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Adding a utility program to perform a logical dump of internal dHLT data block struct...
authorszostak <szostak@f7af4fe6-9843-0410-8265-dc069ae4e863>
Sun, 1 Jul 2007 06:19:57 +0000 (06:19 +0000)
committerszostak <szostak@f7af4fe6-9843-0410-8265-dc069ae4e863>
Sun, 1 Jul 2007 06:19:57 +0000 (06:19 +0000)
This is very useful for debugging.

HLT/MUON/utils/dHLTdumpraw.cxx [new file with mode: 0644]

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+/**************************************************************************
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+ * appear in the supporting documentation. The authors make no claims     *
+ * about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is          *
+ * provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.                  *
+ **************************************************************************/
+
+/* $Id$ */
+
+/**
+ * @file   dHLTdumpraw.cxx
+ * @author Artur Szostak <artursz@iafrica.com>,
+ *         Seforo Mohlalisi <seforomohlalisi@yahoo.co.uk>
+ * @date   
+ * @brief  Command line utility to dump dHLT's internal raw data blocks.
+ */
+
+// We define NDEBUG for the AliHLTMUONDataBlockReader.h header file since this
+// program by definition handles corrupt data. So we do not need the assertions
+// in the AliHLTMUONDataBlockReader class to be checked.
+#define NDEBUG
+#include "AliHLTMUONDataBlockReader.h"
+#undef NDEBUG
+#include "AliHLTMUONUtils.h"
+
+#include <endian.h>
+#ifndef LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#error Handling of internal data for non little endian machines not yet implemented.
+#endif
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <new>
+#include <fstream>
+
+#include <iostream>
+using std::cout;
+using std::cerr;
+using std::endl;
+using std::showbase;
+using std::noshowbase;
+using std::hex;
+using std::dec;
+
+#include <iomanip>
+using std::setw;
+using std::left;
+using std::internal;
+
+
+#define CMDLINE_ERROR 1
+#define PARSE_ERROR 2
+#define SYSTEM_ERROR 3
+#define FATAL_ERROR 4
+
+
+void PrintRubbishData(AliHLTUInt32_t offset, const char* padByte, AliHLTUInt32_t padCount)
+{
+       if (padCount == 0) return;
+       
+       cerr << "ERROR: Found the following unexpected rubbish data at the"
+               " end of the data block:" << endl;
+       cerr << "Byte #\tValue\tCharacter" << endl;
+       for (AliHLTUInt32_t i = 0; i < padCount; i++)
+       {
+               short value = short(padByte[i]) & 0xFF;
+               char character = padByte[i];
+               cerr << offset + i + 1 << "\t"
+                       << noshowbase << hex << "0x" << value << dec << "\t"
+                       << character << endl;
+       }
+}
+
+
+template <typename FieldType>
+int CheckHeaderField(
+               FieldType& field, const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       const char* fieldptr = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&field);
+       const char* endptr = buffer + bufferSize;
+       AliHLTUInt32_t bufferRemaining = endptr > fieldptr ? endptr - fieldptr : 0;
+       
+       if (bufferRemaining < sizeof(field))
+       {
+               cout << "..." << endl; // We may be half way through printing a line so end it.
+               cerr << "ERROR: The data block is too short. The header is corrupt." << endl;
+               if (continueParse)
+               {
+                       AliHLTUInt32_t offset = fieldptr - buffer;
+                       PrintRubbishData(offset, fieldptr, bufferRemaining);
+               }
+               return PARSE_ERROR;
+       }
+       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+template <typename FieldType>
+int CheckField(
+               FieldType& field, const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       const char* fieldptr = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&field);
+       const char* endptr = buffer + bufferSize;
+       AliHLTUInt32_t bufferRemaining = endptr > fieldptr ? endptr - fieldptr : 0;
+       
+       if (bufferRemaining < sizeof(field))
+       {
+               cout << "..." << endl; // We may be half way through printing a line so end it.
