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Cleaning up generation and reading back of lookup tables. Also moved core generation...
[u/mrichter/AliRoot.git] / HLT / MUON / OnlineAnalysis / AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent.cxx
index b75b26d61658d470e667e62f2bfea32c682c7f53..c8e05ac47b357387b99384448872ae67101cfc54 100644 (file)
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <cassert>
+#include <fstream>
 
 //STEER 
 #include "AliCDBManager.h"
+#include "AliCDBStorage.h"
 #include "AliGeomManager.h"
 
 //MUON
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@ AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent() :
        AliHLTProcessor(),
        fHitRec(NULL),
        fDDL(-1),
+       fLutSize(0),
+       fLut(NULL),
        fIdToEntry(),
        fWarnForUnexpecedBlock(false)
 {
@@ -84,6 +88,10 @@ AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::~AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent()
        {
                delete fHitRec;
        }
+       if (fLut != NULL)
+       {
+               delete fLut;
+       }
 }
 
 const char* AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::GetComponentID()
@@ -147,8 +155,8 @@ int AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::DoInit(int argc, const char** argv)
 
        HLTInfo("Initialising dHLT hit reconstruction component.");
        
-       // Must make sure that fHitRec is deleted if it is still allocated for
-       // whatever reason.
+       // Must make sure that fHitRec and fLut is deleted if it is still
+       // allocated for whatever reason.
        FreeMemory();
        
        try
@@ -188,7 +196,7 @@ int AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::DoInit(int argc, const char** argv)
                        unsigned long num = strtoul( argv[i+1], &cpErr, 0 );
                        if (cpErr == NULL or *cpErr != '\0')
                        {
-                               HLTError("Cannot convert '%s' to DDL Number ", argv[i+1] );
+                               HLTError("Cannot convert '%s' to DDL a number.", argv[i+1] );
                                FreeMemory(); // Make sure we cleanup to avoid partial initialisation.
                                return -EINVAL;
                        }
@@ -198,7 +206,7 @@ int AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::DoInit(int argc, const char** argv)
                                FreeMemory(); // Make sure we cleanup to avoid partial initialisation.
                                return -EINVAL;
                        }
-                       fDDL = num - 1;
+                       fDDL = num - 1;  // convert to range [12..19]
                        
                        i++;
                        continue;
@@ -273,76 +281,34 @@ int AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::DoInit(int argc, const char** argv)
        
        } // for loop
        
+       if (lutFileName == NULL) useCDB = true;
+       
        if (fDDL == -1)
        {
                HLTWarning("DDL number not specified. Cannot check if incomming data is valid.");
        }
        
-       if (lutFileName == NULL) useCDB = true;
-       
-       AliHLTMUONHitRecoLutRow* lookupTable = NULL;
-       
+       int result = 0;
        if (useCDB)
        {
-               if (not ReadCDB(lookupTable,cdbPath,run))
-               {
-                       HLTError("Failed to read cdb, cdb cannot be read, DoInit");
-                       FreeMemory(); // Make sure we cleanup to avoid partial initialisation.
-                       if (lookupTable != NULL)
-                               delete [] lookupTable;
-                       return -ENOENT;
-               }
+               HLTInfo("Loading lookup table information from CDB for DDL %d.", fDDL+1);
+               if (fDDL == -1)
+                       HLTWarning("DDL number not specified. The lookup table loaded from CDB will be empty!");
+               result = ReadCDB(cdbPath, run);
        }
        else
        {
-               AliHLTUInt32_t lutLine;
-               if (not GetLutLine(lutFileName, lutLine))
-               {
-                       HLTError("Failed for lookuptable count the number of lines in lookuptable, DoInit");
-                       FreeMemory(); // Make sure we cleanup to avoid partial initialisation.
-                       return -EIO;
-               }
-       
-               try
-               {
-                       lookupTable = new AliHLTMUONHitRecoLutRow[lutLine];
-               }
-               catch(const std::bad_alloc&)
-               {
-                       HLTError("Dynamic memory allocation failed for lookuptable, DoInit");
-                       FreeMemory(); // Make sure we cleanup to avoid partial initialisation.
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-               }
-       
-               if (not ReadLookUpTable(lookupTable, lutFileName))
-               {
-                       HLTError("Failed to read lut, lut cannot be read, DoInit");
-                       FreeMemory(); // Make sure we cleanup to avoid partial initialisation.
-                       if (lookupTable != NULL)
-                               delete [] lookupTable;
-                       return -ENOENT;
-               }
-       }
-       
-       if (not fHitRec->SetIdManuChannelToEntry(fIdToEntry))
-       {
-               HLTError("Failed to set fIdToEntry mapping, DoInit");
-               FreeMemory(); // Make sure we cleanup to avoid partial initialisation.
-               if (lookupTable != NULL)
-                       delete [] lookupTable;
-               return -ENOENT;
+               HLTInfo("Loading lookup table information from file %s.", lutFileName);
+               result = ReadLookUpTable(lutFileName);
        }
-       
-       if (not fHitRec->LoadLookUpTable(lookupTable, fDDL))
+       if (result != 0)
        {
-               HLTError("Cannot Laod hitrec lookuptable , DoInit");
+               // Error messages already generated in ReadCDB or ReadLookUpTable.
                FreeMemory(); // Make sure we cleanup to avoid partial initialisation.
-               if (lookupTable != NULL)
-                       delete [] lookupTable;
-               return -ENOENT;
+               return result;
        }
        
