#ifndef ALIHFETOOLS_H
#define ALIHFETOOLS_H

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/* $Id$ */ 

//
// Toolkit containing various usefull things
// Usable everywhere in the hfe software package
// For more information see the cxx file
//
#include <TObject.h>

class TParticle;
class AliAODMCParticle;
class AliESDpid;
class AliAODpidUtil;
class AliVParticle;

class AliHFEtools : public TObject{
  public:
    AliHFEtools();
    ~AliHFEtools() {};

    static Double_t *MakeLinearBinning(Int_t nBins, Double_t ymin, Double_t ymax);
    static Double_t *MakeLogarithmicBinning(Int_t nBins, Double_t ymin, Double_t ymax);
    Bool_t    BinLogAxis(TObject *o, Int_t dim);
    static Float_t GetRapidity(const TParticle *part);
    static Float_t GetRapidity(const AliAODMCParticle *part); // return rapidity
    static Int_t GetPdg(const AliVParticle *track);
    static Int_t PDG2AliPID(Int_t pdg);
    static AliESDpid *GetDefaultPID(Bool_t isMC = kTRUE);
    static AliAODpidUtil *GetDefaultAODPID(Bool_t isMC = kTRUE);
    static void DestroyDefaultPID();
    static void SetLogLevel(Int_t loglevel) { fgLogLevel = loglevel ;}

  private:
      static AliESDpid *fgDefaultPID;           // Default PID object
      static AliAODpidUtil *fgDefaultPIDaod;    // Default PID object
      static Int_t fgLogLevel;                  // Log Level

    ClassDef(AliHFEtools, 0)
};
#endif