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// $Id: G3EleTable.hh,v 1.8 2006/06/29 18:11:51 gunter Exp $
// GEANT4 tag $Name: geant4-09-03 $
//
// ----------------------
// Class description:
//
// The table of elements.
// In the constructor an array of strings with element name,
// symbol and A are created. 
// The G4Element instances of given Z are created when
// GetEle(G4double Z) is called using the string array.
// For each Z the G4Element is created only once.

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

#ifndef G4ELETABLE_HH
#define G4ELETABLE_HH 1

#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4Element.hh"

class G3EleTable
{

public:  // with description

  G3EleTable();
  virtual ~G3EleTable();
  G4Element* GetEle(G4double Z);

private:

  void LoadUp();
  G4int parse(G4double& Z, char* name, char* sym, G4double& A); 

private:

  char** _EleNames;
  G4Element** _Ele;
  G4int _MaxEle;

};

extern G3EleTable G3Ele;
#endif