+               cerr << "ERROR: The data block is too short. The data is corrupt." << endl;
+               if (continueParse)
+               {
+                       AliHLTUInt32_t offset = fieldptr - buffer;
+                       PrintRubbishData(offset, fieldptr, bufferRemaining);
+               }
+               return PARSE_ERROR;
+       }
+       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+template <typename BlockType>
+int CheckCommonHeader(
+               BlockType& block, const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       int result = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+       // Check the fRecordWidth field in the common header.
+       if (block.CommonBlockHeader().fRecordWidth !=
+               sizeof(typename BlockType::ElementType))
+       {
+               cerr << "ERROR: The record width found in the header is incorrect."
+                       " Found a record width of "
+                       << block.CommonBlockHeader().fRecordWidth << " bytes, but expected"
+                       " a value of " << sizeof(typename BlockType::ElementType)
+                       << " bytes." << endl;
+               result = PARSE_ERROR;
+               if (not continueParse) return result;
+       }
+       
+       if (not block.BufferSizeOk())
+       {
+               cerr << "ERROR: The size of the file is incorrect. It is "
+                       << bufferSize << " bytes big, but according"
+                       " to the data block header it should be " << block.BytesUsed()
+                       << " bytes." << endl;
+               result = PARSE_ERROR;
+               if (not continueParse) return result;
+       }
+       
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+template <typename BlockType>
+AliHLTUInt32_t CalculateNEntries(BlockType& block, unsigned long bufferSize)
+{
+       // Calculate how many entries we can display. If the buffer size is correct
+       // we just use the number of entries the block specifies. Otherwise we need
+       // to calculate it from the buffer size.
+       AliHLTUInt32_t nentries;
+       if (block.BytesUsed() == bufferSize)
+       {
+               nentries = block.Nentries();
+       }
+       else
+       {
+               AliHLTInt32_t dataSize = bufferSize
+                       - sizeof(typename BlockType::HeaderType);
+               nentries = dataSize / sizeof(typename BlockType::ElementType);
+               if (dataSize % sizeof(typename BlockType::ElementType) > 0)
+                       nentries++;
+       }
+       return nentries;
+}
+
+
+int DumpTriggerRecordsBlock(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       AliHLTMUONTriggerRecordsBlockReader block(buffer, bufferSize);
+       // TODO
+       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int DumpTrigRecsDebugBlock(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       AliHLTMUONTrigRecsDebugBlockReader block(buffer, bufferSize);
+       // TODO
+       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int DumpTriggerChannelsBlock(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       AliHLTMUONTriggerChannelsBlockReader block(buffer, bufferSize);
+       // TODO
+       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int DumpRecHitStruct(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               const AliHLTMUONRecHitStruct* hit,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       // Step through the fields trying to print them.
+       // At each step check if we have not overflowed the buffer. If we have
+       // not, then we can print the field, otherwise we print the left over
+       // bytes assumed to be corrupted rubbish.
+       int result = CheckField(hit->fX, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << setw(13) << left << hit->fX << setw(0);
+
+       result = CheckField(hit->fY, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << setw(13) << left << hit->fY << setw(0);
+
+       result = CheckField(hit->fZ, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << hit->fZ << setw(0) << endl;
+
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+int DumpRecHitsBlock(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       int result = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+       AliHLTMUONRecHitsBlockReader block(buffer, bufferSize);
+       
+       result = CheckCommonHeader(block, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS and not continueParse) return result;
+       
+       AliHLTUInt32_t nentries = CalculateNEntries(block, bufferSize);
+       
+       // Print the data block record entries.
+       cout << " X (cm)     | Y (cm)     | Z (cm)" << endl;
+       cout << "---------------------------------------" << endl;
+       const AliHLTMUONRecHitStruct* entry = block.GetArray();
+       for(AliHLTUInt32_t i = 0; i < nentries; i++)
+       {
+               int subResult = DumpRecHitStruct(buffer, bufferSize, entry++, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) return subResult;
+       }
+       
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+int DumpClustersBlock(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       AliHLTMUONClustersBlockReader block(buffer, bufferSize);
+       // TODO
+       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int DumpChannelsBlock(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       AliHLTMUONChannelsBlockReader block(buffer, bufferSize);
+       // TODO
+       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int DumpMansoTrackStruct(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               const AliHLTMUONMansoTrackStruct* track,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       // Step through the fields trying to print them.
