diff -N RawTrackerHit.java
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+++ RawTrackerHit.java	24 Oct 2006 19:17:13 -0000	1.1
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+package org.lcsim.event;
+
+import org.lcsim.geometry.IDDecoder;
+import org.lcsim.geometry.Subdetector;
+
+/**
+ * A raw tracker hit (as expected in raw data from a real detector)
+ * @author tonyj
+ * @version $Id: RawTrackerHit.java,v 1.1 2006/10/24 19:17:13 tonyj Exp $
+ */
+public interface RawTrackerHit
+{
+   /**
+    *  Returns a time measurement associated with the adc values.
+    *  E.g. the t0 of the spectrum for the TPC. Subdetector dependent.  
+    */
+    int getTime();
+    /** 
+     * Returns the detector specific cell id.
+     */
+    long getCellID();
+    /**
+     * Returns the array of ADCValues. 
+     * The array may be of length 1 if this detector only reads out a single value per cell.
+     * The value may also need decoding (for example the KPiX chip uses one bit as a
+     * range indicator).
+     */ 
+    short[] getADCValues();
+    
+    /** Returns the IDDecoder associated with this hit */
+    IDDecoder getIDDecoder();
+   
+    /** Using the IDDecoder, returns the Subdetector associated with this hit */
+    Subdetector getSubdetector();
+    
+    /** Returns the associated SimTrackerHit. Note this may be <code>null</code>
+     * if there is no associated SimTrackerHit (for example because this is a noise 
+     * hit, or because there is no MC information.
+     */  
+    SimTrackerHit getSimTrackerHit();
+}