-       delete [] lookupTable;
+       fHitRec->SetLookUpTable(fLut, &fIdToEntry);
        
        return 0;
 }
@@ -501,259 +467,400 @@ void AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::FreeMemory()
        /// Deletes any allocated objects if they are allocated else nothing is
        /// done for objects not yet allocated.
        /// This is used as a helper method to make sure the corresponding pointers
-       /// are NULL and we are back to a well defined state.
+       /// are NULL and we get back to a well defined state.
 
        if (fHitRec != NULL)
        {
                delete fHitRec;
                fHitRec = NULL;
        }
+       if (fLut != NULL)
+       {
+               delete fLut;
+               fLut = NULL;
+               fLutSize = 0;
+       }
        
        fIdToEntry.clear();
 }
 
 
-bool AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::GetLutLine(
-               const char* lutFileName, AliHLTUInt32_t& iLine
-       )
+int AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::ReadLookUpTable(const char* lutFileName)
 {
-  // Reads LUT from CDB.
-  // TODO: combine this with ReadLookUpTable().
-  
-  ifstream fin(lutFileName);
-
-  if(!fin){
-    HLTError("Failed to open file '%s' ",lutFileName);
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  string s;
-  iLine = 0;
-  while(getline(fin,s)){
-    iLine++;
-  }
-
-  fin.close();
-
-  return true;
+       /// Read in the lookup table from a text file.
+       /// Note that this method could leave fLut allocated which is cleaned up
+       /// by DoInit with a call to FreeMemory().
+       
+       assert( fLut == NULL );
+       assert( fLutSize == 0 );
+       assert( fIdToEntry.empty() );
+       
+       std::ifstream file(lutFileName);
+       if (not file.good())
+       {
+               HLTError("Could not open the LUT file %s", lutFileName);
+               return -ENOENT;
+       }
+       
+       // First count the number of lines of text in the LUT file before decoding.
+       // This is not the most optimal. It would be better to read and decode at the
+       // same time but we are not allowed to use STL and ROOT containers are too
+       // heavy for this task. At least this is done only at the start of run.
+       std::string str;
+       AliHLTUInt32_t lineCount = 0;
+       while (std::getline(file, str)) lineCount++;
+       if (not file.eof())
+       {
+               HLTError("There was a problem reading the LUT file %s", lutFileName);
+               return -EIO;
+       }
+       if (lineCount == 0)
+       {
+               HLTWarning("The LUT file %s was empty.", lutFileName);
+       }
+       
+       // Add one extra LUT line for the first element which is used as a sentinel value.
+       lineCount++;
+       
+       try
+       {
+               fLut = new AliHLTMUONHitRecoLutRow[lineCount];
+               fLutSize = lineCount;
+       }
+       catch (const std::bad_alloc&)
+       {
+               HLTError("Could not allocate more memory for the lookuptable.");
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+       
+       // Initialise the sentinel value.
+       fLut[0].fDetElemId = 0;
+       fLut[0].fIX = 0;
+       fLut[0].fIY = 0;
+       fLut[0].fRealX = 0.0;
+       fLut[0].fRealY = 0.0;
+       fLut[0].fRealZ = 0.0;
+       fLut[0].fHalfPadSize = 0.0;
+       fLut[0].fPlane = -1;
+       fLut[0].fPed = -1;
+       fLut[0].fSigma = -1;
+       fLut[0].fA0 = -1;
+       fLut[0].fA1 = -1;
+       fLut[0].fThres = -1;
+       fLut[0].fSat = -1;
+       
+       // Clear the eof flag and start reading from the beginning of the file again.
+       file.clear();
+       file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+       if (not file.good())
+       {
+               HLTError("There was a problem seeking in the LUT file %s", lutFileName);
+               return -EIO;
+       }
+       
+       AliHLTInt32_t idManuChannel;
+       for (AliHLTUInt32_t i = 1; i < fLutSize; i++)
+       {
+               if (std::getline(file, str).fail())
+               {
+                       HLTError("There was a problem reading line %d of LUT file %s", i, lutFileName);
+                       return -EIO;
+               }
+               
+               int result = sscanf(
+                       str.c_str(), "%d\t%d\t%d\t%d\t%e\t%e\t%e\t%e\t%d\t%e\t%e\t%e\t%e\t%d\t%d",
+                       &idManuChannel, &fLut[i].fDetElemId, &fLut[i].fIX,
+                       &fLut[i].fIY, &fLut[i].fRealX,
+                       &fLut[i].fRealY, &fLut[i].fRealZ,
+                       &fLut[i].fHalfPadSize, &fLut[i].fPlane,
+                       &fLut[i].fPed, &fLut[i].fSigma, &fLut[i].fA0,
+                       &fLut[i].fA1, &fLut[i].fThres, &fLut[i].fSat
+               );
+               
+               if (result != 15)
+               {
+                       HLTError("Line %d in LUT file %s does not contain 15 elements.", i, lutFileName);
+                       return -EIO;
+               }
+               
+               fIdToEntry[idManuChannel] = i;
+       }
+       
+       return 0;
 }
 
