The files in this directory are the files that were used to build ../include/Marshaled*.hh . The files ../include/Marshaled*.hh contain marshaling (serialization) routines that are used by Parallel Geantr4. Marshalgen is a package that allows one to add a small number of annotations to the original sequential code, in order to create marshalling or serialization routines. Those marshalling routines are then used by ParGeant4 to pass data between slave processes and the master process. INPUT FILES: 1. G4*.hh : The files *.hh are taken from Geant4. They include annotations (comments) that describe how to marshal individual fields of the given classes. These files have additional annotations that describe how to marshal individual fields of the given classes. For a new application, you have to change any references to Ex* to your own example/application include files. These files are then reused in the new Geant4 parallel application. 2. ../include/Ex*Hit.hh : These files are the original sequential Geant4 application files that describe the application-defined hits. They remain in the application include directory because they may depend on other files in the include directory. For most new parallel Geant4 applications, these files are sufficiently simple, that one needs only to add Marshalgen begin and end comments bracketing the class that needs to be marshalled, and a small number of annotations specifying accessor functions to get and set fields in the class. It may also be necessary to include marshalling include files, if it is necessary to marshal other Geant4 data structures. Information on how to marshal the fields, etc., is in the Marshalgen manual, along with the Marshalgen package: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/gene/marshalgen Marshalgen was then called on the above input files. One calls: ./marshalgen *.hh ./marshalgen ../include/Ex*Hit.hh OUTPUT FILES: 3. *.msh : These files are intermediate files generated automatically by marshalgen ( http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/gene/marshalgen ) These files can be deleted if desired. 4. Marshaled*.h : These files are generated by Marshalgen. They include of type both MarshaledEx*.h and MarshaledG4*.h . (In addition, the file MarshaledObj.h is copied directly from the Marshalgen distribution.) These files are all copied to the include directory of the Geant4 parallel application. They provide the marshalling functions that are then used by Geant4.