// or
// visit http://web.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/doc/alice-hlt
+#include <string>
#include <TObject.h>
#include <TList.h>
+#include <TString.h>
#include "AliHLTLogging.h"
#include "AliHLTConfiguration.h"
#include "AliHLTConfigurationHandler.h"
class AliRawStream;
class AliHLTOUTHandler;
class AliHLTOUT;
+class AliHLTModulePreprocessor;
/**
* @class AliHLTModuleAgent
* @note There must not be more than one agent per module/library.
*
* If a run loader is available, reconstruction is performed on simulated
- * data as part of <tt>AliSimulation</tt>, if the raw reader is present on
- * raw data as part of <tt>AliReconstruction</tt>. The configurations
+ * data as part of <tt>AliSimulation</tt>, if only the raw reader is present,
+ * on raw data as part of <tt>AliReconstruction</tt>. The configurations
* can adapt to the two cases.
*
* All HLT component libraries are loaded on demand through the HLT steering
* Create HLT configuration forming an HLT analysis chain. <br>
* Reconstruction of raw data or simulated data from digits needs
* usually different configurations. If a run loader is available,
- * reconstruction is performed on simulated data, on raw data if the
- * raw reader is present.
+ * reconstruction is performed on simulated data, on raw data if Run
+ * loader is NULL and only the raw reader present.
*
* - @ref GetReconstructionChains <br>
* Configurations run during event reconstruction. <br>
* Return AliHLTOUTHandler for a given data type and specification.
* This is mainly intended to treat detector proprietary data.
*
- * - @ref GetRawStream <br>
- * Return an AliRawStream object which is capable of treating the
- * specified data type and specification. Rawstream must be provided
- * for data blocks intended to be the input for AliRoot detector
- * reconstruction by replacing the normal input stream.
- *
* @section alihltmoduleagent_references References
* @see @ref AliHLTReconstructor interface to the AliRoot reconstruction
* @see @ref AliHLTAgentSample agent for the libAliHLTSample library
* standard constructor. The agent is automatically registered in the
* global agent manager
*/
- AliHLTModuleAgent();
+ AliHLTModuleAgent(const char* id);
/** destructor */
virtual ~AliHLTModuleAgent();
+ /**
+ * Get module id.
+ * The module id is a string specifying the detector, or module. The
+ * library must follow the naming scheme \em libAliHLTModule.so, e.g.
+ * \em libAliHLTTPC.so if the module is 'TPC'
+ */
+ const char* GetModuleId() const;
+
/**
* Print status info.
* Short summary on registered agents. This function acts globally on the
*/
static AliHLTModuleAgent* GetNextAgent();
+ /**
+ * Get string of blank separated Module Ids
+ */
+ static string GetAgentIds();
+
/**
* Activate a component handler for this agent.
* The @ref RegisterComponents method will be called in order to allow
* invocation. In the current stage of development, only one handler
* can be activated per agent. This is sufficient for the current
* operation, but can be extended.
- * @param pHandler [in] the component handler instance
+ * @param [in] pHandler the component handler instance
*/
int ActivateComponentHandler(AliHLTComponentHandler* pHandler);
* AliHLTConfigurationHandler. The agent can adapt the configurations
* to be registered to the current AliRoot setup by checking the
* runloader and the raw reader. <br>
- * Run loader and raw reader are usually not present at the same time.
- * If a run loader is available, reconstruction is performed on simulated
- * data, if the raw reader is present on raw data. The configurations
+ * The presence of Run loader and raw reader determines the mode of the
+ * HLT reconstruction. If a run loader is available, reconstruction is
+ * performed on simulated data, a raw reader might be available in that
+ * case also. When running embedded into AliReconstruction, the Run loader
+ * is always NULL and the raw gives access to data. The configurations
* can adapt to the two cases.
*
- * @param handler [in] the configuration handler
- * @param rawReader [in] AliRoot RawReader instance
- * @param runloader [in] AliRoot runloader
+ * @param [in] handler the configuration handler
+ * @param [in] rawReader AliRoot RawReader instance
+ * @param [in] runloader AliRoot runloader
* @return neg. error code if failed
*/
virtual int CreateConfigurations(AliHLTConfigurationHandler* handler,
* described by the last configuration(s) in the chain.
