G4VModel.hh

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// John Allison  31st December 1997.
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// Class Description:
//
// G4VModel is a base class for visualization models.  A model is a
// graphics-system-indepedent description of a Geant4 component.
// The key fuctionality of a model is to know how to describe itself
// to a scene handler.  A scene is a collection of models.
// A special case is made for G4PhysicalVolumeModel - a non-null pointer
// is to be returned by G4PhysicalVolumeModel::GetG4PhysicalVolumeModel().

#ifndef G4VMODEL_HH
#define G4VMODEL_HH

#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4VisExtent.hh"
#include "G4Transform3D.hh"

class G4VGraphicsScene;
class G4ModelingParameters;

class G4PhysicalVolumeModel;  // Special case - see above.

class G4VModel {

public: // With description

  friend std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream& os, const G4VModel&);

  G4VModel
  (const G4Transform3D& modelTransformation = G4Transform3D(),
   const G4ModelingParameters* = 0);
   
  virtual ~G4VModel ();

  virtual void DescribeYourselfTo (G4VGraphicsScene&) = 0;
  // The main task of a model is to describe itself to the graphics scene.

  const G4ModelingParameters* GetModelingParameters () const;

  const G4String& GetType() const;
  // The sub-class should set its type, which could be the class
  // name, or, in the case of G4CallBackModel, it could be the type of
  // object it is coding.

  virtual G4String GetCurrentDescription () const;
  // A description which depends on the current state of the model.

  virtual G4String GetCurrentTag () const;
  // A tag which depends on the current state of the model.

  const G4VisExtent& GetExtent () const;
  // Extent of visible objects in local coordinate system.

  const G4String& GetGlobalDescription () const;
  // A description which does not change and lasts the life of the model.

  const G4String& GetGlobalTag () const;
  // A tag which does not change and lasts the life of the model.

  const G4Transform3D& GetTransformation () const;
  // Model transformation, i.e., position and orientation of model in
  // world.  It is the responsibility of the model to apply this
  // transformation before passing items to the graphics scene.

  // Set methods for above...
  void SetModelingParameters (const G4ModelingParameters*);
  void SetExtent (const G4VisExtent&);
  void SetType (const G4String&);
  void SetGlobalDescription (const G4String&);
  void SetGlobalTag (const G4String&);
  void SetTransformation (const G4Transform3D&);

  virtual G4bool Validate (G4bool warn = true);
  // Validate, but allow internal changes (hence non-const function).

protected:

  G4String                    fType;
  G4String                    fGlobalTag;
  G4String                    fGlobalDescription;
  G4VisExtent                 fExtent;
  G4Transform3D               fTransform;           
  const G4ModelingParameters* fpMP;

private:

  // Private copy constructor and assigment operator - copying and
  // assignment not allowed.  Keeps CodeWizard happy.
  G4VModel (const G4VModel&);
  G4VModel& operator = (const G4VModel&);
};

#include "G4VModel.icc"

#endif