+       // At each step check if we have not overflowed the buffer. If we have
+       // not, then we can print the field, otherwise we print the left over
+       // bytes assumed to be corrupted rubbish.
+       int result = CheckField(track->fId, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "Track ID: " << track->fId << "\t";
+
+       result = CheckField(track->fTrigRec, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "Trigger Record ID: " << track->fTrigRec << endl;
+       
+       result = CheckField(track->fFlags, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "Flags: " << showbase << hex << track->fFlags << dec;
+               
+       // Print the individual trigger bits.
+       AliHLTMUONParticleSign sign;
+       bool hitset[4];
+       AliHLTMUONUtils::UnpackMansoTrackFlags(track->fFlags, sign, hitset);
+       cout << " [Sign: " << sign << ", Hits set on chambers: ";
+       bool first = true;
+       for (AliHLTUInt32_t i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+       {
+               if (hitset[i])
+               {
+                       cout << (first ? "" : ", ") << i+7;
+                       first = false;
+               }
+       }
+       cout << (first ? "none]" : "]") << endl;
+
+       result = CheckField(track->fPx, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "Momentum: (px = " << track->fPx << ", ";
+
+       result = CheckField(track->fPy, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "py = " << track->fPy << ", ";
+
+       result = CheckField(track->fPz, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "pz = " << track->fPz << ") GeV/c\t";
+
+       result = CheckField(track->fChi2, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "Chi squared fit: " << track->fChi2 << endl;
+       
+       cout << "Track hits:" << endl;
+       cout << "Chamber | X (cm)     | Y (cm)     | Z (cm)" << endl;
+       cout << "------------------------------------------------" << endl;
+       const AliHLTMUONRecHitStruct* hit = &track->fHit[0];
+       for(AliHLTUInt32_t ch = 0; ch < 4; ch++)
+       {
+               cout << setw(10) << ch + 7;
+               result = DumpRecHitStruct(buffer, bufferSize, hit++, continueParse);
+               if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       }
+
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+int DumpMansoTracksBlock(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       int result = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+       AliHLTMUONMansoTracksBlockReader block(buffer, bufferSize);
+       
+       result = CheckCommonHeader(block, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS and not continueParse) return result;
+       
+       AliHLTUInt32_t nentries = CalculateNEntries(block, bufferSize);
+       
+       // Print the data block record entries.
+       const AliHLTMUONMansoTrackStruct* entry = block.GetArray();
+       for(AliHLTUInt32_t i = 0; i < nentries; i++)
+       {
+               cout << "============================== Manso track number " << i+1
+                       << " of " << nentries << " ==============================" << endl;
+               int subResult = DumpMansoTrackStruct(buffer, bufferSize, entry++, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) return subResult;
+       }
+       
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+int DumpMansoRoIStruct(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               const AliHLTMUONMansoRoIStruct* roi,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       // Step through the fields trying to print them.
+       // At each step check if we have not overflowed the buffer. If we have
+       // not, then we can print the field, otherwise we print the left over
+       // bytes assumed to be corrupted rubbish.
