VMCSeederService.h

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#ifndef ALICEO2_VMC_SEEDERSERVICE_H
#define ALICEO2_VMC_SEEDERSERVICE_H
 
class TVirtualMC;
 
#include <functional>
 
namespace o2
{
namespace base
{
 
// A simple (singleton) service to propagate random number seeding
// to VMC engines in a loosely-coupled, just-in-time way (without needing to compile against these libraries).
class VMCSeederService
{
 
 public:
  static VMCSeederService const& instance()
  {
    static VMCSeederService inst;
    return inst;
  }
 
  void setSeed() const; // will propagate seed to the VMC engines
 
  typedef std::function<void()> SeederFcn;
 
 private:
  VMCSeederService();
  void initSeederFunction(TVirtualMC const*);
 
  SeederFcn mSeederFcn; // the just-in-time compiled function talking to the VMC engines
};
 
} // namespace base
} // namespace o2
 
#endif