Acts/Material/AccumulatedVolumeMaterial.hpp

0001 // This file is part of the ACTS project.
0002 //
0003 // Copyright (C) 2016 CERN for the benefit of the ACTS project
0004 //
0005 // This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
0006 // License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
0007 // file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
0008
0009 #pragma once
0010
0011 #include "Acts/Material/MaterialSlab.hpp"
0012
0013 namespace Acts {
0014
0015 class Material;
0016
0017 /// Accumulate and average volume-based material properties.
0018 ///
0019 /// This class is intended to be used during the mapping process.
0020 class AccumulatedVolumeMaterial {
0021  public:
0022   /// Add one entry with the given material properties.
0023   /// @param mat The material slab to accumulate
0024   void accumulate(const MaterialSlab& mat);
0025
0026   /// Compute the average material collected so far.
0027   ///
0028   /// @returns Vacuum properties if no matter has been accumulated yet.
0029   const Material& average() { return m_average.material(); }
0030
0031  private:
0032   MaterialSlab m_average = MaterialSlab::Nothing();
0033 };
0034
0035 }  // namespace Acts