HardEventHypothesis.h

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#ifndef DataFormats_PatCandidates_interface_HardEventHypothesis_h
#define DataFormats_PatCandidates_interface_HardEventHypothesis_h



// -*- C++ -*-
//
// Package:    HardEventHypothesis
// Class:      HardEventHypothesis
//
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//
// Original Author:  Salvatore Rappoccio
//         Created:  Tue Feb 12 14:42:17 CST 2008
// $Id: HardEventHypothesis.h,v 1.2 2008/02/16 15:27:58 srappocc Exp $
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#include "DataFormats/Candidate/interface/Candidate.h"
#include "DataFormats/PatCandidates/interface/Electron.h"
#include "DataFormats/PatCandidates/interface/Muon.h"
#include "DataFormats/PatCandidates/interface/Jet.h"
#include "DataFormats/PatCandidates/interface/Photon.h"
#include "DataFormats/PatCandidates/interface/MET.h"
#include "DataFormats/PatCandidates/interface/Tau.h"
#include "DataFormats/Candidate/interface/CompositeCandidate.h"
#include <vector>

class StarterKit;

namespace pat {

  class HardEventHypothesis {
  public:

    // Allow StarterKit to access the internal members of this class
    friend class StarterKit;

    // Setting quality member
    inline void           setQuality( float q ) { quality_ = q;}

    // Getting quality member
    inline float          getQuality() const { return quality_; }

    // This will return static event-wide definitions of the candidate roles.
    virtual const char *  getCandidateRole ( int i = 0 ) const = 0;
    // This will return static event-wide boolean to see if the role is a vector or not
    virtual bool          getIsVector(int i = 0) const = 0;

  protected:

    // Pure virtual function to access members polymorphically in the StarterKit, etc.
    // The user should not use these classes.
    // If irole == -1, then there is no vector access. If it is >= 0, then that corresponds
    // to the role index (for instance, in Z+jets,  getCandidate("jets", 2) would return the 3rd
    // jet in the jet list. 
    virtual reco::Candidate &                getCandidate       (std::string name, int irole = -1) = 0;

    float              quality_;
  };

}

#endif