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       1             : // $Id$
       2             : 
       3             : #ifndef ALIHLTPLUGINBASE_H
       4             : #define ALIHLTPLUGINBASE_H
       5             : //* This file is property of and copyright by the ALICE HLT Project        * 
       6             : //* ALICE Experiment at CERN, All rights reserved.                         *
       7             : //* See cxx source for full Copyright notice                               *
       8             : 
       9             : /** @file   AliHLTPluginBase.h
      10             :     @author Matthias Richter
      11             :     @date   
      12             :     @brief  Base class for AliRoot HLT plugins.
      13             : */
      14             : 
      15             : // see below for class documentation
      16             : // or
      17             : // refer to README to build package
      18             : // or
      19             : // visit http://web.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/doc/alice-hlt
      20             : 
      21             : #include "TObject.h"
      22             : 
      23             : class AliHLTSystem;
      24             : 
      25             : /**
      26             :  * @class AliHLTPluginBase
      27             :  * Base class for AliRoot HLT plugins.
      28             :  *
      29             :  * In order to allow definitions of HLT chains in the same macro as
      30             :  * the simulation/reconstruction, a global instance of AliHLTSystem
      31             :  * is required to make the registration of configurations work.
      32             :  *
      33             :  * AliHLTPlugin, AliRawReaderHLT and AliHLTSimulation all use
      34             :  * the global AliHLTSystem instance hosted by this base class.
      35             :  */
      36             : class AliHLTPluginBase {
      37             :  public:
      38             :   AliHLTPluginBase();
      39             :   /** destructor */
      40             :   virtual ~AliHLTPluginBase();
      41             : 
      42             :   /**
      43             :    * Init the global AliHLTSystem instance.
      44             :    */
      45             :   static void InitInstance();
      46             : 
      47             :   /**
      48             :    * Get the global AliHLTSystem instance.
      49             :    */
      50             :   static AliHLTSystem* GetInstance();
      51             : 
      52             :  protected:
      53             : 
      54             :  private:
      55             :   /** copy constructor prohibited */
      56             :   AliHLTPluginBase(const AliHLTPluginBase& src);
      57             :   /** assignment operator prohibited */
      58             :   AliHLTPluginBase& operator=(const AliHLTPluginBase& src);
      59             : 
      60             :   static AliHLTSystem* fpSystem; //! HLT steering object
      61             : 
      62             :   static int fNofInstances;
      63             : 
      64         126 :   ClassDef(AliHLTPluginBase, 0)   // base class for the HLT reconstruction
      65             : };
      66             : 
      67             : #endif