#ifndef _evt_SimRadioPulse_h_
#define _evt_SimRadioPulse_h_

#include <vector>
#include <utl/CoordinateSystem.h>
#include <utl/Point.h>
#include <utl/Trace.h>
#include <utl/ShadowPtr.h>

namespace evt {

  /**
     \class SimRadioPulse SimRadioPulse.h "evt/SimRadioPulse.h"
     
     \brief Data structure for simulated Radio pulses
     
     \author Tim Huege
     \date 11 Aug 2008
     \version $Id$
     
     \todo a lot
     \ingroup shower
  */

  class SimRadioPulse {

  public:
    SimRadioPulse();
    
    double GetBinning() const { return fEfieldTimeSeries->GetBinning(); } ///< Get the sampling time scale

    void SetBinning(const double samplingtime) ///< Set the sampling time scale
    { fEfieldTimeSeries->SetBinning(samplingtime); }

    double GetStartTime() const { return fStartTime; } ///< Get the timestamp of the first sample

    void SetStartTime(const double starttime) ///< Set the timestamp of the first sample
    { fStartTime = starttime; }

    const utl::TraceV3D& GetEfieldTimeSeries() const { return *fEfieldTimeSeries; } ///< Get the Trace of the simulated electric field
    utl::TraceV3D& GetEfieldTimeSeries() { return *fEfieldTimeSeries; } ///< Get the Trace of the simulated electric field

    utl::Point GetLocation(const utl::CoordinateSystemPtr& localCoordinateSystem) const ///< Get the location to which the radio pulse is associated, based on a given local coordinate system
    {
      return utl::Point(fRelativeNorthing, fRelativeEasting, fRelativeHeight, localCoordinateSystem);
    } 

    void SetRelativeCoordinates(double northing, double easting, double height)
    {
      fRelativeNorthing = northing;
      fRelativeEasting = easting;
      fRelativeHeight = height;
    }

  private:

    double fStartTime;	///< absolute time of the first sample of the time-series
    utl::InitializedShadowPtr<utl::TraceV3D> fEfieldTimeSeries;	///< the Trace holding the electric field time series
    double fRelativeNorthing; ///< the location at which the pulse was simulated
    double fRelativeEasting;
    double fRelativeHeight;
 };

}


#endif

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