IHitReader.h

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/**
 *  @file   IHitReader.h
 *
 *  @brief  This provides an art tool interface definition for reading hits into the SpacePointSolver universe
 *
 *  @author usher@slac.stanford.edu
 *
 */
#ifndef IHitReader_h
#define IHitReader_h

// Framework Includes
#include "fhiclcpp/ParameterSet.h"

// Algorithm includes
#include "canvas/Persistency/Common/Ptr.h"
#include "lardataobj/RecoBase/Hit.h"

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
namespace reco3d
{
/**
 *  @brief  IHitReader interface class definiton
 */
class IHitReader
{
public:
    /**
     *  @brief  Virtual Destructor
     */
    virtual ~IHitReader() noexcept = default;

    /**
     *  @brief Interface for configuring the particular algorithm tool
     *
     *  @param ParameterSet  The input set of parameters for configuration
     */
    virtual void configure(const fhicl::ParameterSet&) = 0;

    /**
     *  @brief Scan an input collection of clusters and modify those according
     *         to the specific implementing algorithm
     *
     *  @param clusterParametersList A list of cluster objects (parameters from associated hits)
     */
    virtual bool readHits(const std::vector<art::Ptr<recob::Hit>>&,       // input hits
                          std::vector<art::Ptr<recob::Hit>>&,             // output hits plane 0
                          std::vector<art::Ptr<recob::Hit>>&,             // output hits plane 1
                          std::vector<art::Ptr<recob::Hit>>&) const = 0;  // output hits plane 2

};

} // namespace lar_cluster3d
#endif