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// File and Version Information:
// $Id$
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// Description:
//      Owns the TpcPadShapes, can read them from a file and returns the 
//      right shape after getting its ID.
//
// Environment:
//      Software developed for the PANDA Detector at FAIR.
//
// Author List:
//      Cristoforo Simonetto    TUM            (original author)
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//
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#ifndef TPCPADSHAPEPOOL_HH
#define TPCPADSHAPEPOOL_HH

// Base Class Headers ----------------

// Collaborating Class Headers -------
#include <vector>
#include <ostream>
// Collaborating Class Declarations --
class TpcAbsPadShape;
class TpcGem;

class TpcPadShapePool {
public:

  // Constructors/Destructors ---------
  TpcPadShapePool();
  TpcPadShapePool(const char* const filename,
		    const TpcGem& gem, 
		    const double _range,      
		    const double _step,
		    const double _intStep);
  ~TpcPadShapePool();

  // Operators
  friend std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& s, const TpcPadShapePool& me);
  

  // Accessors -----------------------
  TpcAbsPadShape* GetPadShape(const unsigned int _ID) const;

  // Modifiers -----------------------
  //PadShapePool will take ownership
  // The user is responsible for Building the PRLookupTable
  void AddPadShape(TpcAbsPadShape* padshape);
  void RemovePadShape(const unsigned int _ID);//deletes it
  //PadShapePool will take ownership
  // PadShapePool will build the PRLookupTables
  void ReadFromFile(const char* const filename);
  void BuildLookupTable(const TpcGem& gem,
			const double _range,      
			const double _step,
			const double _intStep);
private:

  // Private Data Members ------------
  std::vector<TpcAbsPadShape*> references;

  // Private Methods -----------------
  bool TryAddingPadShape(TpcAbsPadShape* padshape);
  bool ReadLine(std::ifstream& infile);
  TpcAbsPadShape* ReadShape(const char* const line);
  TpcAbsPadShape* ReadPolygon(const char* const line);
};

#endif

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