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// $Id: G4VEMDataSet.hh,v 1.9 2007/10/15 08:31:49 pia Exp $
// GEANT4 tag $Name: geant4-09-01-patch-02 $
//
// Author: Maria Grazia Pia (Maria.Grazia.Pia@cern.ch)
//
// History:
// -----------
// 31 Jul 2001   MGP        Created
//
// -------------------------------------------------------------------

// Class description:
// Low Energy Electromagnetic Physics
// Data set for an electromagnetic physics process
// A strategy pattern is used to encapsulate algorithms for data interpolation
// Further documentation available from http://www.ge.infn.it/geant4/lowE

// -------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifndef   G4VEMDATASET_HH
 #define  G4VEMDATASET_HH 1

 #include "globals.hh"
 #include "G4DataVector.hh"

 class G4VEMDataSet 
 { 
  public:
                                                G4VEMDataSet() { }
   virtual                                     ~G4VEMDataSet() { }
  
   virtual G4double                             FindValue(G4double argEnergy, G4int argComponentId=0) const = 0;
 
   virtual void                                 PrintData(void) const = 0;
  
   virtual const G4VEMDataSet *                 GetComponent(G4int argComponentId) const = 0;
   virtual void                                 AddComponent(G4VEMDataSet * argDataSet) = 0;
   virtual size_t                               NumberOfComponents(void) const = 0;
 
   virtual const G4DataVector &                 GetEnergies(G4int argComponentId) const = 0;
   virtual const G4DataVector &                 GetData(G4int argComponentId) const = 0;
   virtual void                                 SetEnergiesData(G4DataVector * argEnergies, G4DataVector * argData, G4int argComponent=0) = 0;
 
   virtual G4bool                               LoadData(const G4String & argFileName) = 0;
   virtual G4bool                               SaveData(const G4String & argFileName) const = 0;
   
  private:
   // Hide copy constructor and assignment operator 
                                                G4VEMDataSet(const G4VEMDataSet & copy);
   G4VEMDataSet &                               operator=(const G4VEMDataSet & right);
 };
#endif /* G4VEMDATASET_HH */