtual G4int GetReplicaNumber( G4int depth = 0 ) const;
    inline G4int GetCopyNumber( G4int depth = 0 ) const;
    inline virtual G4int GetHistoryDepth()  const;
    virtual G4int MoveUpHistory( G4int num_levels = 1 );
      // Access methods for touchables with history
 
    virtual void  UpdateYourself( G4VPhysicalVolume* pPhysVol,
                            const G4NavigationHistory* history = nullptr ); 
      // Update methods for touchables with history
 
    inline virtual const G4NavigationHistory* GetHistory() const;
      // Internal: used in G4Navigator::LocateGlobalPointAndSetup().
 
    inline void* operator new(std::size_t);
    inline void operator delete(void* aTH);
      // Override "new" and "delete" to use "G4Allocator".
 
   private:
 
    inline G4int CalculateHistoryIndex( G4int stackDepth ) const;
 
    G4RotationMatrix frot;
    G4ThreeVector ftlate;
    G4NavigationHistory fhistory;
};
 
#include "G4TouchableHistory.icc"
 
#endif