+       int result = CheckField(roi->fX, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << setw(13) << left << roi->fX << setw(0);
+
+       result = CheckField(roi->fY, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << setw(13) << left << roi->fY << setw(0);
+
+       result = CheckField(roi->fZ, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << setw(13) << left << roi->fZ << setw(0);
+
+       result = CheckField(roi->fRadius, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << roi->fRadius << setw(0) << endl;
+
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+int DumpMansoCandidateStruct(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               const AliHLTMUONMansoCandidateStruct* candidate,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       int result = DumpMansoTrackStruct(buffer, bufferSize, &candidate->fTrack, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       
+       cout << "Regions of interest:" << endl;
+       cout << "Chamber | X (cm)     | Y (cm)     | Z (cm)     | Radius (cm)" << endl;
+       cout << "-------------------------------------------------------------" << endl;
+       const AliHLTMUONMansoRoIStruct* roi = &candidate->fRoI[0];
+       for(AliHLTUInt32_t ch = 0; ch < 4; ch++)
+       {
+               cout << setw(10) << ch + 7;
+               result = DumpMansoRoIStruct(buffer, bufferSize, roi++, continueParse);
+               if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       }
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+int DumpMansoCandidatesBlock(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       int result = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+       AliHLTMUONMansoCandidatesBlockReader block(buffer, bufferSize);
+       
+       result = CheckCommonHeader(block, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS and not continueParse) return result;
+       
+       AliHLTUInt32_t nentries = CalculateNEntries(block, bufferSize);
+       
+       // Print the data block record entries.
+       const AliHLTMUONMansoCandidateStruct* entry = block.GetArray();
+       for(AliHLTUInt32_t i = 0; i < nentries; i++)
+       {
+               cout << "=========================== Manso track candidate number " << i+1
+                       << " of " << nentries << " ===========================" << endl;
+               int subResult = DumpMansoCandidateStruct(buffer, bufferSize, entry++, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) return subResult;
+       }
+       
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+int DumpSinglesDecisionBlockHeader(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               const AliHLTMUONSinglesDecisionBlockStruct* header,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       // Step through the header fields trying to print them.
+       // At each step check if we have not overflowed the buffer, if we have
+       // not then we can print the field, otherwise we print the left over
+       // bytes assumed to be corrupted rubbish.
+       int result = CheckHeaderField(header->fNlowPt, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << " Number of low pt triggers: " << header->fNlowPt << endl;
+       
+       result = CheckHeaderField(header->fNhighPt, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "Number of high pt triggers: " << header->fNhighPt << endl;
+
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+int DumpTrackDecisionStruct(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               const AliHLTMUONTrackDecisionStruct* decision,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       // Step through the fields trying to print them.
+       // At each step check if we have not overflowed the buffer. If we have
+       // not, then we can print the field, otherwise we print the left over
+       // bytes assumed to be corrupted rubbish.
+       int result = CheckField(decision->fTrackId, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << setw(13) << left << decision->fTrackId << setw(0);
+       
+       result = CheckField(decision->fTriggerBits, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << setw(12) << left << showbase << hex << decision->fTriggerBits
+               << setw(0) << dec;
+               
+       // Print the individual trigger bits.
+       bool highPt, lowPt;
+       AliHLTMUONUtils::UnpackTrackDecisionBits(decision->fTriggerBits, highPt, lowPt);
+       cout << setw(7) << left << (highPt ? "yes" : "no");
+       cout << setw(8) << left << (lowPt ? "yes" : "no");
+       cout << setw(0) << endl;
+
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+int DumpSinglesDecisionBlock(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       int result = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+       AliHLTMUONSinglesDecisionBlockReader block(buffer, bufferSize);
+       
+       result = CheckCommonHeader(block, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS and not continueParse) return result;
+       
+       // Dump the rest of the block header.
+       const AliHLTMUONSinglesDecisionBlockStruct* header = &block.BlockHeader();
+       int subResult = DumpSinglesDecisionBlockHeader(buffer, bufferSize, header, continueParse);
+       if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) return subResult;
+       
+       AliHLTUInt32_t nentries = CalculateNEntries(block, bufferSize);
+       
+       // Print the data block record entries.
+       cout << "           |        Trigger Bits" << endl;
+       cout << "Track ID   | Raw         HighPt LowPt" << endl;
+       cout << "--------------------------------------" << endl;
+       const AliHLTMUONTrackDecisionStruct* entry = block.GetArray();
+       for(AliHLTUInt32_t i = 0; i < nentries; i++)
+       {
+               subResult = DumpTrackDecisionStruct(buffer, bufferSize, entry++, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) return subResult;
+       }
+       
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+int DumpPairsDecisionBlockHeader(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               const AliHLTMUONPairsDecisionBlockStruct* header,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       // Step through the header fields trying to print them.
