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// $Id: G4tgrPlace.hh,v 1.6 2010-10-13 07:56:55 gcosmo Exp $
// GEANT4 tag $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
//
//
// class G4tgrPlace
//
// Class description:
//
// Abstract base class to describe the position of a G4tgrVolume inside
// another G4tgrVolume.

// History:
// - Created.                                 P.Arce, CIEMAT (November 2007)
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifndef G4tgrPlace_h
#define G4tgrPlace_h

#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4ThreeVector.hh"

class G4tgrVolume;

class G4tgrPlace
{
  public:  // with description

    G4tgrPlace();
    virtual ~G4tgrPlace();

    // Accessors

    const G4String& GetParentName() const { return theParentName; }
    G4tgrVolume* GetVolume() const { return theVolume; }
    unsigned int GetCopyNo() const { return theCopyNo; }
    const G4String& GetType() const { return theType; }
    void SetVolume( G4tgrVolume* vol ) { theVolume = vol; }
    void SetType( const G4String& typ ){ theType = typ; }

    virtual G4ThreeVector GetPlacement() const;

  protected:

    G4tgrVolume* theVolume;
      // The detunit to which it belongs

    G4String theParentName;  
      // The parent (by name, as we will allow that a child
      // is placed in the file before the parent is created) 

    unsigned int theCopyNo;
      // The copy number

    G4String theType;
      // The type (simple/replica/param)
};

#endif