-TChain* CreateESDChain(const char* aDataDir, Int_t aRuns = 20, Bool_t aAddHeader = kTRUE)
+/* $Id$ */
+
+// Helper macros for creating chains
+
+TChain* CreateESDChain(const char* aDataDir, Int_t aRuns = 20, Int_t offset = 0)
{
+ // creates chain of files in a given directory or file containing a list.
+ // In case of directory the structure is expected as:
+ // <aDataDir>/<dir0>/AliESDs.root
+ // <aDataDir>/<dir1>/AliESDs.root
+ // ...
+
if (!aDataDir)
return 0;
+ Long_t id, size, flags, modtime;
+ if (gSystem->GetPathInfo(aDataDir, &id, &size, &flags, &modtime))
+ {
+ print("%s not found.\n", aDataDir);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
TChain* chain = new TChain("esdTree");
TChain* chaingAlice = 0;
- if (aAddHeader != kFALSE)
- chaingAlice = new TChain("TE");
+ if (flags & 2)
+ {
+ TString execDir(gSystem->pwd());
+ TSystemDirectory* baseDir = new TSystemDirectory(".", aDataDir);
+ TList* dirList = baseDir->GetListOfFiles();
+ Int_t nDirs = dirList->GetEntries();
+ gSystem->cd(execDir);
+
+ Int_t count = 0;
+
+ for (Int_t iDir=0; iDir<nDirs; ++iDir)
+ {
+ TSystemFile* presentDir = (TSystemFile*) dirList->At(iDir);
+ if (!presentDir || !presentDir->IsDirectory() || strcmp(presentDir->GetName(), ".") == 0 || strcmp(presentDir->GetName(), "..") == 0)
+ continue;
- TString execDir(gSystem->pwd());
- TSystemDirectory* baseDir = new TSystemDirectory(".", aDataDir);
- TList* dirList = baseDir->GetListOfFiles();
- Int_t nDirs = dirList->GetEntries();
- gSystem->cd(execDir);
+ if (offset > 0)
+ {
+ --offset;
+ continue;
+ }
- Int_t count = 0;
+ if (count++ == aRuns)
+ break;
- for (Int_t iDir=0; iDir<nDirs; ++iDir)
+ TString presentDirName(aDataDir);
+ presentDirName += "/";
+ presentDirName += presentDir->GetName();
+
+ chain->Add(presentDirName + "/AliESDs.root/esdTree");
+ }
+ }
+ else
{
- TSystemFile* presentDir = (TSystemFile*) dirList->At(iDir);
- if (!presentDir || !presentDir->IsDirectory() || strcmp(presentDir->GetName(), ".") == 0 || strcmp(presentDir->GetName(), "..") == 0)
- continue;
+ // Open the input stream
+ ifstream in;
+ in.open(aDataDir);
- if (count++ == aRuns)
- break;
+ Int_t count = 0;
- TString presentDirName(aDataDir);
- presentDirName += "/";
- presentDirName += presentDir->GetName();
+ // Read the input list of files and add them to the chain
+ TString esdfile;
+ while(in.good()) {
+ in >> esdfile;
+ if (!esdfile.Contains("root")) continue; // protection
- chain->Add(presentDirName + "/AliESDs.root/esdTree");
+ if (offset > 0)
+ {
+ --offset;
+ continue;
+ }
- if (aAddHeader != kFALSE)
- chaingAlice->Add(presentDirName + "/galice.root/TE");
- }
+ if (count++ == aRuns)
+ break;
+
+ // add esd file
+ chain->Add(esdfile);
+ }
- if (aAddHeader != kFALSE)
- chain->AddFriend(chaingAlice);
+ in.close();
+
+ chain->Lookup();
+ }
return chain;
}