content: package edu.stanford.rsl.conrad.physics.materials.database;
  
  import java.io.File;
  import java.util.TreeMap;
  
  import edu.stanford.rsl.conrad.physics.materials.utils.AttenuationType;
  import edu.stanford.rsl.conrad.utils.XmlUtils;
  import edu.stanford.rsl.conrad.utils.interpolation.NumberInterpolatingTreeMap;
  
  /**
   * Class to store and retrieve of mass attenuation data of elements. 
   * @author Rotimi X Ojo *
   */
  public class ElementalMassAttenuationData {
  	public static final String fileloc = MaterialsDB.getDatabaseLocation() + "configfiles/massAttenuationData/" ;
  	
  	/**
  	 * Store mass attenuation data of element with given name
  	 * @param elementName is name of element
  	 * @param massAttData is mass attenuation data of element
  	 */
  	public static  void put(String elementName, TreeMap<AttenuationType, NumberInterpolatingTreeMap> massAttData){
  		XmlUtils.serializeObject(new File(fileloc + elementName.toLowerCase() + ".xml"), massAttData);
  	}
  	
  	/**
  	 * Retrieve mass attenuation data of given element
  	 * @param elementName is name of element of interest
  	 * @return mass attenuation data of given element.
  	 */
  	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  	public static TreeMap<AttenuationType, NumberInterpolatingTreeMap> get(String elementName){
  		return (TreeMap<AttenuationType, NumberInterpolatingTreeMap>) XmlUtils.deserializeObject(new File(fileloc + elementName.toLowerCase() + ".xml"));
  	}
  
  }
  /*
   * Copyright (C) 2010-2014 Rotimi X Ojo
   * CONRAD is developed as an Open Source project under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
  */