RooConstVar.h

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 * Project: RooFit                                                           *
 * Package: RooFitCore                                                       *
 *    File: $Id: RooConstVar.h,v 1.9 2007/05/11 09:11:30 verkerke Exp $
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 *   WV, Wouter Verkerke, UC Santa Barbara, verkerke@slac.stanford.edu       *
 *   DK, David Kirkby,    UC Irvine,         dkirkby@uci.edu                 *
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#ifndef ROO_CONST_VAR
#define ROO_CONST_VAR
 
#include "RooAbsReal.h"
 
class RooArgSet ;
 
class RooConstVar final : public RooAbsReal {
public:
  // Constructors, assignment etc
  RooConstVar() { }
  RooConstVar(const char *name, const char *title, double value);
  RooConstVar(const RooConstVar& other, const char* name=nullptr);
  TObject* clone(const char* newname) const override { return new RooConstVar(*this,newname); }
 
  /// Return (constant) value.
  double getValV(const RooArgSet*) const override {
    return _value;
  }
 
  void writeToStream(std::ostream& os, bool compact) const override ;
 
  /// Returns false, as the value of the constant doesn't depend on other objects.
  bool isDerived() const override {
    return false;
  }
 
  /// Change the value of this constant.
  /// On purpose, this is not `setVal`, as this could be confused with the `setVal`
  /// that is available for variables. Constants, however, should remain mostly constant.
  /// This function is e.g. useful when reading the constant from a file.
  void changeVal(double value) {
    _value = value;
  }
 
protected:
 
  double evaluate() const override {
    return _value;
  }
 
  ClassDefOverride(RooConstVar,2) // Constant RooAbsReal value object
};
 
#endif