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// $Id: G4AttDefStore.hh,v 1.6 2004/06/07 08:54:00 gcosmo Exp $
// GEANT4 tag $Name: geant4-07-01 $

#ifndef G4ATTDEFSTORE_HH
#define G4ATTDEFSTORE_HH

#include "globals.hh"
#include <map>

class G4AttDef;

class G4AttDefStore
{
  public:

    static std::map<G4String,G4AttDef>*
    GetInstance(G4String storeName, G4bool& isNew);
      // Returns a pointer to the named store
      // and isNew is true if store is new.
      // The store keeps the ownership of the returned
      // pointer to the map.

    ~G4AttDefStore();
      // Destructor.

  protected:

    G4AttDefStore();

  private:

    G4AttDefStore(const G4AttDefStore&);
    G4AttDefStore& operator=(const G4AttDefStore&);

    static std::map<G4String,std::map<G4String,G4AttDef>*> m_stores;
    static G4AttDefStore* theInstance;
};

#endif //G4ATTDEFSTORE_H