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// This is the *BASIC* version of IORT, a Geant4-based application
//
// Main Authors: G.Russo(a,b), C.Casarino*(c), G.C. Candiano(c), G.A.P. Cirrone(d), F.Romano(d)
// Contributor Authors: S.Guatelli(e)
// Past Authors: G.Arnetta(c), S.E.Mazzaglia(d)
//    
//   (a) Fondazione Istituto San Raffaele G.Giglio, Cefalù, Italy
//   (b) IBFM-CNR , Segrate (Milano), Italy
//   (c) LATO (Laboratorio di Tecnologie Oncologiche), Cefalù, Italy
//   (d) Laboratori Nazionali del Sud of the INFN, Catania, Italy
//   (e) University of Wollongong, Australia
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//   *Corresponding author, email to carlo.casarino@polooncologicocefalu.it
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#ifndef IORTStepMax_h
#define IORTStepMax_h 1

#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4VDiscreteProcess.hh"
#include "G4ParticleDefinition.hh"
#include "G4Step.hh"

class IORTStepMaxMessenger;

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
class IORTStepMax : public G4VDiscreteProcess
{
  public:     

     IORTStepMax(const G4String& processName ="UserStepMax");
    ~IORTStepMax();

     G4bool   IsApplicable(const G4ParticleDefinition&);    
     void     SetMaxStep(G4double);
     G4double GetMaxStep() {return MaxChargedStep;};
     
     G4double PostStepGetPhysicalInteractionLength( const G4Track& track,
			                     G4double   previousStepSize,
			                     G4ForceCondition* condition);

     G4VParticleChange* PostStepDoIt(const G4Track&, const G4Step&);

     G4double GetMeanFreePath(const G4Track&, G4double, G4ForceCondition*)
       {return 0.;};     // it is not needed here !

  private:

     G4double    MaxChargedStep;
     IORTStepMaxMessenger* pMess;
};

#endif