4 #ifndef ALIHLTCOMPONENT_H
5 #define ALIHLTCOMPONENT_H
6 /* This file is property of and copyright by the ALICE HLT Project *
7 * ALICE Experiment at CERN, All rights reserved. *
8 * See cxx source for full Copyright notice */
10 /** @file AliHLTComponent.h
11 @author Matthias Richter, Timm Steinbeck
13 @brief Base class declaration for HLT components.
14 @note The class is both used in Online (PubSub) and Offline (AliRoot)
17 // see below for class documentation
19 // refer to README to build package
21 // visit http://web.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/doc/alice-hlt
24 * @defgroup alihlt_component Component handling of the HLT module
25 * This section describes the the component handling for the HLT module.
30 #include "AliHLTLogging.h"
31 #include "AliHLTDataTypes.h"
32 //#include "AliHLTDefinitions.h"
35 * The names have been changed for Aliroot's coding conventions sake
36 * The old names are defined for backward compatibility with the
37 * stand alone SampleLib package
39 typedef AliHLTComponentLogSeverity AliHLTComponent_LogSeverity;
40 typedef AliHLTComponentEventData AliHLTComponent_EventData;
41 typedef AliHLTComponentShmData AliHLTComponent_ShmData;
42 typedef AliHLTComponentDataType AliHLTComponent_DataType;
43 typedef AliHLTComponentBlockData AliHLTComponent_BlockData;
44 typedef AliHLTComponentTriggerData AliHLTComponent_TriggerData;
45 typedef AliHLTComponentEventDoneData AliHLTComponent_EventDoneData;
47 class AliHLTComponentHandler;
50 class AliHLTComponent;
51 class AliHLTMemoryFile;
53 /** list of component data type structures */
54 typedef vector<AliHLTComponentDataType> AliHLTComponentDataTypeList;
55 /** list of component block data structures */
56 typedef vector<AliHLTComponentBlockData> AliHLTComponentBlockDataList;
57 /** list of component pointers */
58 typedef vector<AliHLTComponent*> AliHLTComponentPList;
59 /** list of memory file pointers */
60 typedef vector<AliHLTMemoryFile*> AliHLTMemoryFilePList;
63 * @class AliHLTComponent
64 * Base class of HLT data processing components.
65 * The class provides a common interface for HLT data processing components.
66 * The interface can be accessed from the online HLT framework or the AliRoot
67 * offline analysis framework.
68 * @section alihltcomponent-properties Component identification and properties
69 * Each component must provide a unique ID, input and output data type indications,
70 * and a spawn function.
71 * @subsection alihltcomponent-req-methods Required property methods
72 * - @ref GetComponentID
73 * - @ref GetInputDataTypes (see @ref alihltcomponent-type for default
75 * - @ref GetOutputDataType (see @ref alihltcomponent-type for default
77 * - @ref GetOutputDataSize (see @ref alihltcomponent-type for default
81 * @subsection alihltcomponent-opt-mehods Optional handlers
84 * - @ref GetOutputDataTypes
85 * If the component has multiple output data types @ref GetOutputDataType
86 * should return @ref kAliHLTMultipleDataType. The framework will invoke
87 * @ref GetOutputDataTypes, a list can be filled.
89 * @subsection alihltcomponent-processing-mehods Data processing
92 * @subsection alihltcomponent-type Component type
93 * Components can be of type
94 * - @ref kSource components which only produce data
95 * - @ref kProcessor components which consume and produce data
96 * - @ref kSink components which only consume data
98 * where data production and consumption refer to the analysis data stream. In
99 * order to indicate the type, a child component can overload the
100 * @ref GetComponentType function.
101 * @subsubsection alihltcomponent-type-std Standard implementations
102 * Components in general do not need to implement this function, standard
103 * implementations of the 3 types are available:
104 * - AliHLTDataSource for components of type @ref kSource <br>
105 * All types of data sources can inherit from AliHLTDataSource and must
106 * implement the @ref AliHLTDataSource::GetEvent method. The class
107 * also implements a standard method for @ref GetInputDataTypes.
109 * - AliHLTProcessor for components of type @ref kProcessor <br>
110 * All types of data processors can inherit from AliHLTDataSource and must
111 * implement the @ref AliHLTProcessor::DoEvent method.
113 * - AliHLTDataSink for components of type @ref kSink <br>
114 * All types of data processors can inherit from AliHLTDataSource and must
115 * implement the @ref AliHLTDataSink::DumpEvent method. The class
116 * also implements a standard method for @ref GetOutputDataType and @ref
119 * @subsection alihltcomponent-environment Running environment
121 * In order to adapt to different environments (on-line/off-line), the component
122 * gets an environment structure with function pointers. The base class provides
123 * member functions for those environment dependend functions. The member
124 * functions are used by the component implementation and are re-mapped to the
125 * corresponding functions.
127 * @section alihltcomponent-interfaces Component interfaces
128 * Each of the 3 standard component base classes AliHLTProcessor, AliHLTDataSource
129 * and AliHLTDataSink provides it's own processing method (see
130 * @ref alihltcomponent-type-std), which splits into a high and a low-level
131 * method. For the @ref alihltcomponent-low-level-interface, all parameters are
132 * shipped as function arguments, the component is supposed to dump data to the
133 * output buffer and handle all block descriptors.
134 * The @ref alihltcomponent-high-level-interface is the standard processing
135 * method and will be used whenever the low-level method is not overloaded.
