EDepSimSDFactory.hh

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// $Id: EDepSim::SDFactory.hh,v 1.1 2004/12/04 17:33:13 jnurep Exp $
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#ifndef EDepSim_SDFactory_hh_seen
#define EDepSim_SDFactory_hh_seen

#include <G4String.hh>
class G4VSensitiveDetector;

/// Create an object to build a sensitive detector (SD) based on a name and
/// type.  The name of the SD will be used by the G4 SD manager to see if the
/// detector already exists.  If it doesn't then a new SD of "type" will be
/// built.
namespace EDepSim {class SDFactory;}
class EDepSim::SDFactory {
public:
    /// Build a factory to build sensitive detectors specified by "type".
    SDFactory(G4String type);
    virtual ~SDFactory();

    /// Get pointer to a sensitive detector built by this factory, but return
    /// null if the detector doesn't exist.
    G4VSensitiveDetector* GetSD(G4String name);

    /// Get pointer to a sensitive detector built by this factory, and create
    /// a new sensitive detector if required.
    G4VSensitiveDetector* MakeSD(G4String name);
    
private:
    /// The type of sensitive detector that this will build.
    G4String fType;

};
#endif