include/Geant4/G4BiasingHelper.hh

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0030 // G4BiasingHelper
0031 //
0032 // Class Description:
0033 //    A utility class to help configuring code for biasing.
0034 //
0035 //
0036 //---------------------------------------------------------------
0037 //   Initial version                         Sep. 2013 M. Verderi
0038
0039
0040 #ifndef G4BiasingHelper_h
0041 #define G4BiasingHelper_h 1
0042
0043 #include "globals.hh"
0044
0045 class G4ProcessManager;
0046 class G4ParallelGeometriesLimiterProcess;
0047
0048 #include <vector>
0049
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0051
0052 class G4BiasingHelper
0053 {
0054 public:
0055   // -- Substitute, in the process manager passed, physics process "physicsProcessToBias"
0056   // -- with a version wrapped by a G4BiasingProcessInterface wrapped, to put this physics
0057   // -- process under biasing.
0058   // -- Only processes of process type 2 (EM), 3 (Optical), 4 (Had.) and 6 (Decay) will be
0059   // -- wrapped.
0060   // -- A name for this wrapped process can be given (otherwise a default one is provided:
0061   // -- e.g. for process "phot" this will be "biasWrapper(phot)").
0062   static G4bool    ActivatePhysicsBiasing(G4ProcessManager* pmanager, G4String physicsProcessToBias,
0063                       G4String wrappedName = "");
0064   // -- Insert, in the process manager passed, a G4BiasingProcessInterface process that
0065   // -- will deal with non-modifying physics biasing (splitting, killing). A name for
0066   // -- this process can be passed, otherwise the default name "biasWrapper(0)" is used.
0067   static void   ActivateNonPhysicsBiasing(G4ProcessManager* pmanager,
0068                       G4String nonPhysicsProcessName = "");
0069
0070   // -- Add a G4ParallelGeometriesLimiterProcess instance to the given process manager
0071   // -- The pointer of the added process is returned.
0072   static G4ParallelGeometriesLimiterProcess* AddLimiterProcess(G4ProcessManager* pmanager,
0073                                    const G4String& processName = "biasLimiter");
0074 };
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0077
0078 #endif