 
-bool AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::ReadLookUpTable(
-               AliHLTMUONHitRecoLutRow* lookupTable, const char* lutFileName
-       )
+int AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::ReadCDB(const char* cdbPath, Int_t run)
 {
-       ///
-       /// Read in the lookup table from a text file.
-       ///
-  
-  if (fDDL < AliHLTMUONHitReconstructor::GetkDDLOffSet() ||
-      fDDL >= AliHLTMUONHitReconstructor::GetkDDLOffSet() + AliHLTMUONHitReconstructor::GetkNofDDL())
-  {
-    HLTError("DDL number is out of range");
-    return false;
-  }
-  
-  AliHLTUInt32_t lutLine;
-  if(!GetLutLine(lutFileName, lutLine)){
-    HLTError("Failed for lookuptable count the number of lines in lookuptable, DoInit");
-    
-    return false;
-  }
-  
-  int idManuChannel;
-  fIdToEntry.clear();
-  
-  FILE *fin = fopen(lutFileName,"r");
-  if(fin == NULL){
-    printf("Failed to open file %s\n",lutFileName);
-    return false;
-  }else{
-    for(AliHLTUInt32_t i=0;i<lutLine;i++){
-      fscanf(fin,"%d\t%d\t%d\t%d\t%f\t%f\t%f\t%f\t%d\t%f\t%f\t%f\t%f\t%d\t%d\n",
-            &idManuChannel,&lookupTable[i].fDetElemId,&lookupTable[i].fIX,
-            &lookupTable[i].fIY,&lookupTable[i].fRealX,
-            &lookupTable[i].fRealY,&lookupTable[i].fRealZ,
-            &lookupTable[i].fHalfPadSize,&lookupTable[i].fPlane,
-            &lookupTable[i].fPed,&lookupTable[i].fSigma,&lookupTable[i].fA0,
-            &lookupTable[i].fA1,&lookupTable[i].fThres,&lookupTable[i].fSat);
-      
-      fIdToEntry[idManuChannel] = i+1;
-
-      
-    }
-  }
-
-  fclose(fin);
-
-  return true;
+       // Reads LUT from CDB.
+       // TODO: merge this with CreateHitRecoLookupTables.C, make this static and use in the macro for example.
+
+       assert( fLut == NULL );
+       assert( fLutSize == 0 );
+       assert( fIdToEntry.empty() );
+       
+       std::vector<AliHLTMUONHitRecoLutRow> lutList;
+       AliHLTMUONHitRecoLutRow lut;
+       AliHLTUInt32_t iEntry = 0;
+       
+       Bool_t warn = kFALSE;
+       
+       AliCDBManager* cdbManager = AliCDBManager::Instance();
+       if (cdbManager == NULL)
+       {
+               HLTError("CDB manager instance does not exist.");
+               return -EIO;
+       }
+       
+       const char* cdbPathUsed = "unknown (not set)";
+       if (cdbPath != NULL)
+       {
+               cdbManager->SetDefaultStorage(cdbPath);
+               cdbPathUsed = cdbPath;
+       }
+       else
+       {
+               AliCDBStorage* store = cdbManager->GetDefaultStorage();
+               if (store != NULL) cdbPathUsed = store->GetURI().Data();
+       }
+       
+       if (run != -1) cdbManager->SetRun(run);
+       Int_t runUsed = cdbManager->GetRun();
+       
+       if (not AliMpCDB::LoadDDLStore(warn))
+       {
+               HLTError("Failed to load DDL store specified for CDB path '%s' and run no. %d",
+                       cdbPathUsed, runUsed
+               );
+               return -ENOENT;
+       }
+       AliMpDDLStore* ddlStore = AliMpDDLStore::Instance();
+       if (ddlStore == NULL)
+       {
+               HLTError("Could not find DDL store instance.");
+               return -EIO;
+       }
+       AliMpSegmentation* mpSegFactory = AliMpSegmentation::Instance();
+       if (mpSegFactory == NULL)
+       {
+               HLTError("Could not find segmentation mapping (AliMpSegmentation) instance.");
+               return -EIO;
+       }
+       
+       AliGeomManager::LoadGeometry();
+       AliMUONGeometryTransformer chamberGeometryTransformer;
+       if (not chamberGeometryTransformer.LoadGeometryData())
+       {
+               HLTError("Failed to load geomerty data.");
+               return -ENOENT;
+       }
+       
+       AliMUONCalibrationData calibData(run);
+       
+       Int_t chamberId;
+       
+       for(Int_t iCh = 6; iCh < 10; iCh++)
+       {
+               chamberId = iCh;
+               
+               AliMpDEIterator it;
+               for ( it.First(chamberId); ! it.IsDone(); it.Next() )
+               {
+                       Int_t detElemId = it.CurrentDEId();
+                       int iDDL = ddlStore->GetDetElement(detElemId)->GetDdlId();
+                       if (iDDL != fDDL) continue;
+               
+                       for (Int_t iCath = 0 ; iCath <= 1 ; iCath++)
+                       {
+                               AliMp::CathodType cath;
+                               
+                               if(iCath == 0)
+                                       cath = AliMp::kCath0;
+                               else
+                                       cath = AliMp::kCath1;
+                               
+                               const AliMpVSegmentation* seg = mpSegFactory->GetMpSegmentation(detElemId, cath);
+                               AliMp::PlaneType plane = seg->PlaneType();
+                               Int_t maxIX = seg->MaxPadIndexX();
+                               Int_t maxIY = seg->MaxPadIndexY();
+                               
+                               Int_t idManuChannel, manuId, channelId, buspatchId;
+                               AliHLTFloat32_t padSizeX, padSizeY;
+                               AliHLTFloat32_t halfPadSize;
+                               Double_t realX, realY, realZ;
+                               Double_t localX, localY, localZ;
+                               Float_t calibA0Coeff,calibA1Coeff,pedestal,sigma;
+                               Int_t thresold,saturation;
