--- java/trunk/ecal-recon/src/main/java/org/hps/recon/ecal/HPSEcalCluster.java	2014-06-26 22:10:29 UTC (rev 742)
+++ java/trunk/ecal-recon/src/main/java/org/hps/recon/ecal/HPSEcalCluster.java	2014-06-26 23:00:46 UTC (rev 743)
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@

 import org.lcsim.detector.IGeometryInfo;
 import org.lcsim.detector.solids.Trd;
 import org.lcsim.event.CalorimeterHit;

+import org.lcsim.event.Cluster;

 import org.lcsim.event.base.BaseCluster;
 
 /**

@@ -48,6 +49,22 @@

         return seedHit;
     }
     

+    /**
+     * Find highest-energy hit in a cluster. For clusters made by GTPEcalClusterer, HPSEcalCluster.getSeedHit(cluster) should be equivalent to cluster.getSeedHit().
+     * Since this method doesn't require that the cluster be an HPSEcalCluster, it will work on clusters read from LCIO.
+     * @param cluster
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static CalorimeterHit getSeedHit(Cluster cluster) {
+        CalorimeterHit seedHit = null;
+        for (CalorimeterHit hit : cluster.getCalorimeterHits()) {
+            if (seedHit == null || hit.getRawEnergy() > seedHit.getRawEnergy()) {
+                seedHit = hit;
+            }
+        }
+        return seedHit;
+    }
+    

 //    public double[] getPosition() {
 //        return getSeedHit().getPosition();
 //    }