137 * In both cases it is necessary to calculate/estimate the size of the output
138 * buffer before the processing. Output buffers can never be allocated inside
139 * the component because of the push-architecture of the HLT.
140 * For that reason the @ref GetOutputDataSize function should return a rough
141 * estimatian of the data to be produced by the component. The component is
142 * responsible for checking the memory size and must return -ENOSPC if the
143 * available buffer is to small, and update the estimator respectively. The
144 * framework will allocate a buffer of appropriate size and call the processing
147 * @subsection alihltcomponent-error-codes Data processing
148 * For return codes, the following scheme applies:
149 * - The data processing methods have to indicate error conditions by a negative
150 * error/return code. Preferably the system error codes are used like
151 * e.g. -EINVAL. This requires to include the header
153 * \#include \<cerrno\>
155 * - If no suitable input block could be found (e.g. no clusters for the TPC cluster
156 * finder) set size to 0, block list is empty, return 0
157 * - If no ususable or significant signal could be found in the input blocks
158 * return an empty output block, set size accordingly, and return 0. An empty output
159 * block here could be either a real empty one of size 0 (in which case size also
160 * would have to be set to zero) or a block filled with just the minimum necessary
161 * accounting/meta-structures. E.g. in the TPC
163 * @subsection alihltcomponent-high-level-interface High-level interface
164 * The high-level component interface provides functionality to exchange ROOT
165 * structures between components. In contrast to the
166 * @ref alihltcomponent-low-level-interface, a couple of functions can be used
167 * to access data blocks of the input stream
168 * and send data blocks or ROOT TObject's to the output stream. The functionality
169 * is hidden from the user and is implemented by using ROOT's TMessage class.
171 * @subsubsection alihltcomponent-high-level-int-methods Interface methods
172 * The interface provides a couple of methods in order to get objects from the
173 * input, data blocks (non TObject) from the input, and to push back objects and
174 * data blocks to the output. For convenience there are several functions of
175 * identical name (and similar behavior) with different parameters defined.
176 * Please refer to the function documentation.
177 * - @ref GetNumberOfInputBlocks <br>
178 * return the number of data blocks in the input stream
179 * - @ref GetFirstInputObject <br>
180 * get the first object of a specific data type
181 * - @ref GetNextInputObject <br>
182 * get the next object of same data type as last GetFirstInputObject/Block call
183 * - @ref GetFirstInputBlock <br>
184 * get the first block of a specific data type
185 * - @ref GetNextInputBlock <br>
186 * get the next block of same data type as last GetFirstInputBlock/Block call
187 * - @ref PushBack <br>
188 * insert an object or data buffer into the output
189 * - @ref CreateEventDoneData <br>
190 * add event information to the output
192 * In addition, the processing methods are simplified a bit by cutting out most of
195 * - @ref AliHLTProcessor::DoEvent
196 * - @ref AliHLTDataSource::GetEvent
197 * - @ref AliHLTDataSink::DumpEvent
199 * \em IMPORTANT: objects and block descriptors provided by the high-level interface
200 * <b>MUST NOT BE DELETED</b> by the caller.
202 * @subsubsection alihltcomponent-high-level-int-guidelines High-level interface guidelines
203 * - Structures must inherit from the ROOT object base class TObject in order be
204 * transported by the transportation framework.
205 * - all pointer members must be transient (marked <tt>//!</tt> behind the member
206 * definition), i.e. will not be stored/transported, or properly marked
207 * (<tt>//-></tt>) in order to call the streamer of the object the member is pointing
208 * to. The latter is not recomended. Structures to be transported between components
209 * should be streamlined.
210 * - no use of stl vectors/strings, use appropriate ROOT classes instead
212 * @subsection alihltcomponent-low-level-interface Low-level interface
213 * The low-level component interface consists of the specific data processing
214 * methods for @ref AliHLTProcessor, @ref AliHLTDataSource, and @ref AliHLTDataSink.
215 * - @ref AliHLTProcessor::DoEvent
216 * - @ref AliHLTDataSource::GetEvent
217 * - @ref AliHLTDataSink::DumpEvent
220 * @section alihltcomponent-handling Component handling
221 * The handling of HLT analysis components is carried out by the AliHLTComponentHandler.
222 * Component are registered automatically at load-time of the component shared library
223 * under the following suppositions:
224 * - the component library has to be loaded from the AliHLTComponentHandler using the
225 * @ref AliHLTComponentHandler::LoadLibrary method.
226 * - the component implementation defines one global object (which is generated
227 * when the library is loaded)
229 * @subsection alihltcomponent-design-rules General design considerations
230 * The analysis code should be implemented in one or more destict class(es). A
231 * \em component should be implemented which interface the destict analysis code to the
232 * component interface. This component generates the analysis object dynamically. <br>
234 * Assume you have an implemetation <tt> AliHLTDetMyAnalysis </tt>, another class <tt>
235 * AliHLTDetMyAnalysisComponent </tt> contains:
238 * AliHLTDetMyAnalysis* fMyAnalysis; //!
240 * The object should then be instantiated in the DoInit handler of
241 * <tt>AliHLTDetMyAnalysisComponent </tt>, and cleaned in the DoDeinit handler.
244 * - avoid big static arrays in the component, allocate the memory at runtime
246 * @ingroup alihlt_component
247 * @section alihltcomponent-members Class members
249 class AliHLTComponent : public AliHLTLogging {
251 /** standard constructor */
253 /** standard destructor */
254 virtual ~AliHLTComponent();
256 /** component type definitions */
257 enum TComponentType { kUnknown=0, kSource=1, kProcessor=2, kSink=3 };
260 * Init function to prepare data processing.