+                               
+                               // Pad Info of a slat to print in lookuptable
+                               for (Int_t iX = 0; iX<= maxIX ; iX++)
+                               for (Int_t iY = 0; iY<= maxIY ; iY++)
+                               {
+                                       if (not seg->HasPad(AliMpIntPair(iX,iY))) continue;
+
+                                       AliMpPad pad = seg->PadByIndices(AliMpIntPair(iX,iY), kFALSE);
+                                       
+                                       // Getting Manu id
+                                       manuId = pad.GetLocation().GetFirst();
+                                       manuId &= 0x7FF; // 11 bits 
+                       
+                                       buspatchId = ddlStore->GetBusPatchId(detElemId,manuId);
+                                       
+                                       // Getting channel id
+                                       channelId =  pad.GetLocation().GetSecond();
+                                       channelId &= 0x3F; // 6 bits
+                                       
+                                       idManuChannel = buspatchId << 11;
+                                       idManuChannel = (idManuChannel | manuId) << 6;
+                                       idManuChannel |= channelId;
+                                       
+                                       localX = pad.Position().X();
+                                       localY = pad.Position().Y();
+                                       localZ = 0.0;
+                                       
+                                       chamberGeometryTransformer.Local2Global(
+                                               detElemId,localX,localY,localZ,
+                                               realX,realY,realZ
+                                       );
+                                       
+                                       padSizeX = pad.Dimensions().X();
+                                       padSizeY = pad.Dimensions().Y();
+                                       
+                                       calibA0Coeff = (calibData.Gains(detElemId, manuId))->ValueAsFloat(channelId, 0);
+                                       calibA1Coeff = (calibData.Gains(detElemId, manuId))->ValueAsFloat(channelId, 1);
+                                       thresold = (calibData.Gains(detElemId, manuId))->ValueAsInt(channelId, 2);
+                                       saturation = (calibData.Gains(detElemId, manuId))->ValueAsInt(channelId, 4);
+                                       
+                                       pedestal = (calibData.Pedestals(detElemId, manuId))->ValueAsFloat(channelId, 0);
+                                       sigma = (calibData.Pedestals(detElemId, manuId))->ValueAsFloat(channelId, 1);
+                                       
+                                       if (plane == 0)
+                                               halfPadSize = padSizeX;
+                                       else
+                                               halfPadSize = padSizeY;
+                                       
+                                       fIdToEntry[idManuChannel] = iEntry+1;
+                       
+                                       lut.fDetElemId = detElemId;
+                                       lut.fIX = iX;
+                                       lut.fIY = iY;
+                                       lut.fRealX = realX;
+                                       lut.fRealY = realY;
+                                       lut.fRealZ = realZ;
+                                       lut.fHalfPadSize = halfPadSize;
+                                       lut.fPlane = plane;
+                                       lut.fPed = pedestal;
+                                       lut.fSigma = sigma;
+                                       lut.fA0 = calibA0Coeff;
+                                       lut.fA1 = calibA1Coeff;
+                                       lut.fThres = thresold;
+                                       lut.fSat = saturation;
+                                       
+                                       lutList.push_back(lut);
+                                       iEntry++;
+                               } // iX, iY loop
+                       } // iCath loop
+               } // detElemId loop
+       } // ichamber loop
+
+       try
+       {
+               // Use iEntry+1 since we add one extra LUT line for the first element
+               // which is used as a sentinel value.
+               fLut = new AliHLTMUONHitRecoLutRow[iEntry+1];
+               fLutSize = iEntry+1;
+       }
+       catch (const std::bad_alloc&)
+       {
+               HLTError("Could not allocate more memory for the lookuptable.");
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+       
+       // Initialise the sentinel value.
+       fLut[0].fDetElemId = 0;
+       fLut[0].fIX = 0;
+       fLut[0].fIY = 0;
+       fLut[0].fRealX = 0.0;
+       fLut[0].fRealY = 0.0;
+       fLut[0].fRealZ = 0.0;
+       fLut[0].fHalfPadSize = 0.0;
+       fLut[0].fPlane = -1;
+       fLut[0].fPed = -1;
+       fLut[0].fSigma = -1;
+       fLut[0].fA0 = -1;
+       fLut[0].fA1 = -1;
+       fLut[0].fThres = -1;
+       fLut[0].fSat = -1;
+       
+       for (AliHLTUInt32_t i = 0; i < iEntry; i++)
+               fLut[i+1] = lutList[i];
+       
+       return 0;
 }
 
