Base class for services that create/manage G4 magnetic fields. More...

#include "G4AtlasServices/G4MagFieldSvcBase.h"

Inheritance diagram for G4MagFieldSvcBase:

Collaboration diagram for G4MagFieldSvcBase:

Public Member Functions
	G4MagFieldSvcBase (const std::string &name, ISvcLocator *pSvcLocator)
	Standard constructor.
virtual	~G4MagFieldSvcBase ()
	Empty destructor.
G4MagneticField *	getField () override final
	Retrieve a G4 magnetic field object.

Protected Member Functions
virtual G4MagneticField *	makeField ()=0
	This method must be overridden by concrete tools to create a new field.

Detailed Description

Base class for services that create/manage G4 magnetic fields.

Author: Andrea Dell'Acqua

Date: 2015-11-17

Definition at line 28 of file G4MagFieldSvcBase.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ G4MagFieldSvcBase()

G4MagFieldSvcBase::G4MagFieldSvcBase	(	const std::string &	name,
		ISvcLocator *	pSvcLocator )

Standard constructor.

Definition at line 22 of file G4MagFieldSvcBase.cxx.

  : base_class(name, pSvcLocator)
{
}

◆ ~G4MagFieldSvcBase()

virtual G4MagFieldSvcBase::~G4MagFieldSvcBase ( )

inlinevirtual

Empty destructor.

Definition at line 35 of file G4MagFieldSvcBase.h.

35{};

Member Function Documentation

◆ getField()

G4MagneticField * G4MagFieldSvcBase::getField ( )

finaloverride

Retrieve a G4 magnetic field object.

If one doesn't yet exist in the current thread, it will be created.

Definition at line 31 of file G4MagFieldSvcBase.cxx.

{
  ATH_MSG_DEBUG("G4MagFieldSvcBase::getField");
 
  // create a thread-local magnetic field instance
  static thread_local std::unique_ptr<G4MagneticField> field{makeField()};
 
  return field.get();
}

◆ makeField()

virtual G4MagneticField * G4MagFieldSvcBase::makeField ( )

protectedpure virtual

This method must be overridden by concrete tools to create a new field.

Implemented in ConstantFieldSvc, and StandardFieldSvc.

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

Public Member Functions