261 * Initialization of common data structures for a sequence of events.
262 * The call is redirected to the internal method @ref DoInit which can be
263 * overridden by the child class.<br>
264 * During Init also the environment structure is passed to the component.
265 * @param environ environment pointer with environment dependend function
267 * @param environParam additionel parameter for function calls, the pointer
269 * @param argc size of the argument array
270 * @param argv agument array for component initialization
272 virtual int Init( AliHLTComponentEnvironment* environ, void* environParam, int argc, const char** argv );
275 * Clean-up function to terminate data processing.
276 * Clean-up of common data structures after data processing.
277 * The call is redirected to the internal method @ref DoDeinit which can be
278 * overridden by the child class.
280 virtual int Deinit();
283 * Processing of one event.
284 * The method is the entrance of the event processing. The parameters are
285 * cached for uses with the high-level interface and the DoProcessing
286 * implementation is called.
293 * @param outputBlockCnt out: size of the output block array, set by the component
294 * @param outputBlocks out: the output block array is allocated internally
296 * @return neg. error code if failed
298 int ProcessEvent( const AliHLTComponentEventData& evtData, const AliHLTComponentBlockData* blocks,
299 AliHLTComponentTriggerData& trigData, AliHLTUInt8_t* outputPtr,
300 AliHLTUInt32_t& size, AliHLTUInt32_t& outputBlockCnt,
301 AliHLTComponentBlockData*& outputBlocks,
302 AliHLTComponentEventDoneData*& edd );
305 * Internal processing of one event.
306 * The method is pure virtual and implemented by the child classes
307 * - @ref AliHLTProcessor
308 * - @ref AliHLTDataSource
309 * - @ref AliHLTDataSink
316 * @param outputBlocks out: the output block array is allocated internally
318 * @return neg. error code if failed
320 virtual int DoProcessing( const AliHLTComponentEventData& evtData, const AliHLTComponentBlockData* blocks,
321 AliHLTComponentTriggerData& trigData, AliHLTUInt8_t* outputPtr,
322 AliHLTUInt32_t& size,
323 AliHLTComponentBlockDataList& outputBlocks,
324 AliHLTComponentEventDoneData*& edd ) = 0;
328 * The function must not be called when running in AliRoot unless it it
329 * really wanted. The CDB path will be set to the specified path, which might
330 * override the path initialized at the beginning of the AliRoot reconstruction.
332 * The method is used from the external interface in order to set the correct
333 * path when running on-line.
335 int InitCDB(const char* cdbPath);
338 * Set the run no for the CDB.
339 * The function must not be called when running in AliRoot unless it it
340 * really wanted. The CDB path will be set to the specified path, which might
341 * override the run no initialized at the beginning of the AliRoot reconstruction.
343 * The method is used from the external interface in order to set the correct
344 * path when running on-line.
346 int SetCDBRunNo(int runNo);
348 // Information member functions for registration.
351 * Get the type of the component.
352 * The function is pure virtual and must be implemented by the child class.
353 * @return component type id
355 virtual TComponentType GetComponentType() = 0; // Source, sink, or processor
358 * Get the id of the component.
359 * Each component is identified by a unique id.
360 * The function is pure virtual and must be implemented by the child class.
361 * @return component id (string)
363 virtual const char* GetComponentID() = 0;
366 * Get the input data types of the component.
367 * The function is pure virtual and must be implemented by the child class.
368 * @return list of data types in the vector reference
370 virtual void GetInputDataTypes( AliHLTComponentDataTypeList& ) = 0;
373 * Get the output data type of the component.
374 * The function is pure virtual and must be implemented by the child class.
375 * @return output data type
377 virtual AliHLTComponentDataType GetOutputDataType() = 0;
380 * Get the output data types of the component.
381 * The function can be implemented to indicate multiple output data types
382 * in the target array.
383 * @ref GetOutputDataType must return @ref kAliHLTMultipleDataType in order
384 * to invoke this method.
385 * @param tgtList list to receive the data types
386 * @return no of output data types, data types in the target list
388 virtual int GetOutputDataTypes(AliHLTComponentDataTypeList& tgtList);
391 * Get a ratio by how much the data volume is shrinked or enhanced.
392 * The function is pure virtual and must be implemented by the child class.
393 * @param constBase <i>return</i>: additive part, independent of the
395 * @param inputMultiplier <i>return</i>: multiplication ratio
396 * @return values in the reference variables
398 virtual void GetOutputDataSize( unsigned long& constBase, double& inputMultiplier ) = 0;
402 * Each component must implement a spawn function to create a new instance of
403 * the class. Basically the function must return <i>new <b>my_class_name</b></i>.
404 * @return new class instance
406 virtual AliHLTComponent* Spawn() = 0;
409 * Find matching data types between this component and a consumer component.
410 * Currently, a component can produce only one type of data. This restriction is most
411 * likely to be abolished in the future.
412 * @param pConsumer a component and consumer of the data produced by this component
413 * @param tgtList reference to a vector list to receive the matching data types.
414 * @return >= 0 success, neg. error code if failed
416 int FindMatchingDataTypes(AliHLTComponent* pConsumer, AliHLTComponentDataTypeList* tgtList);
419 * Set the global component handler.
