3 #ifndef ALIHLTFILEWRITER_H
4 #define ALIHLTFILEWRITER_H
5 /* This file is property of and copyright by the ALICE HLT Project *
6 * ALICE Experiment at CERN, All rights reserved. *
7 * See cxx source for full Copyright notice */
9 /** @file AliHLTFileWriter.h
10 @author Matthias Richter
12 @brief An HLT file dump (data sink) component.
15 #include "AliHLTDataSink.h"
20 * @class AliHLTFileWriter
21 * An HLT data sink component which writes data to file(s).
23 * Component ID: \b FileWriter <br>
24 * Library: \b libAliHLTUtil.
26 * Mandatory arguments: <br>
27 * <!-- NOTE: ignore the \li. <i> and </i>: it's just doxygen formating -->
29 * Optional arguments: <br>
30 * <!-- NOTE: ignore the \li. <i> and </i>: it's just doxygen formating -->
31 * \li -datafile <i> filename </i> <br>
33 * \li -directory <i> directory </i> <br>
35 * \li -subdir[=pattern] <br>
36 * create sub dir for each event, the format patern can contain printf
37 * specifiers to print the evntn no into the dir name, default is
38 * 'event%03d' (-subdir w/o additional pattern)
39 * \li -idfmt[=pattern] <br>
40 * format specifier for the event id in the file name, <br>
41 * default: on, default pattern: '_0x%08x'
42 * \li -specfmt[=pattern] <br>
43 * format specifier for the data specification in the file name <br>
44 * default: off, default pattern: '_0x%08x'
45 * \li -blocknofmt[=pattern] <br>
46 * format specifier for the block no in the file name <br>
47 * default: on, default pattern: '_0x%02x'
49 * don't use the event number but an event counter beginning from 0
50 * \li -concatenate-blocks <br>
51 * concatenate all blocks of one event into one file, this skips
52 * the block no, and the block data type in the file name
53 * \li -concatenate-events <br>
54 * concatenate all events into one file, this skips the event no,
55 * the block no, and the block data type in the file name. Currently,
56 * this implies the -concatenate-blocks option.
58 * By default, file name is built from the basename, the event number, the
59 * block number and the data type in the format:
63 * If the basename was not given, \em 'event' ist used instead. A file
64 * extension after the last dot is separated from the basename and appended
67 * The naming rule can be changed by the -xxfmt options, which can contain
68 * printf format specifiers in order to print the corresponding variable. E.g.
70 * -specfmt append specification
71 * -subdir=test_%d store in sub folders
72 * -blcknofmt=_0x%x format block no in hex
73 * -idfmt=_%04d print id in 4-digits decimal number
76 * The class can be used as a base class for file writers. Additional
77 * argument scan can be implemented in @ref ScanArgument which is called
78 * for each unknown argument.
79 * @ingroup alihlt_component
81 class AliHLTFileWriter : public AliHLTDataSink {
83 /** standard constructor */
86 virtual ~AliHLTFileWriter();
88 virtual const char* GetComponentID();
89 virtual void GetInputDataTypes( vector<AliHLTComponentDataType>& list);
90 virtual AliHLTComponent* Spawn();
96 int DoInit( int argc, const char** argv );
105 * The DoInit function is not available for child classes. InitWriter is the
106 * corresponding function for classes derived from AliHLTFileWriter.
108 virtual int InitWriter();
112 * The DoDeinit function is not available for child classes. CloseWriter is the
113 * corresponding function for classes derived from AliHLTFileWriter.
115 virtual int CloseWriter();
118 * Data processing method for the component.
119 * The function can be overloaded by other file writer components.
120 * @param evtData event data structure
121 * @param blocks input data block descriptors
122 * @param trigData trigger data structure
124 virtual int DumpEvent( const AliHLTComponentEventData& evtData,
125 const AliHLTComponentBlockData* blocks,
126 AliHLTComponentTriggerData& trigData );
128 using AliHLTDataSink::DumpEvent;
131 * Scan one argument and adjacent parameters.
132 * Can be overloaded by child classes in order to add additional arguments
133 * beyond the standard arguments of the file publisher. The method is called
134 * whenever a non-standard argument is recognized. Make sure to return
135 * <tt> -EPROTO </tt> if the argument is not recognized be the child.
136 * @param argc size of the argument array
137 * @param argv agument array for component initialization
138 * @return number of processed members of the argv <br>
139 * -EINVAL unknown argument <br>
140 * -EPROTO parameter for argument missing <br>
142 virtual int ScanArgument(int argc, const char** argv);
145 * Build file name from eventID data type and the specified directory and basename.
146 * @param eventID [in] the ID of the event
147 * @param blockID [in] the ID of the current block
148 * no block string appended if -1
149 * @param dataType [in] the data type of the data block
150 * no type string appanded if @ref kAliHLTVoidDataType
151 * @param specification data specification of the block
152 * @param filename [out] string to receive the file name
154 int BuildFileName(const AliHLTEventID_t eventID, const int blockID,
155 const AliHLTComponentDataType& dataType,
156 const AliHLTUInt32_t specification,
161 * @return current mode flags
163 int SetMode(Short_t mode);
167 * @return current mode flags
169 int ClearMode(Short_t mode);
173 * @return 1 if flag is set, 0 if not
175 int CheckMode(Short_t mode) const;
178 * Working modes of the writer
183 * flag to indicate whether to write each incoming block to separate files
184 * or all blocks of one event to one file. set = concatenate (one file).
186 kConcatenateBlocks = 0x1,
189 * flag to indicate whether to concatenate incoming blocks of the same type
190 * for all events to one file. If also @ref kConcatenateBlocks is set,
191 * or all blocks of all events are written to the same file.
193 kConcatenateEvents = 0x2,
195 /** event enumeration flag */
201 /** copy constructor prohibited */
202 AliHLTFileWriter(const AliHLTFileWriter&);
203 /** assignment operator prohibited */
204 AliHLTFileWriter& operator=(const AliHLTFileWriter&);
206 /** the basename of the output file */
207 TString fBaseName; // see above
208 /** the extension of the output file */
209 TString fExtension; // see above
210 /** target directory */
211 TString fDirectory; // see above
212 /** base name of the event sub directories */
213 TString fSubDirFormat; // see above
214 /** event id format string (when added to file name) */
215 TString fIdFormat; // see above
216 /** specification format string (when added to file name) */
217 TString fSpecFormat; // see above
218 /** format string for block no (when added to file name) */
219 TString fBlcknoFormat; // see above
221 /** enumeration format string */
222 TString fCurrentFileName; // see above
225 /** mode specifier, see @ref TWriterMode */
226 Short_t fMode; // see above
228 ClassDef(AliHLTFileWriter, 2)