+ /**
+ * Functions to use the FMD as an offline trigger. The idea is to read
+ * the data until we are certain we have one particle. If no particle is
+ * found the functions return kFALSE. These functions were added as a
+ * result of the discussions in the First Physics Working Group.
+ * *
+ * @param AliESDFMD* fmd the FMD data from one event.
+ */
+ static Bool_t GetFMDAsideBit(AliESDFMD* fmd);
+ static Bool_t GetFMDCsideBit(AliESDFMD* fmd);
+