 
-bool AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::ReadCDB(
-               AliHLTMUONHitRecoLutRow*& lookupTable,
+bool AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent::GenerateLookupTable(
+               AliHLTInt32_t ddl, const char* filename,
                const char* cdbPath, Int_t run
        )
 {
-  // Reads LUT from CDB.
-  // TODO: merge this with CreateHitRecoLookupTables.C, make this static and use in the macro for example.
-
-  vector<AliHLTMUONHitRecoLutRow> lutList;
-  lutList.clear();
-  AliHLTMUONHitRecoLutRow lut;
-  int iEntry = 0;
-
-  Bool_t warn = kTRUE;
-
-  AliCDBManager* cdbManager = AliCDBManager::Instance();
-  if (cdbPath != NULL) cdbManager->SetDefaultStorage(cdbPath);
-  if (run != -1) cdbManager->SetRun(run);
-
-  if (! AliMpCDB::LoadDDLStore(warn)){
-    HLTError("Failed to Load DDLStore specified for CDBPath '%s', and Run : '%d'",cdbPath,run);
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  AliMpSegmentation *mpSegFactory = AliMpSegmentation::Instance();
-  AliGeomManager::LoadGeometry();
-  AliMUONGeometryTransformer* chamberGeometryTransformer = new AliMUONGeometryTransformer();
-  if(! chamberGeometryTransformer->LoadGeometryData()){
-    HLTError("Failed to Load Geomerty Data ");
-    return false;
-  }
-  
-  AliMUONCalibrationData calibData(run);
-
-  int totMaxIX = -1;
-  int totMaxIY = -1;
-  Int_t chamberId;
-
-  for(Int_t iCh = 6; iCh < 10; iCh++){ // max 4
-
-    chamberId = iCh ;
-
-    AliMpDEIterator it;
-    for ( it.First(chamberId); ! it.IsDone(); it.Next() ) {
-    
-      Int_t detElemId = it.CurrentDEId();
-      int iDDL = AliMpDDLStore::Instance()->GetDetElement(detElemId)->GetDdlId() + 1;
-      if(iDDL == fDDL){
-
-       for(Int_t iCath = 0 ; iCath <= 1 ; iCath++){
-       
-         AliMp::CathodType cath;
-         
-         if(iCath == 0)
-           cath = AliMp::kCath0 ;
-         else
-         cath = AliMp::kCath1 ;
-         
-         const AliMpVSegmentation* seg = mpSegFactory->GetMpSegmentation(detElemId, cath);
-         AliMp::PlaneType plane = seg->PlaneType(); 
-         Int_t maxIX = seg->MaxPadIndexX();  
-         Int_t maxIY = seg->MaxPadIndexY(); 
-         if(maxIX > totMaxIX)
-           totMaxIX = maxIX;
-         if(maxIY > totMaxIY)
-           totMaxIY = maxIY;
-         
-         Int_t idManuChannel, manuId, channelId, buspatchId;
-         float padSizeX, padSizeY;
-         float halfPadSize ;
-         Double_t realX, realY, realZ;
-         Double_t localX, localY, localZ;
-         Float_t calibA0Coeff,calibA1Coeff,pedestal,sigma;
-         Int_t thresold,saturation;
-         
-         //    cout<<"Running for detElemId :"<<detElemId<<", and plane : "<<plane<<endl;
-         //Pad Info of a segment to print in lookuptable
-         for(Int_t iX = 0; iX<= maxIX ; iX++){
-           for(Int_t iY = 0; iY<= maxIY ; iY++){
-             if(seg->HasPad(AliMpIntPair(iX,iY))){
-               AliMpPad pad = seg->PadByIndices(AliMpIntPair(iX,iY),kFALSE);
-               
-               // Getting Manu id
