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#ifndef gen_Py8InterfaceBase_h
#define gen_Py8InterfaceBase_h

#include <vector>
#include <string>

#include "GeneratorInterface/Core/interface/ParameterCollector.h"

#include <Pythia.h>
#include <HepMCInterface.h>

namespace gen {

   class Py8InterfaceBase {

      public:
         
         Py8InterfaceBase( edm::ParameterSet const& ps );
         ~Py8InterfaceBase() {}
         
         virtual bool generatePartonsAndHadronize() = 0;
         bool decay() { return true; } // NOT used - let's call it "design imperfection"
         bool readSettings( int ); // common func
         virtual bool initializeForInternalPartons() = 0;
         bool declareStableParticles( const std::vector<int>& ); // common func
         bool declareSpecialSettings( const std::vector<std::string>& ); // common func
         virtual void finalizeEvent() = 0; 
         virtual void statistics();
         virtual const char* classname() const = 0;
               
      protected:
         
         std::auto_ptr<Pythia8::Pythia> fMasterGen;
         std::auto_ptr<Pythia8::Pythia> fDecayer;
         HepMC::I_Pythia8               toHepMC;
         ParameterCollector             fParameters;
         
         unsigned int                   pythiaPylistVerbosity;
         bool                           pythiaHepMCVerbosity;
         unsigned int                   maxEventsToPrint;

   };

}

#endif // gen_Py8InterfaceBase_h