420 * The static method is needed for the automatic registration of components.
422 static int SetGlobalComponentHandler(AliHLTComponentHandler* pCH, int bOverwrite=0);
425 * Clear the global component handler.
426 * The static method is needed for the automatic registration of components.
428 static int UnsetGlobalComponentHandler();
431 * Helper function to convert the data type to a string.
432 * @param type data type structure
433 * @param mode 0 print string origin:type <br>
437 static string DataType2Text( const AliHLTComponentDataType& type, int mode=0);
440 * Helper function to print content of data type.
442 void PrintDataTypeContent(AliHLTComponentDataType& dt, const char* format=NULL) const;
445 * helper function to initialize AliHLTComponentEventData structure
447 static void FillEventData(AliHLTComponentEventData& evtData);
450 * Print info on an AliHLTComponentDataType structure
451 * This is just a helper function to examine an @ref AliHLTComponentDataType
454 void PrintComponentDataTypeInfo(const AliHLTComponentDataType& dt);
457 * Fill AliHLTComponentBlockData structure with default values.
458 * @param blockData reference to data structure
460 static void FillBlockData( AliHLTComponentBlockData& blockData );
463 * Fill AliHLTComponentShmData structure with default values.
464 * @param shmData reference to data structure
466 static void FillShmData( AliHLTComponentShmData& shmData );
469 * Fill AliHLTComponentDataType structure with default values.
470 * @param dataType reference to data structure
472 static void FillDataType( AliHLTComponentDataType& dataType );
475 * Copy data type structure
476 * Copies the value an AliHLTComponentDataType structure to another one
477 * @param[out] tgtdt target structure
478 * @param[in] srcdt source structure
480 static void CopyDataType(AliHLTComponentDataType& tgtdt, const AliHLTComponentDataType& srcdt);
483 * Set the ID and Origin of an AliHLTComponentDataType structure.
484 * The function sets the fStructureSize member and copies the strings
485 * to the ID and Origin. Only characters from the valid part of the string
486 * are copied, the rest is filled with 0's. <br>
487 * Please note that the fID and fOrigin members are not strings, just arrays of
488 * chars of size @ref kAliHLTComponentDataTypefIDsize and
489 * @ref kAliHLTComponentDataTypefOriginSize respectively and not necessarily with
490 * a terminating zero. <br>
491 * It is possible to pass NULL pointers as id or origin argument, in that case they
493 * @param tgtdt target data type structure
494 * @param id ID string
495 * @param origin Origin string
497 static void SetDataType(AliHLTComponentDataType& tgtdt, const char* id, const char* origin);
500 * Stopwatch type for benchmarking.
502 enum AliHLTStopwatchType {
503 /** total time for event processing */
505 /** detector algorithm w/o interface callbacks */
511 /** number of types */
516 * Helper class for starting and stopping a stopwatch.
517 * The guard can be used by instantiating an object in a function. The
518 * specified stopwatch is started and the previous stopwatch put on
519 * hold. When the function is terminated, the object is deleted automatically
520 * deleted, stopping the stopwatch and starting the one on hold.<br>
521 * \em IMPORTANT: never create dynamic objects from this guard as this violates
522 * the idea of a guard.
524 class AliHLTStopwatchGuard {
526 /** standard constructor (not for use) */
527 AliHLTStopwatchGuard();
529 AliHLTStopwatchGuard(TStopwatch* pStart);
530 /** copy constructor (not for use) */
531 AliHLTStopwatchGuard(const AliHLTStopwatchGuard&);
532 /** assignment operator (not for use) */
533 AliHLTStopwatchGuard& operator=(const AliHLTStopwatchGuard&);
535 ~AliHLTStopwatchGuard();
539 * Hold the previous guard for the existence of this guard.
540 * Checks whether this guard controls a new stopwatch. In that case, the
541 * previous guard and its stopwatch are put on hold.
542 * @param pSucc instance of the stopwatch of the new guard
543 * @return 1 if pSucc is a different stopwatch which should
545 * 0 if it controls the same stopwatch
547 int Hold(TStopwatch* pSucc);
550 * Resume the previous guard.
551 * Checks whether the peceeding guard controls a different stopwatch. In that
552 * case, the its stopwatch is resumed.
553 * @param pSucc instance of the stopwatch of the new guard
554 * @return 1 if pSucc is a different stopwatch which should
556 * 0 if it controls the same stopwatch
558 int Resume(TStopwatch* pSucc);
560 /** the stopwatch controlled by this guard */
561 TStopwatch* fpStopwatch; //!transient
563 /** previous stopwatch guard, put on hold during existence of the guard */
564 AliHLTStopwatchGuard* fpPrec; //!transient
566 /** active stopwatch guard */
567 static AliHLTStopwatchGuard* fgpCurrent; //!transient
571 * Set a stopwatch for a given purpose.
572 * @param pSW stopwatch object
573 * @param type type of the stopwatch
575 int SetStopwatch(TObject* pSW, AliHLTStopwatchType type=kSWBase);
578 * Init a set of stopwatches.
579 * @param pStopwatches object array of stopwatches
581 int SetStopwatches(TObjArray* pStopwatches);
586 * Default method for the internal initialization.
587 * The method is called by @ref Init
589 virtual int DoInit( int argc, const char** argv );
592 * Default method for the internal clean-up.
593 * The method is called by @ref Deinit
595 virtual int DoDeinit();
598 * Reconfigure the component.
