- Adding alternate versions of methods for handling regional structures and

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/* $Id$ */

//
// Generator to simulate beam gas interactions.
// At present single interactions are read from an external file. 
// Several interactions are combined in one event.
// By default the vertex is smeared between +/- 20 m
// Author: andreas.morsch@cern.ch

#include "AliGenBeamGas.h"

#include <TParticle.h>


ClassImp(AliGenBeamGas)

AliGenBeamGas::AliGenBeamGas()
    :AliGenExtFile(), 
     fInteractions(1)
{
//  Constructor
//
    fOsigma[0] =    0.;
    fOsigma[1] =    0.;
    fOsigma[2] = 2000.;
}

//____________________________________________________________

AliGenBeamGas::~AliGenBeamGas()
{
// Destructor
    delete fReader;
}

//___________________________________________________________
void AliGenBeamGas::Init()
{
// Initialize
    AliGenExtFile::Init();
}

    
void AliGenBeamGas::Generate()
{
// Generate particles

  Float_t polar[3]  = {0,0,0};
  Float_t origin[3] = {0,0,0};
  Float_t p[3];
  Float_t random[2];
  Int_t i, nt;
  Int_t nInt = 0;
  
  while(nInt < fInteractions) {
//
      Rndm(random,2);
//
//  Interaction vertex
//
      origin[2] = 2. * fOsigma[2] * random[0] - fOsigma[2];
//
//    beam 1 or 2
//      
      Float_t ibeam = (random[1] < 0.5) ? -1. : 1.;
      
//
//    Read next event
//      
      Int_t nTracks = fReader->NextEvent(); 	
      if (nTracks == 0) {
	  // printf("\n No more events !!! !\n");
	  Warning("AliGenBeamGas::Generate",
		  "\nNo more events in external file!!!\n Last event may be empty or incomplete.\n");
	  return;
      }
      
      //
      // Stack filling loop
      //
      for (i = 0; i < nTracks; i++) {
	  TParticle* iparticle = fReader->NextParticle();
	  p[0] = iparticle->Px();
	  p[1] = iparticle->Py();
	  p[2] = iparticle->Pz() * ibeam;
	
	  Int_t idpart     = iparticle->GetPdgCode();
	  Int_t decayed    = iparticle->GetFirstDaughter();
	  Int_t doTracking = fTrackIt && (decayed < 0) && (TMath::Abs(idpart) > 10);
	  PushTrack(doTracking,-1,idpart,p,origin,polar,0,kPPrimary,nt);
	  KeepTrack(nt);
      } // track loop
      nInt++;
  } // event loop
//
  SetHighWaterMark(nt);
//
  CdEventFile();
}