-               manuId = pad.GetLocation().GetFirst();
-               manuId &= 0x7FF; // 11 bits 
-
-               buspatchId = AliMpDDLStore::Instance()->GetBusPatchId(detElemId,manuId);
-               
-               // Getting channel id
-               channelId =  pad.GetLocation().GetSecond();
-               channelId &= 0x3F; // 6 bits
-               
-               idManuChannel &= 0x0;
-               idManuChannel = (idManuChannel|buspatchId)<<11;  
-               idManuChannel = (idManuChannel|manuId)<<6 ;
-               idManuChannel |= channelId ;
-               
-               localX = pad.Position().X();
-               localY = pad.Position().Y();
-               localZ = 0.0;
-               
-               chamberGeometryTransformer->Local2Global(detElemId,localX,localY,localZ,
-                                                      realX,realY,realZ);
-               
-               padSizeX = pad.Dimensions().X();
-               padSizeY = pad.Dimensions().Y();
-               
-               calibA0Coeff = (calibData.Gains(detElemId,manuId))->ValueAsFloat(channelId,0) ;
-               calibA1Coeff = (calibData.Gains(detElemId,manuId))->ValueAsFloat(channelId,1) ;
-               thresold = (calibData.Gains(detElemId,manuId))->ValueAsInt(channelId,2) ;
-               saturation = (calibData.Gains(detElemId,manuId))->ValueAsInt(channelId,4) ;
-               
-               pedestal = (calibData.Pedestals(detElemId,manuId))->ValueAsFloat(channelId,0);
-               sigma = (calibData.Pedestals(detElemId,manuId))->ValueAsFloat(channelId,1);
+       /// Generates a ASCII text file containing the lookup table (LUT) from
+       /// the CDB, which can be used for the hit reconstructor component later.
+       /// @param ddl  Must be the DDL for which to generate the DDL,
+       ///             in the range [13..20].
+       /// @param filename  The name of the LUT file to generate.
+       /// @param cdbPath  The CDB path to use.
+       /// @param run  The run number to use for the CDB.
+       /// @return  True if the generation of the LUT file succeeded.
+       
+       AliHLTMUONHitReconstructorComponent comp;
+       
+       if (ddl < 12 or 19 < ddl)
+       {
+               std::cerr << "ERROR: the DDL number must be in the range [12..19]." << std::endl;
+               return false;
+       }
+       
+       comp.fDDL = ddl;
+       if (comp.ReadCDB(cdbPath, run) != 0) return false;
+       
+       char str[1024*4];
+       std::fstream file(filename, std::ios::out);
+       if (not file)
+       {
+               std::cerr << "ERROR: could not open file: " << filename << std::endl;
+               return false;
+       }
+       
+       assert( comp.fLut != NULL );
+       
+       for (IdManuChannelToEntry::iterator id = comp.fIdToEntry.begin();
+            id != comp.fIdToEntry.end();
+            id++
+           )
+       {
+               AliHLTInt32_t idManuChannel = id->first;
+               AliHLTInt32_t row = id->second;
                