599 * The method is called when an event of type @ref kAliHLTDataTypeComConf
600 * {COM_CONF:PRIV} is received by the component. If the event is sent as
601 * part of a normal event, the component configuration is called first.
603 * The CDB path parameter specifies the path in the CDB, i.e. without
604 * leading absolute path of the CDB location. The framework might alse
605 * provide the id of the component in the analysis chain.
607 * \b Note: The CDB will be initialized by the framework, either already set
608 * from AliRoot or from the wrapper interface during initialization.
610 * @param cdbEntry path of the cdbEntry
611 * @param chainId the id of the component in the analysis chain
612 * @note both parameters can be NULL, check before usage
614 virtual int Reconfigure(const char* cdbEntry, const char* chainId);
617 * General memory allocation method.
618 * All memory which is going to be used 'outside' of the interface must
619 * be provided by the framework (online or offline).
620 * The method is redirected to a function provided by the current
621 * framework. Function pointers are transferred via the @ref
622 * AliHLTComponentEnvironment structure.
624 void* AllocMemory( unsigned long size );
627 * Helper function to create a monolithic BlockData description block out
628 * of a list BlockData descriptors.
629 * For convenience, inside the interface vector lists are used, to make the
630 * interface pure C style, monilithic blocks must be exchanged.
631 * The method is redirected to a function provided by the current
632 * framework. Function pointers are transferred via the @ref
633 * AliHLTComponentEnvironment structure.
635 int MakeOutputDataBlockList( const AliHLTComponentBlockDataList& blocks, AliHLTUInt32_t* blockCount,
636 AliHLTComponentBlockData** outputBlocks );
639 * Fill the EventDoneData structure.
640 * The method is redirected to a function provided by the current
641 * framework. Function pointers are transferred via the @ref
642 * AliHLTComponentEnvironment structure.
644 int GetEventDoneData( unsigned long size, AliHLTComponentEventDoneData** edd );
647 * Helper function to convert the data type to a string.
649 void DataType2Text(const AliHLTComponentDataType& type, char output[kAliHLTComponentDataTypefIDsize+kAliHLTComponentDataTypefOriginSize+2]) const;
653 * @return value of the internal event counter
655 int GetEventCount() const;
658 * Get the number of input blocks.
659 * @return number of input blocks
661 int GetNumberOfInputBlocks() const;
664 * Get the first object of a specific data type from the input data.
665 * The hight-level methods provide functionality to transfer ROOT data
666 * structures which inherit from TObject.
667 * The method looks for the first ROOT object of type dt in the input stream.
668 * If also the class name is provided, the object is checked for the right
669 * class type. The input data block needs a certain structure, namely the
670 * buffer size as first word. If the cross check fails, the retrieval is
671 * silently abondoned, unless the \em bForce parameter is set.<br>
672 * \em Note: THE OBJECT MUST NOT BE DELETED by the caller.
673 * @param dt data type of the object
674 * @param classname class name of the object
675 * @param bForce force the retrieval of an object, error messages
676 * are suppressed if \em bForce is not set
677 * @return pointer to @ref TObject, NULL if no objects of specified type
680 const TObject* GetFirstInputObject(const AliHLTComponentDataType& dt=kAliHLTAnyDataType,
681 const char* classname=NULL,
685 * Get the first object of a specific data type from the input data.
686 * The hight-level methods provide functionality to transfer ROOT data
687 * structures which inherit from TObject.
688 * The method looks for the first ROOT object of type specified by the ID and
689 * Origin strings in the input stream.
690 * If also the class name is provided, the object is checked for the right
691 * class type. The input data block needs a certain structure, namely the
692 * buffer size as first word. If the cross check fails, the retrieval is
693 * silently abondoned, unless the \em bForce parameter is set.<br>
694 * \em Note: THE OBJECT MUST NOT BE DELETED by the caller.
695 * @param dtID data type ID of the object
696 * @param dtOrigin data type origin of the object
697 * @param classname class name of the object
698 * @param bForce force the retrieval of an object, error messages
699 * are suppressed if \em bForce is not set
700 * @return pointer to @ref TObject, NULL if no objects of specified type
703 const TObject* GetFirstInputObject(const char* dtID,
704 const char* dtOrigin,
705 const char* classname=NULL,
709 * Get the next object of a specific data type from the input data.
710 * The hight-level methods provide functionality to transfer ROOT data
711 * structures which inherit from TObject.
712 * The method looks for the next ROOT object of type and class specified
713 * to the previous @ref GetFirstInputObject call.<br>
714 * \em Note: THE OBJECT MUST NOT BE DELETED by the caller.
715 * @param bForce force the retrieval of an object, error messages
716 * are suppressed if \em bForce is not set
717 * @return pointer to @ref TObject, NULL if no more objects available
719 const TObject* GetNextInputObject(int bForce=0);
722 * Get data type of an input block.
723 * Get data type of the object previously fetched via
724 * GetFirstInputObject/NextInputObject or the last one if no object
726 * @param pObject pointer to TObject
727 * @return data specification, kAliHLTVoidDataSpec if failed
729 AliHLTComponentDataType GetDataType(const TObject* pObject=NULL);
732 * Get data specification of an input block.
733 * Get data specification of the object previously fetched via
734 * GetFirstInputObject/NextInputObject or the last one if no object
736 * @param pObject pointer to TObject
737 * @return data specification, kAliHLTVoidDataSpec if failed
739 AliHLTUInt32_t GetSpecification(const TObject* pObject=NULL);
742 * Get the first block of a specific data type from the input data.
