Acts::DetectorElementBase Class Reference

#include <acts/blob/master/Core/include/Acts/Geometry/detail/DefaultDetectorElementBase.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for Acts::DetectorElementBase:

Public Member Functions
	DetectorElementBase ()=default
	Constructor.
virtual	~DetectorElementBase ()=default
	Virtual Destructor.
virtual const Transform3D &	transform (const GeometryContext &gctx) const =0
virtual const Surface &	surface () const =0
	Return surface representation.
virtual double	thickness () const =0

Detailed Description

This is the default base class for all tracking detector elements with read-out relevant information. It provides the minimal interface for the Acts proxy mechanism for surfaces, i.e. surfaces in the Tracking geometry representing actual detection devices

Definition at line 31 of file DefaultDetectorElementBase.hpp.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Acts::DetectorElementBase::DetectorElementBase ( )

default

Constructor.

virtual Acts::DetectorElementBase::~DetectorElementBase ( )

virtualdefault

Virtual Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

virtual const Surface& Acts::DetectorElementBase::surface ( ) const

pure virtual

Return surface representation.

Implemented in Acts::TGeoDetectorElement, Acts::Test::DetectorElementStub, FW::Generic::GenericDetectorElement, and Acts::Test::AlignableDetectorElement.

virtual double Acts::DetectorElementBase::thickness ( ) const

pure virtual

Returns the thickness of the module

Returns

double that indicates the thickness of the module

Implemented in Acts::TGeoDetectorElement, Acts::Test::DetectorElementStub, FW::Generic::GenericDetectorElement, and Acts::Test::AlignableDetectorElement.

Referenced by Acts::ProtoLayer::measure(), and FW::Obj::ObjSurfaceWriter::write().

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virtual const Transform3D& Acts::DetectorElementBase::transform ( const GeometryContext &  gctx ) const

pure virtual

Return the transform for the Element proxy mechanism

Parameters

gctx	The current geometry context object, e.g. alignment

Implemented in Acts::TGeoDetectorElement, Acts::Test::DetectorElementStub, FW::Generic::GenericDetectorElement, Acts::Test::AlignableDetectorElement, FW::Contextual::PayloadDetectorElement, and FW::Contextual::AlignedDetectorElement.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• acts/blob/master/Core/include/Acts/Geometry/detail/DefaultDetectorElementBase.hpp