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// $Id$
// $MpId: AliMpVIndexed.h,v 1.7 2006/05/24 13:58:07 ivana Exp $

/// \ingroup basic
/// \class AliMpVIndexed
/// \brief Base class that defines the limits of global pad indices.
///
/// \author David Guez, Ivana Hrivnacova; IPN Orsay

#ifndef ALI_MP_V_INDEXED_H
#define ALI_MP_V_INDEXED_H

#include <TObject.h>

#include "AliMpIntPair.h"

class AliMpVPadIterator;

class AliMpVIndexed : public TObject
{
 public:
  AliMpVIndexed(const AliMpIntPair& lowLimit, const AliMpIntPair& highLimit);
  AliMpVIndexed();
  virtual ~AliMpVIndexed();

  // methods
          /// Create iterator over this element
  virtual AliMpVPadIterator* CreateIterator() const = 0;
  virtual AliMpIntPair  GlobalIndices(const AliMpIntPair& localIndices) const;

  // set methods
  void SetLowIndicesLimit(const AliMpIntPair& limit);
  void SetHighIndicesLimit(const AliMpIntPair& limit);

  // get methods
  Bool_t    HasIndices(const AliMpIntPair& indices) const;
  Bool_t    HasValidIndices() const;
  AliMpIntPair  GetLowIndicesLimit() const;
  AliMpIntPair  GetHighIndicesLimit() const;

 private:
  // data members 
  AliMpIntPair   fLowIndicesLimit;  ///<  the lowest global pad indices 
  AliMpIntPair   fHighIndicesLimit; ///<  the hihgest global pad indices 

  ClassDef(AliMpVIndexed,1) // A motif position
};

// inline functions

/// Set low indices limit
inline void AliMpVIndexed::SetLowIndicesLimit(const AliMpIntPair& limit)
{ fLowIndicesLimit = limit; }
  
/// Set high indices limit
inline void AliMpVIndexed::SetHighIndicesLimit(const AliMpIntPair& limit)
{ fHighIndicesLimit = limit; }  
  
/// Return low indices limit
inline AliMpIntPair AliMpVIndexed::GetLowIndicesLimit() const
{ return fLowIndicesLimit; }

/// Return high indices limit
inline AliMpIntPair AliMpVIndexed::GetHighIndicesLimit() const
{ return fHighIndicesLimit; }

#endif //ALI_MP_V_INDEXED_H