743 * The method looks for the first block of type dt in the input stream. It is intended
744 * to be used within the high-level interface.<br>
745 * \em Note: THE BLOCK DESCRIPTOR MUST NOT BE DELETED by the caller.
746 * @param dt data type of the block
747 * @return pointer to @ref AliHLTComponentBlockData
749 const AliHLTComponentBlockData* GetFirstInputBlock(const AliHLTComponentDataType& dt=kAliHLTAnyDataType);
752 * Get the first block of a specific data type from the input data.
753 * The method looks for the first block of type specified by the ID and
754 * Origin strings in the input stream. It is intended
755 * to be used within the high-level interface.<br>
756 * \em Note: THE BLOCK DESCRIPTOR MUST NOT BE DELETED by the caller.
757 * @param dtID data type ID of the block
758 * @param dtOrigin data type origin of the block
759 * @return pointer to @ref AliHLTComponentBlockData
761 const AliHLTComponentBlockData* GetFirstInputBlock(const char* dtID,
762 const char* dtOrigin);
765 * Get input block by index.<br>
766 * \em Note: THE BLOCK DESCRIPTOR MUST NOT BE DELETED by the caller.
767 * @return pointer to AliHLTComponentBlockData, NULL if index out of range
769 const AliHLTComponentBlockData* GetInputBlock(int index);
772 * Get the next block of a specific data type from the input data.
773 * The method looks for the next block of type and class specified
774 * to the previous @ref GetFirstInputBlock call.
775 * To be used within the high-level interface.<br>
776 * \em Note: THE BLOCK DESCRIPTOR MUST NOT BE DELETED by the caller.
778 const AliHLTComponentBlockData* GetNextInputBlock();
781 * Get data specification of an input block.
782 * Get data specification of the input bblock previously fetched via
783 * GetFirstInputObject/NextInputObject or the last one if no block
785 * @param pBlock pointer to input block
786 * @return data specification, kAliHLTVoidDataSpec if failed
788 AliHLTUInt32_t GetSpecification(const AliHLTComponentBlockData* pBlock=NULL);
791 * Forward an input object to the output.
792 * Forward the input block of an object previously fetched via
793 * GetFirstInputObject/NextInputObject or the last one if no object
795 * The block descriptor of the input block is forwarded to the
797 * @param pObject pointer to TObject
798 * @return neg. error code if failed
800 int Forward(const TObject* pObject);
803 * Forward an input block to the output.
804 * Forward the input block fetched via GetFirstInputObject/
805 * NextInputBlock or the last one if no block specified.
806 * The block descriptor of the input block is forwarded to the
808 * @param pBlock pointer to input block
809 * @return neg. error code if failed
811 int Forward(const AliHLTComponentBlockData* pBlock=NULL);
814 * Insert an object into the output.
815 * If header is specified, it will be inserted before the root object,
816 * default is no header.
817 * @param pObject pointer to root object
818 * @param dt data type of the object
819 * @param spec data specification
820 * @param pHeader pointer to header
821 * @param headerSize size of Header
822 * @return neg. error code if failed
824 int PushBack(TObject* pObject, const AliHLTComponentDataType& dt,
825 AliHLTUInt32_t spec=kAliHLTVoidDataSpec,
826 void* pHeader=NULL, int headerSize=0);
829 * Insert an object into the output.
830 * If header is specified, it will be inserted before the root object,
831 * default is no header.
832 * @param pObject pointer to root object
833 * @param dtID data type ID of the object
834 * @param dtOrigin data type origin of the object
835 * @param spec data specification
836 * @param pHeader pointer to header
837 * @param headerSize size of Header
838 * @return neg. error code if failed
840 int PushBack(TObject* pObject, const char* dtID, const char* dtOrigin,
841 AliHLTUInt32_t spec=kAliHLTVoidDataSpec,
842 void* pHeader=NULL, int headerSize=0);
845 * Insert an object into the output.
846 * @param pBuffer pointer to buffer
847 * @param iSize size of the buffer
848 * @param dt data type of the object
849 * @param spec data specification
850 * @param pHeader pointer to header
851 * @param headerSize size of Header
852 * @return neg. error code if failed
854 int PushBack(void* pBuffer, int iSize, const AliHLTComponentDataType& dt,
855 AliHLTUInt32_t spec=kAliHLTVoidDataSpec,
856 void* pHeader=NULL, int headerSize=0);
859 * Insert an object into the output.
860 * @param pBuffer pointer to buffer
861 * @param iSize size of the buffer
862 * @param dtID data type ID of the object
863 * @param dtOrigin data type origin of the object
864 * @param spec data specification
865 * @param pHeader pointer to header
866 * @param headerSize size of Header
867 * @return neg. error code if failed
869 int PushBack(void* pBuffer, int iSize, const char* dtID, const char* dtOrigin,
870 AliHLTUInt32_t spec=kAliHLTVoidDataSpec,
871 void* pHeader=NULL, int headerSize=0);
874 * Estimate size of a TObject
876 * @return buffer size in byte
878 int EstimateObjectSize(TObject* pObject) const;
881 * Create a memory file in the output stream.
882 * This method creates a TFile object which stores all data in
883 * memory instead of disk. The TFile object is published as binary data.
884 * The instance can be used like a normal TFile object. The TFile::Close
885 * or @ref CloseMemoryFile method has to be called in order to flush the
888 * \b Note: The returned object is deleted by the framework.
