/* Copyright(c) 1998-1999, ALICE Experiment at CERN, All rights reserved. *
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// $Id$
// $MpId: AliMpVMotif.h,v 1.8 2006/05/24 13:58:18 ivana Exp $

/// \ingroup motif
/// \class AliMpVMotif
/// \brief Abstract base class for a motif with its unique ID and the motif type.
///
/// \author David Guez, Ivana Hrivnacova; IPN Orsay

#ifndef ALI_MP_V_MOTIF_H
#define ALI_MP_V_MOTIF_H

#include <TObject.h>
#include <TString.h>
#include <TVector2.h>

class AliMpMotifType;
class AliMpConnection;
class AliMpIntPair;

class AliMpVMotif : public TObject
{
 public:
  AliMpVMotif(const TString &id, AliMpMotifType *motifType);
  AliMpVMotif();
  virtual ~AliMpVMotif();

  // Access methods
  AliMpMotifType  *GetMotifType() const;
  TString          GetID() const;
                   /// Return the number of pad dimensions
  virtual Int_t    GetNofPadDimensions() const=0;
                   /// Return the i-th pad dimensions
  virtual TVector2 GetPadDimensions(Int_t i) const=0;
                   /// Return the dimensions of the pad specified by localIndices
  virtual TVector2 GetPadDimensions(const AliMpIntPair& localIndices) const=0;

  // Geometry
                   /// Return dimensions
  virtual TVector2 Dimensions() const=0;

  // Other methods
  AliMpConnection *FindConnectionByLocalPos(const TVector2& localPos) const;
  virtual void Print(Option_t *option) const;
                   /// Return local position of the pad specified by local indices
  virtual TVector2 PadPositionLocal(const AliMpIntPair& localIndices) const=0;
                   /// Return local indices of the pad specified by local position
  virtual AliMpIntPair PadIndicesLocal(const TVector2& localPos) const=0;

 private:
  /// Not implemented
  AliMpVMotif(const AliMpVMotif& right);
  /// Not implemented
  AliMpVMotif&  operator = (const AliMpVMotif& right);

  // data members 
  TString         fID;        ///< identifier
  AliMpMotifType *fMotifType; ///< the motif type

  ClassDef(AliMpVMotif,1) // A motif with its ID
};

// inline functions

/// Return the motif type
inline  AliMpMotifType* AliMpVMotif::GetMotifType() const {return fMotifType;}

/// Return the motif identifier
inline  TString  AliMpVMotif::GetID() const {return fID;}

#endif //ALI_MP_V_MOTIF_H