Always return error messages if not successful

[u/mrichter/AliRoot.git] / GRP / UpdateCDBIdealGeom.C

#include "ARVersion.h"
#if !defined(__CINT__) || defined(__MAKECINT__)
#include "AliCDBManager.h"
#include "AliCDBStorage.h"
#include "AliCDBId.h"
#include "AliCDBMetaData.h"
#include "AliGeomManager.h"
#include <TROOT.h>
#include "AliRun.h"
#include <TGeoManager.h>
#include <TString.h>
#endif

void UpdateCDBIdealGeom(const char* cdbUri, const char* cfgFile){
  // Produce the ideal geometry and store it in the specified CDB
  // The second argument allows to specify the config file to be used
  // in particular for giving the choice to generate either a full or
  // a partial geometry.
  //

  AliCDBManager* cdb = AliCDBManager::Instance();
  // we set the default storage to the repository because some dets require
  // already at the time of geometry creation to find calibration objects in the cdb
  AliCDBStorage* storage = 0;
  if(!cdb->IsDefaultStorageSet()) cdb->SetDefaultStorage("local://$ALICE_ROOT/OCDB");
  storage = cdb->GetStorage(cdbUri);
  if(!storage) 
  {
    Printf("unable to create valid storage from: %s", cdbUri);
    return;
  }
  cdb->SetRun(0);
  AliCDBId id("GRP/Geometry/Data",0,AliCDBRunRange::Infinity());
  AliCDBMetaData *md= new AliCDBMetaData();

  // Get root and AliRoot versions
  const char* rootv = gROOT->GetVersion();
  TString av(ALIROOT_SVN_BRANCH);
  Int_t revnum = ALIROOT_SVN_REVISION;

  Printf("root version: %s.  AliRoot %s, revision number %d",rootv,av.Data(),revnum);

  md->SetAliRootVersion(av.Data());
  md->SetComment(Form("Geometry produced with root version %s and AliRoot %s, revision number %d",rootv,av.Data(),revnum));
  
  gROOT->LoadMacro(cfgFile);
  gInterpreter->ProcessLine(gAlice->GetConfigFunction());
  gAlice->GetMCApp()->Init();
  
  if(!gGeoManager){
    Printf("Unable to produce a valid geometry to be put in the CDB!");
    return;
  }
  gGeoManager->DefaultColors(); // assign default colors according to Z of material
  // (many colors turned into dark gray nuances some time ago, when the root palette was changed)
  
  Printf("Storing in CDB geometry produced with root version %s and AliRoot version %s",rootv,av.Data());
  storage->Put(gGeoManager,id,md);
  // This is to allow macros lauched after this one in the same session to find the
  // newly produced geometry.
  storage->QueryCDB(cdb->GetRun());

}