889 * @param capacity total size reserved for the memory file
890 * @param dtID data type ID of the file
891 * @param dtOrigin data type origin of the file
892 * @param spec data specification
893 * @return file handle, NULL if failed
895 AliHLTMemoryFile* CreateMemoryFile(int capacity, const char* dtID, const char* dtOrigin,
896 AliHLTUInt32_t spec=kAliHLTVoidDataSpec);
899 * Create a memory file in the output stream.
900 * This method creates a TFile object which stores all data in
901 * memory instead of disk. The TFile object is published as binary data.
902 * The instance can be used like a normal TFile object. The TFile::Close
903 * or @ref CloseMemoryFile method has to be called in order to flush the
906 * \b Note: The returned object is deleted by the framework.
907 * @param capacity total size reserved for the memory file
908 * @param dt data type of the file
909 * @param spec data specification
910 * @return file handle, NULL if failed
912 AliHLTMemoryFile* CreateMemoryFile(int capacity,
913 const AliHLTComponentDataType& dt=kAliHLTAnyDataType,
914 AliHLTUInt32_t spec=kAliHLTVoidDataSpec);
917 * Create a memory file in the output stream.
918 * This method creates a TFile object which stores all data in
919 * memory instead of disk. The TFile object is published as binary data.
920 * The instance can be used like a normal TFile object. The TFile::Close
921 * or @ref CloseMemoryFile method has to be called in order to flush the
924 * \b Note: The returned object is deleted by the framework.
925 * @param dtID data type ID of the file
926 * @param dtOrigin data type origin of the file
927 * @param spec data specification
928 * @param capacity fraction of the available output buffer size
929 * @return file handle, NULL if failed
931 AliHLTMemoryFile* CreateMemoryFile(const char* dtID, const char* dtOrigin,
932 AliHLTUInt32_t spec=kAliHLTVoidDataSpec,
936 * Create a memory file in the output stream.
937 * This method creates a TFile object which stores all data in
938 * memory instead of disk. The TFile object is published as binary data.
939 * The instance can be used like a normal TFile object. The TFile::Close
940 * or @ref CloseMemoryFile method has to be called in order to flush the
943 * \b Note: The returned object is deleted by the framework.
944 * @param dt data type of the file
945 * @param spec data specification
946 * @param capacity fraction of the available output buffer size
947 * @return file handle, NULL if failed
949 AliHLTMemoryFile* CreateMemoryFile(const AliHLTComponentDataType& dt=kAliHLTAnyDataType,
950 AliHLTUInt32_t spec=kAliHLTVoidDataSpec,
954 * Write an object to memory file in the output stream.
955 * @param pFile file handle
956 * @param pObject pointer to root object
957 * @param key key in ROOT file
958 * @param option options, see TObject::Write
959 * @return neg. error code if failed
960 * - -ENOSPC no space left
962 int Write(AliHLTMemoryFile* pFile, const TObject* pObject, const char* key=NULL, int option=TObject::kOverwrite);
965 * Close object memory file.
966 * @param pFile file handle
967 * @return neg. error code if failed
968 * - -ENOSPC buffer size too small
970 int CloseMemoryFile(AliHLTMemoryFile* pFile);
973 * Insert event-done data information into the output.
974 * @param edd event-done data information
976 int CreateEventDoneData(AliHLTComponentEventDoneData edd);
979 * Get current run number
981 AliHLTUInt32_t GetRunNo() const;
984 * Get the current run type.
986 AliHLTUInt32_t GetRunType() const;
989 * Set a bit to 1 in a readout list ( = AliHLTEventDDL )
990 * -> enable DDL for readout
991 * @param list readout list
992 * @param ddlId DDL Id to be turned on ( Decimal )
994 void EnableDDLBit(AliHLTEventDDL &list, Int_t ddlId ) const {
995 SetDDLBit( list, ddlId, kTRUE );
999 * Set a bit to 0 in a readout list ( = AliHLTEventDDL )
1000 * -> disable DDL for readout
1001 * @param list readout list
1002 * @param ddlId DDL Id to be turned on ( Decimal )
1004 void DisableDDLBit(AliHLTEventDDL &list, Int_t ddlId ) const {
1005 SetDDLBit( list, ddlId, kFALSE );
1009 * Set or unset bit a readout list ( = AliHLTEventDDL )
1010 * -> enable or disable DDL for readout
1011 * @param list readout list
1012 * @param ddlId DDL Id to be turned on ( Decimal )
1013 * @param state kTRUE sets it, kFALSE unsets it
1015 void SetDDLBit(AliHLTEventDDL &list, Int_t ddlId, Bool_t state ) const;
1018 * Get the first word of a detector, which has a set DDL bit.
1019 * Beware, this only works if DDLs of 1 detector are set. In the
1020 * case of the TPC and TOF, which use 8 and 3 words, the first
1022 * @param list readout list
1023 * @return returns the detector index, -1 if no bit is set
1024 * at all or several detectors (=error)
1026 Int_t GetFirstUsedDDLWord(AliHLTEventDDL &list) const;
1029 * Copy a struct from block data.
1030 * The function checks for block size and struct size. The least common
1031 * size will be copied to the target struct, remaining fields are initialized
1033 * The target struct must have a 32bit struct size indicator as first member.
