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// $Id: G4VEMDataSet.hh,v 1.6 2002/05/28 09:15:26 pia Exp $
// GEANT4 tag $Name: geant4-05-00 $
//
// Author: Maria Grazia Pia (Maria.Grazia.Pia@cern.ch)
//
// History:
// -----------
// 31 Jul 2001   MGP        Created
//
// -------------------------------------------------------------------

// Class description:
// Low Energy Electromagnetic Physics
// Data set for an electromagnetic physics process
// A strategy pattern is used to encapsulate algorithms for data interpolation
// Further documentation available from http://www.ge.infn.it/geant4/lowE

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

#ifndef G4VEMDATASET_HH
#define G4VEMDATASET_HH 1

#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4DataVector.hh"

class G4VDataSetAlgorithm;

class G4VEMDataSet 
{ 
public:

  G4VEMDataSet() { }

  virtual ~G4VEMDataSet() { }
 
  virtual G4double FindValue(G4double e, G4int id = 0) const = 0;

  virtual void PrintData() const = 0;

  virtual const G4VEMDataSet* GetComponent(G4int i) const = 0;

  virtual void AddComponent(G4VEMDataSet* dataSet) = 0;

  virtual size_t NumberOfComponents() const = 0;

  virtual const G4DataVector& GetEnergies(G4int i) const = 0;
  virtual const G4DataVector& GetData(G4int i) const = 0;
  
protected:

private:

  // Hide copy constructor and assignment operator 
  G4VEMDataSet(const  G4VEMDataSet&);
  G4VEMDataSet & operator=(const G4VEMDataSet &right);

};
 
#endif