diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- SIOSimCalorimeterHit.java	2 Aug 2005 17:18:06 -0000	1.4
+++ SIOSimCalorimeterHit.java	20 Jan 2006 23:45:23 -0000	1.5
@@ -14,16 +14,33 @@

 /**
  *
  * @author Tony Johnson

- * @version $Id: SIOSimCalorimeterHit.java,v 1.4 2005/08/02 17:18:06 tonyj Exp $

+ * @version $Id: SIOSimCalorimeterHit.java,v 1.5 2006/01/20 23:45:23 lima Exp $

  */

-class SIOSimCalorimeterHit extends BaseCalorimeterHit implements SimCalorimeterHit

+public class SIOSimCalorimeterHit extends BaseCalorimeterHit implements SimCalorimeterHit

 {

-   private int nContributions;
-   private Object[] particle;
-   private float[] energyContrib;
-   private float[] time;
-   private int[] pdg;
-   

+   protected int nContributions;
+   protected Object[] particle;
+   protected float[] energyContrib;
+   protected float[] time;
+   protected int[] pdg;
+
+   // useful constructor for new SimCalHits
+    public SIOSimCalorimeterHit(long _id, double _rawE, double _time, Object[] mcparts, float[] energies, float[] times, int[] pdgs)
+    {
+	nContributions = mcparts.length;
+	particle = mcparts;
+	energyContrib = energies;
+	time = times;
+	pdg = pdgs;
+
+	// update fields from base class
+	super.id = _id;
+	super.rawEnergy = _rawE;
+	super.time = _time;
+	super.position = null;
+    }
+
+    // constructor from LCIO data file

    SIOSimCalorimeterHit(SIOInputStream in, int flags, int version, LCMetaData meta) throws IOException
    {
       this.data = meta;