* The agent can adapt the configurations to be registered to the current
* AliRoot setup by checking the run loader and the raw reader.
- * @param rawReader [in] AliRoot RawReader instance
- * @param runloader [in] AliRoot runloader
+ * @param [in] rawReader AliRoot RawReader instance
+ * @param [in] runloader AliRoot runloader
* @return string containing the top configurations separated by blanks
*/
virtual const char* GetReconstructionChains(AliRawReader* rawReader=NULL,
* - @ref AliHLTComponentHandler::AddComponent <br>
* Same functionality but handler deletes the object at the end.
*
- * @param pHandler [in] instance of the component handler
+ * @param [in] pHandler instance of the component handler
*/
virtual int RegisterComponents(AliHLTComponentHandler* pHandler) const;
+ /**
+ * Define QA plugins
+ * @return blank separated list of class names
+ */
+ virtual const char* GetQAPlugins() const;
+
/**
* IDs for output handlers.
* The agent can provide output handlers in order to treat the output
*/
enum AliHLTOUTHandlerType {
kUnknownOutput =0,
+
/** output is in ESD format */
kEsd,
- /** agent can create a raw stream */
- kRawstream,
- /** agent provides a chain */
+
+ /** agent provides data for a RawReader
+ * From the data block one or more output blocks can be
+ * created idenditcal to the ddl format. The blocks are
+ * provided to subsequent analysis by a RawReader instance.
+ * The data block can be processed in order to provide the
+ * raw data, e.g. in case of lossless compression.
+ */
+ kRawReader,
+
+ /** agent can create a raw stream
+ * The agent directly generates a detector specific RawStream
+ * object. This is used for pre-analyzed data which will not
+ * be converted back to the raw format.
+ */
+ kRawStream,
+
+ /** agent provides a chain
+ * The data block is fed into an analysis chain, the treatment
+ * depends on the components in the chain.
+ */
kChain,
+
/** agent provides detector specific handler */
kProprietary,
kLastOutputHandler
/**
* Output handler description.
* \em fModule: module name specific for the handler type
- * - kRawStream: class name of the Rawstream class
+ * - kRawReader: DDL no printed in ascii format
+ * - kRawStream: class name of the RawStream class
* - kChain: blank separated list of chains
* - kProprietary: name of the handler class
*/
- struct AliHLTOUTHandlerDesc {
+ class AliHLTOUTHandlerDesc {
+ public:
+ AliHLTOUTHandlerDesc() : fHType(kUnknownOutput), fDt(kAliHLTVoidDataType), fModule() {}
+
+ AliHLTOUTHandlerDesc(AliHLTOUTHandlerType handlerType, AliHLTComponentDataType dt, const char* module)
+ : fHType(handlerType), fDt(dt), fModule(module) {}
+
+ AliHLTOUTHandlerDesc(const AliHLTOUTHandlerDesc& src)
+ : fHType(src.fHType), fDt(src.fDt), fModule(src.fModule) {}
+
+ const AliHLTOUTHandlerDesc& operator=(const AliHLTOUTHandlerDesc& src) {
+ fHType=src.fHType; fDt=src.fDt; fModule=src.fModule; return *this;
+ }
+
+ ~AliHLTOUTHandlerDesc() {}
+
+ bool operator==(const AliHLTOUTHandlerType handlerType) const {
+ return fHType==handlerType;
+ }
+ /**
+ * Two descriptors are equal if all members match.
+ */
+ bool operator==(const AliHLTOUTHandlerDesc& desc) const {
+ return fDt==desc.fDt && fHType==desc.fHType && fModule==desc.fModule;
+ }
+
+ operator AliHLTOUTHandlerType() {return fHType;}
+ operator AliHLTComponentDataType() {return fDt;}
+
+ private:
/** type of the handler */
- AliHLTOUTHandlerType fHType;
+ AliHLTOUTHandlerType fHType; //!transient
/** data type treated by the handler */
- AliHLTComponentDataType fDt;
+ AliHLTComponentDataType fDt; //!transient
/** class or chain name */
- const char* fModule;
+ TString fModule; //!transient
};
+ static const AliHLTOUTHandlerDesc fgkVoidHandlerDesc; //! initializer
+
/**
* Get handler description for a data block.