1034 * @param pStruct target struct
1035 * @param iStructSize size of the struct
1036 * @param iBlockNo index of input block
1037 * @param structname name of the struct (log messages)
1038 * @param eventname name of the event (log messages)
1039 * @return size copied, neg. error if failed
1041 int CopyStruct(void* pStruct, unsigned int iStructSize, unsigned int iBlockNo,
1042 const char* structname="", const char* eventname="");
1045 /** copy constructor prohibited */
1046 AliHLTComponent(const AliHLTComponent&);
1047 /** assignment operator prohibited */
1048 AliHLTComponent& operator=(const AliHLTComponent&);
1051 * Increment the internal event counter.
1052 * To be used by the friend classes AliHLTProcessor, AliHLTDataSource
1053 * and AliHLTDataSink.
1054 * @return new value of the internal event counter
1057 int IncrementEventCounter();
1060 * Find the first input block of specified data type beginning at index.
1061 * Input blocks containing a TObject have the size of the object as an
1062 * unsigned 32 bit number in the first 4 bytes. This has to match the block
1064 * @param dt data type
1065 * @param startIdx index to start the search
1066 * @param bObject check if this is an object
1067 * @return index of the block, -ENOENT if no block found
1071 int FindInputBlock(const AliHLTComponentDataType& dt, int startIdx=-1, int bObject=0) const;
1074 * Get index in the array of input bocks.
1075 * Calculate index and check integrety of a block data structure pointer.
1076 * @param pBlock pointer to block data
1077 * @return index of the block, -ENOENT if no block found
1081 int FindInputBlock(const AliHLTComponentBlockData* pBlock) const;
1084 * Create an object from a specified input block.
1085 * @param idx index of the input block
1086 * @param bForce force the retrieval of an object, error messages
1087 * are suppressed if \em bForce is not set
1088 * @return pointer to TObject, caller must delete the object after use
1092 TObject* CreateInputObject(int idx, int bForce=0);
1096 * Get object from the input block list. The methods first checks whether the
1097 * object was already created. If not, it is created by @ref CreateInputObject
1098 * and inserted into the list of objects.
1099 * @param idx index in the input block list
1100 * @param classname name of the class, object is checked for correct class
1102 * @param bForce force the retrieval of an object, error messages
1103 * are suppressed if \em bForce is not set
1104 * @return pointer to TObject
1108 TObject* GetInputObject(int idx, const char* classname=NULL, int bForce=0);
1111 * Clean the list of input objects.
1112 * Cleanup is done at the end of each event processing.
1114 int CleanupInputObjects();
1117 * Insert a buffer into the output block stream.
1118 * This is the only method to insert blocks into the output stream, called
1119 * from all types of the Pushback method. The actual data might have been
1120 * written to the output buffer already. In that case NULL can be provided
1121 * as buffer, only the block descriptor will be build. If a header is specified,
1122 * it will be inserted before the buffer, default is no header.
1123 * @param pBuffer pointer to buffer
1124 * @param iBufferSize size of the buffer in byte
1125 * @param dt data type
1126 * @param spec data specification
1127 * @param pHeader pointer to header
1128 * @param iHeaderSize size of Header
1129 * @return neg. error code if failed
1131 int InsertOutputBlock(void* pBuffer, int iBufferSize,
1132 const AliHLTComponentDataType& dt,
1133 AliHLTUInt32_t spec,
1134 void* pHeader=NULL, int iHeaderSize=0);
1136 /** The global component handler instance */
1137 static AliHLTComponentHandler* fgpComponentHandler; //! transient
1139 /** The environment where the component is running in */
1140 AliHLTComponentEnvironment fEnvironment; // see above
1142 /** Set by ProcessEvent before the processing starts */
1143 AliHLTEventID_t fCurrentEvent; // see above
1145 /** internal event no */
1146 int fEventCount; // see above
1148 /** the number of failed events */
1149 int fFailedEvents; // see above
1151 /** event data struct of the current event under processing */
1152 AliHLTComponentEventData fCurrentEventData; // see above
1154 /** array of input data blocks of the current event */
1155 const AliHLTComponentBlockData* fpInputBlocks; //! transient
1157 /** index of the current input block */
1158 int fCurrentInputBlock; // see above
1160 /** data type of the last block search */
1161 AliHLTComponentDataType fSearchDataType; // see above
1163 /** name of the class for the object to search for */
1164 string fClassName; // see above
1166 /** array of generated input objects */
1167 TObjArray* fpInputObjects; //! transient
1169 /** the output buffer */
1170 AliHLTUInt8_t* fpOutputBuffer; //! transient
1172 /** size of the output buffer */
1173 AliHLTUInt32_t fOutputBufferSize; // see above
1175 /** size of data written to output buffer */
1176 AliHLTUInt32_t fOutputBufferFilled; // see above
1178 /** list of ouput block data descriptors */
1179 AliHLTComponentBlockDataList fOutputBlocks; // see above
1181 /** stopwatch array */
1182 TObjArray* fpStopwatches; //! transient
1184 /** array of memory files AliHLTMemoryFile */
1185 AliHLTMemoryFilePList fMemFiles; //! transient
1187 /** descriptor of the current run */
1188 AliHLTRunDesc* fpRunDesc; //! transient
1190 /** the current DDL list */
1191 AliHLTEventDDL* fpDDLList; //! transient
1193 /** indicates that the CDB has been initialized locally */
1194 bool fCDBInitialized; //! transient
1196 /** id of the component in the analysis chain */
1197 string fChainId; //! transient
1199 ClassDef(AliHLTComponent, 4)