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// INCL++ intra-nuclear cascade model
// Pekka Kaitaniemi, CEA and Helsinki Institute of Physics
// Davide Mancusi, CEA
// Alain Boudard, CEA
// Sylvie Leray, CEA
// Joseph Cugnon, University of Liege
//
// INCL++ revision: v5.0_rc3
//
#define INCLXX_IN_GEANT4_MODE 1

#include "globals.hh"

/*
 * IAvatar.hh
 *
 *  Created on: 4 June 2009
 *      Author: Pekka Kaitaniemi
 */

#ifndef IAVATAR_HH_
#define IAVATAR_HH_

#include "G4INCLIChannel.hh"
#include "G4INCLParticle.hh"
#include "G4INCLFinalState.hh"
#include <string>

namespace G4INCL {

  enum AvatarType {SurfaceAvatarType, CollisionAvatarType, DecayAvatarType};

  class IAvatar {
  public:
    IAvatar();
    IAvatar(G4double time);
    virtual ~IAvatar();

    virtual G4INCL::IChannel* getChannel() const = 0;
    G4INCL::FinalState *getFinalState();
    virtual void preInteraction() = 0;
    virtual FinalState *postInteraction(FinalState *) = 0;

    G4double getTime() const { return theTime; };

    virtual ParticleList getParticles() const = 0;

    virtual std::string dump() const = 0;

    AvatarType getType() const { return type; };
    G4bool isACollision() const { return (type==CollisionAvatarType); };
    G4bool isADecay() const { return (type==DecayAvatarType); };
    void setType(AvatarType t) { type = t; };
    long getID() const { return ID; };

    std::string toString();
  private:
    long ID;
    AvatarType type;
    static long nextID;
  protected:
    G4double theTime;
  };

  typedef std::list<IAvatar*>::const_iterator IAvatarIter;
}

#endif /* IAVATAR_HH_ */