diff -N PolyconeSupportConverter.java
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+++ PolyconeSupportConverter.java	11 Sep 2007 20:18:33 -0000	1.1
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+package org.lcsim.detector.converter.compact;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.jdom.DataConversionException;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.lcsim.detector.DetectorFactory;
+import org.lcsim.detector.ILogicalVolume;
+import org.lcsim.detector.IPhysicalVolume;
+import org.lcsim.detector.LogicalVolume;
+import org.lcsim.detector.material.IMaterial;
+import org.lcsim.detector.material.MaterialStore;
+import org.lcsim.detector.solids.Polycone;
+import org.lcsim.detector.solids.Polycone.ZPlane;
+import org.lcsim.geometry.compact.Detector;
+import org.lcsim.geometry.compact.Subdetector;
+import org.lcsim.geometry.subdetector.PolyconeSupport;
+
+/**
+ * Convert a {@link org.lcsim.geometry.subdetector.PolyconeSupport}
+ * to the {@link org.lcsim.detector} detailed detector representation.
+ *
+ * @author Jeremy McCormick <[log in to unmask]>
+ * @version $Id: PolyconeSupportConverter.java,v 1.1 2007/09/11 20:18:33 jeremy Exp $
+ */
+
+public class PolyconeSupportConverter
+implements ISubdetectorConverter
+{
+
+	public void convert(Subdetector subdet, Detector detector) 
+	{
+		List<ZPlane> zplanes = new ArrayList<ZPlane>();
+		Element node = subdet.getNode();
+        for(Iterator i = node.getChildren("zplane").iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                Element zplane = (Element) i.next();
+                zplanes.add(
+                        new ZPlane(zplane.getAttribute("rmin").getDoubleValue(),
+                        zplane.getAttribute("rmax").getDoubleValue(),
+                        zplane.getAttribute("z").getDoubleValue()
+                        ));
+            }
+            catch (DataConversionException dce)
+            {
+                throw new RuntimeException("bad values for zplane from the xml file", dce);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Polycone polycone = new Polycone(subdet.getName(), zplanes);
+        
+        IMaterial material = MaterialStore.getInstance().get(node.getChild("material").getAttributeValue("name"));
+        
+        ILogicalVolume lvPolycone = new LogicalVolume(subdet.getName(), polycone, material);
+        
+        ILogicalVolume mom = null;
+        if (subdet.isInsideTrackingVolume())
+        {
+        	mom = detector.getTrackingVolume().getLogicalVolume();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+        	mom = detector.getWorldVolume().getLogicalVolume();
+        }
+        
+        IPhysicalVolume pv = DetectorFactory.getInstance().createPhysicalVolume(null, subdet.getName(), lvPolycone, mom, 0);
+	}
+
+	public Class getSubdetectorType() 
+	{
+		return PolyconeSupport.class;
+	}
+}

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