1 package org.lcsim.recon.tracking.vsegment.clustering;
2
3 import java.util.*;
4
5 import org.lcsim.recon.tracking.vsegment.geom.Sensor;
6 import org.lcsim.recon.tracking.vsegment.hit.DigiTrackerHit;
7 import org.lcsim.recon.tracking.vsegment.hit.TrackerCluster;
8
9 /**
10 * Interface to be implemented by classes providing algorithms for clustering
11 * digitized tracker hits.
12 *
13 * @author D. Onoprienko
14 * @version $Id: Clusterer.java,v 1.1 2008/12/06 21:53:43 onoprien Exp $
15 */
16 public interface Clusterer {
17
18 /**
19 * Returns a list of found clusters, given a list of digitized hits that belong
20 * to the same <tt>Sensor</tt> object.
21 */
22 public ArrayList<TrackerCluster> findClusters(Sensor sensor, List<DigiTrackerHit> hits);
23
24 }