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// $Id: G4CascadeMomentum.hh,v 1.5 2010/03/16 22:10:26 mkelsey Exp $
// GEANT4 tag $Name: geant4-09-04-beta-cand-01 $
//
// Class G4CascadeMomentum
//
// Class description:
//
// A simple wrapper class meant to replace the widespread use of
// std::vector<double> in the cascade mode code, which causes
// problems for performance due to excess memory allocations.
//
// NOTE:  The Bertini code does not pass legitimate four-vectors when
//        creating new particles; the new getLV() function takes an
//        optional mass argument (in Bertini units [GeV]) so that a
//        valid G4LorentzVector can be returned.
//
// Author: Peter Elmer, Princeton University                  7-Aug-2008
// Update: Michael Kelsey, SLAC (support G4LorentzVector)     8-Jan-2010
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef G4CASCADE_MOMENTUM_HH
#define G4CASCADE_MOMENTUM_HH

#include <cassert>

#include "G4Types.hh"
#include "G4LorentzVector.hh"
#include "G4ThreeVector.hh"

class G4CascadeMomentum
{
  public:
    G4CascadeMomentum() {for (int i=0; i<4; ++i) data_[i]=0.0;}

    // WARNING!  This metric is (t,x,y,z), DIFFERENT FROM HepLV!
    G4CascadeMomentum(const G4LorentzVector& lv) {
      setLV(lv);
    }

    G4double& operator[](int i) {
      assert(i>=0 && i<4);
      return data_[i];
    }
    const G4double& operator[](int i) const {
      assert(i>=0 && i<4);
      return data_[i];
    }

    operator const G4LorentzVector&() const {
      return getLV();                   // Casting can't do mass repairs
    }

    const G4LorentzVector& getLV(G4double mass=-1.) const {
      if (mass>=0.) lv.setVectM(get3V(),mass);          // Force input mass!
      else lv.set(data_[1],data_[2],data_[3],data_[0]);
      
      return lv;
    }

    G4ThreeVector get3V() const {
      return getLV().vect();
    }

    void setLV(const G4LorentzVector& lv) {
      data_[0] = lv.t();                // NOTE DIFFERENT METRIC CONVENTION!
      data_[1] = lv.x();
      data_[2] = lv.y();
      data_[3] = lv.z();
    }

    G4CascadeMomentum& operator=(const G4LorentzVector& lv) {
      setLV(lv);
      return *this;
    }

  private:
    G4double data_[4];
    mutable G4LorentzVector lv;         // Buffer for conversion operations
};

#endif