1 package org.lcsim.event;
2
3 /** Tracker pulses as computed from TrackerData objects or as directly measured by a specific
4 * subdetector. Typically TrackerHIts are created from TrackerPulses by some sort of clustering.
5 * @see TrackerRawData
6 * @see TrackerData
7 *
8 * @author gaede
9 * @version $Id: TrackerPulse.java,v 1.2 2008/05/23 06:53:35 jeremy Exp $
10 */
11
12 public interface TrackerPulse
13 {
14 /** Returns the first detector specific (geometrical) cell id.
15 */
16 long getCellID();
17
18 /** The time of the pulse - arbitrary units.
19 */
20 double getTime();
21
22 /** The integrated charge of the pulse - arbitrary units.
23 */
24 double getCharge();
25
26 /** The quality bit flag of the pulse - check/set collection parameters
27 * TrackerPulseQualityNames and TrackerPulseQualityNamesValues.
28 */
29 int getQuality();
30
31 /** Optionally the TrackerData that has been used to create the pulse
32 * can be stored with the pulse - NULL if none. Check the quality bits for reason
33 * why the spectrum has been stored for the pulse.
34 */
35 TrackerData getTrackerData();
36 } // class or interface