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#ifndef G4VParticlePropertyRetriever_h
#define G4VParticlePropertyRetriever_h 1

#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4ios.hh"
#include <vector>

#include "G4ParticlePropertyData.hh"
#include "G4ParticlePropertyTable.hh"

class G4VParticlePropertyRetriever
{
 public:
  //constructors
  G4VParticlePropertyRetriever();
  
  //destructor
  virtual ~G4VParticlePropertyRetriever();
  
 public:
  // equality operators
  G4int operator==(const G4VParticlePropertyRetriever &right) const 
  {   return (this == &right);    }
  
  G4int operator!=(const G4VParticlePropertyRetriever &right) const 
  {   return (this != &right);    }
  
 public:
  virtual void Retrieve(const G4String& option) = 0;
  // print out particle properties in the list

 protected:
  G4ParticlePropertyTable*  pPropertyTable;

};

inline
 G4VParticlePropertyRetriever::G4VParticlePropertyRetriever()
{
  pPropertyTable =   G4ParticlePropertyTable::GetParticlePropertyTable();
}

/////////////////////////////
inline
 G4VParticlePropertyRetriever::~G4VParticlePropertyRetriever()
{
  pPropertyTable->Clear();
}    


#endif