- * @param dt [in] data type of the block
- * @param spec [in] specification of the block
- * @param desc [out] handler description
+ * Depending on the data type and data specification the handler must
+ * provide information
+ * - if it can handle the data block, and
+ * - details how it will handle it, mainly the type of the handler
+ * @ref AliHLTOUTHandlerType
+ *
+ * @param [in] dt data type of the block
+ * @param [in] spec specification of the block
+ * @param [out] desc handler description
* @return 1 if the agent can provide a handler, 0 if not
*/
virtual int GetHandlerDescription(AliHLTComponentDataType dt,
AliHLTUInt32_t spec,
AliHLTOUTHandlerDesc& desc) const;
+
/**
* Get handler for a data block of the HLTOUT data.
- * @param dt [in] data type of the block
- * @param spec [in] specification of the block
+ * The agent can also provide an overloaded @ref DeleteOutputHandler
+ * function to implement customized clean up. It is also possible to
+ * return the same instance of a handler for different data blocks.<br>
+ *
+ * The framework first collects the handlers for all data blocks, and
+ * calls the @ref AliHLTOUTHandler::ProcessData method afterwords for
+ * each handler.
+ * @param [in] dt data type of the block
+ * @param [in] spec specification of the block
+ * @return pointer to handler
*/
virtual AliHLTOUTHandler* GetOutputHandler(AliHLTComponentDataType dt,
- AliHLTUInt32_t spec) const;
+ AliHLTUInt32_t spec);
+
+ /**
+ * Delete an HLTOUT handler.
+ * This is the final cleanup. The framwork makes sure that the handler is
+ * not used any further outside the agent. Even if the agent returned the
+ * same handler several times, cleanup is invoked only once. The default
+ * implementation just deletes the object.
+ * @param pInstance pointer to handler
+ */
+ virtual int DeleteOutputHandler(AliHLTOUTHandler* pInstance);
/**
* Get raw stream for a data block.
- * @param dt [in] data type of the block
- * @param spec [in] specification of the block
- * @param pData [in] data control object
+ * @param [in] dt data type of the block
+ * @param [in] spec specification of the block
+ * @param [in] pData data control object
* @return Rawstream object, NULL if no Rawstream available for data type/spec
*/
- virtual AliRawStream* GetRawStream(AliHLTComponentDataType dt,
- AliHLTUInt32_t spec,
- const AliHLTOUT* pData) const;
+ // this method is likely to be moved to a specific implementation
+ // of AliHLTOUTHandler
+// virtual AliRawStream* GetRawStream(AliHLTComponentDataType dt,
+// AliHLTUInt32_t spec,
+// const AliHLTOUT* pData);
+
+ /**
+ * Get the preprocessor for this component library.
+ * Create an instance of the preprocessor for this component library.
+ * The caller will delete it after useage.
+ * @return pointer to AliHLTModulePreprocessor object.
+ */
+ virtual AliHLTModulePreprocessor* GetPreprocessor();
/**
* Old method kept for backward compatibility, redirected to @ref
protected:
private:
+ /** standard constructor prohibited */
+ AliHLTModuleAgent();
/** copy constructor prohibited */
AliHLTModuleAgent(const AliHLTModuleAgent&);
/** assignment operator prohibited */
static int Unregister(AliHLTModuleAgent* pAgent);
/** the list of active agents */
- static AliHLTModuleAgent* fAnchor; //! transient
+ static AliHLTModuleAgent* fgAnchor; //! transient
/** next element in the list */
AliHLTModuleAgent* fpNext; //! transient
/** the current object link (list position) */
- static AliHLTModuleAgent* fCurrent; //! transient
+ static AliHLTModuleAgent* fgCurrent; //! transient
/** number of agents */
- static int fCount; //! transient
+ static int fgCount; //! transient
- /* instance of the active component handler */
+ /** instance of the active component handler */
AliHLTComponentHandler* fpComponentHandler; //! transient
- ClassDef(AliHLTModuleAgent, 2);
+ /** id of the module */
+ TString fModuleId; //! transient
+
+ ClassDef(AliHLTModuleAgent, 3);
};
#endif
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