1 package org.lcsim.event;
2
3 import java.util.List;
4
5 /**
6 * A raw tracker hit, as expected in raw data from a real detector.
7 *
8 * @author tonyj
9 * @version $Id: RawTrackerHit.java,v 1.10 2008/08/20 01:34:21 jeremy Exp $
10 */
11 public interface RawTrackerHit extends Hit {
12
13 /**
14 * Returns a time measurement associated with the adc values.
15 * E.g. the t0 of the spectrum for the TPC. Subdetector dependent.
16 */
17 int getTime();
18
19 /**
20 * Returns the array of ADCValues.
21 * The array may be of length 1 if this detector only reads out a single value per cell.
22 * The value may also need decoding (for example the KPiX chip uses one bit as a
23 * range indicator).
24 */
25 short[] getADCValues();
26
27 /**
28 * Returns the detector specific cell id.
29 */
30 long getCellID();
31
32 /**
33 * Returns the associated SimTrackerHit. Note this may be <code>null</code>
34 * if there is no associated SimTrackerHit (for example because this is a noise
35 * hit, or because there is no MC information.)
36 */
37 List<SimTrackerHit> getSimTrackerHits();
38 }