-               if(plane==0)
-                 halfPadSize = padSizeX;
-               else
-                 halfPadSize = padSizeY;
+               assert( row < comp.fLutSize );
                
-               fIdToEntry[idManuChannel] = iEntry+1;
-
-               lut.fDetElemId = detElemId;
-               lut.fIX = iX;
-               lut.fIY = iY;
-               lut.fRealX = realX;
-               lut.fRealY = realY;
-               lut.fRealZ = realZ;
-               lut.fHalfPadSize = halfPadSize;
-               lut.fPlane = plane;
-               lut.fPed = pedestal;
-               lut.fSigma = sigma;
-               lut.fA0 = calibA0Coeff;
-               lut.fA1 = calibA1Coeff;
-               lut.fThres = thresold;
-               lut.fSat = saturation;
+               sprintf(str, "%d\t%d\t%d\t%d\t%.15e\t%.15e\t%.15e\t%.15e\t%d\t%.15e\t%.15e\t%.15e\t%.15e\t%d\t%d",
+                       idManuChannel, comp.fLut[row].fDetElemId, comp.fLut[row].fIX,
+                       comp.fLut[row].fIY, comp.fLut[row].fRealX,
+                       comp.fLut[row].fRealY, comp.fLut[row].fRealZ,
+                       comp.fLut[row].fHalfPadSize, comp.fLut[row].fPlane,
+                       comp.fLut[row].fPed, comp.fLut[row].fSigma, comp.fLut[row].fA0,
+                       comp.fLut[row].fA1, comp.fLut[row].fThres, comp.fLut[row].fSat
+               );
                
-               lutList.push_back(lut);
-               iEntry++;
-             }// HasPad Condn
-           }// iY loop
-         }// iX loop
-       
-       }// iPlane
-      }// iDDL
-    } // detElemId loop
-
-  }// ichamber loop
-
-  AliHLTMUONHitRecoLutRow *temp;
-
-  try{
-    temp = new AliHLTMUONHitRecoLutRow[iEntry];
-  }
-  catch(const std::bad_alloc&){
-    HLTError("Dynamic memory allocation failed for temp");
-
-    return false;
-  }
-  
-  for(int iterm = 0; iterm < iEntry ;iterm++)
-    temp[iterm] = lutList.at(iterm);
-  
-  lookupTable = temp;
-
-  return true;
+               file << str << endl;
+               if (file.fail())
+               {
+                       std::cerr << "ERROR: There was an I/O error when writing to the file: "
+                               << filename << std::endl;
+                       return false;
+               }
+       }
+       
+       return true;
 }