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// --------------------------------------------------------------
//	GEANT 4 class implementation file 
//
//      History: first implementation, based on object model of
//      10 oct 1998  H.Kurashige
// ---------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef G4ExcitedBaryonConstructor_h
#define G4ExcitedBaryonConstructor_h 1

#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4ios.hh"
class     G4DecayTable;

class G4ExcitedBaryonConstructor
{
  //This class is a utility class for construction 
  //short lived particles

  public:
    G4ExcitedBaryonConstructor(G4int nStates = 0, G4int isoSpin=0);
    virtual  ~G4ExcitedBaryonConstructor();
  
  public:
    virtual  void Construct(G4int indexOfState = -1);
 
  protected:
    virtual  void ConstructParticle(G4int indexOfState);
    virtual  void ConstructAntiParticle(G4int indexOfState);
    
    
    virtual  G4double GetCharge(G4int iIsoSpin3);
    virtual  G4int    GetEncoding(G4int iIsoSpin3, G4int idxState);

  protected:
    G4int NumberOfStates;
    G4int iIsoSpin;

    const G4String type;
    const G4int    iConjugation;
    const G4int    iGParity;
    const G4int    leptonNumber;
    const G4int    baryonNumber;

    // following methods are pure virtual
    // thes methods should be implemented in derived classes
    virtual  G4bool   Exist( G4int ) = 0;
    virtual  G4int    GetQuarkContents(G4int, G4int)=0;
    virtual  G4String GetName(G4int, G4int )=0;
    virtual  G4String GetMultipletName(G4int)=0;
    virtual  G4double GetMass( G4int state, G4int iso)=0;
    virtual  G4double GetWidth( G4int state, G4int iso)=0;
    virtual  G4int    GetiSpin( G4int )=0;
    virtual  G4int    GetiParity( G4int )=0;
    virtual  G4int    GetEncodingOffset( G4int )=0;
    virtual  G4DecayTable* CreateDecayTable(const G4String&,
					    G4int , G4int, G4bool)=0;
};

#endif