+       // At each step check if we have not overflowed the buffer, if we have
+       // not then we can print the field, otherwise we print the left over
+       // bytes assumed to be corrupted rubbish.
+       int result = CheckHeaderField(header->fNunlikeAnyPt, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "      Number of unlike all pt triggers: " << header->fNunlikeAnyPt << endl;
+       
+       result = CheckHeaderField(header->fNunlikeLowPt, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "      Number of unlike low pt triggers: " << header->fNunlikeLowPt << endl;
+       
+       result = CheckHeaderField(header->fNunlikeHighPt, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "     Number of unlike high pt triggers: " << header->fNunlikeHighPt << endl;
+       
+       result = CheckHeaderField(header->fNlikeAnyPt, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "        Number of like any pt triggers: " << header->fNlikeAnyPt << endl;
+       
+       result = CheckHeaderField(header->fNlikeLowPt, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "        Number of like low pt triggers: " << header->fNlikeLowPt << endl;
+       
+       result = CheckHeaderField(header->fNlikeHighPt, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "       Number of like high pt triggers: " << header->fNlikeHighPt << endl;
+       
+       result = CheckHeaderField(header->fNmassAny, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << " Number of all invariant mass triggers: " << header->fNmassAny << endl;
+       
+       result = CheckHeaderField(header->fNmassLow, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << " Number of low invariant mass triggers: " << header->fNmassLow << endl;
+       
+       result = CheckHeaderField(header->fNmassHigh, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "Number of high invariant mass triggers: " << header->fNmassHigh << endl;
+       
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+int DumpPairDecisionStruct(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               const AliHLTMUONPairDecisionStruct* decision,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       // Step through the fields trying to print them.
+       // At each step check if we have not overflowed the buffer. If we have
+       // not, then we can print the field, otherwise we print the left over
+       // bytes assumed to be corrupted rubbish.
+       int result = CheckField(decision->fTrackAId, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << setw(13) << left << decision->fTrackAId << setw(0);
+       
+       result = CheckField(decision->fTrackBId, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << setw(13) << left << decision->fTrackBId << setw(0);
+       
+       result = CheckField(decision->fTriggerBits, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << setw(12) << left << showbase << hex << decision->fTriggerBits
+               << setw(0) << dec;
+               
+       // Print the individual trigger bits.
+       bool highMass, lowMass, unlike;
+       AliHLTUInt8_t highPtCount, lowPtCount;
+       AliHLTMUONUtils::UnpackPairDecisionBits(
+                       decision->fTriggerBits,
+                       highMass, lowMass, unlike, highPtCount, lowPtCount
+               );
+       cout << setw(7) << left << (highMass ? "yes" : "no");
+       cout << setw(7) << left << (lowMass ? "yes" : "no");
+       cout << setw(7) << left << (unlike ? "yes" : "no");
+       cout << setw(6) << left << AliHLTUInt16_t(highPtCount);
+       cout << setw(8) << left << AliHLTUInt16_t(lowPtCount);
+       cout << setw(0);
+       
+       result = CheckField(decision->fInvMass, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << decision->fInvMass << endl;
+       
+       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int DumpPairsDecisionBlock(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       int result = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+       AliHLTMUONPairsDecisionBlockReader block(buffer, bufferSize);
+       
+       result = CheckCommonHeader(block, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS and not continueParse) return result;
+       
+       // Dump the rest of the block header.
+       const AliHLTMUONPairsDecisionBlockStruct* header = &block.BlockHeader();
+       int subResult = DumpPairsDecisionBlockHeader(buffer, bufferSize, header, continueParse);
+       if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) return subResult;
+       
+       AliHLTUInt32_t nentries = CalculateNEntries(block, bufferSize);
+       
+       // Print the data block record entries.
+       cout << "           |            |                Trigger Bits                  |" << endl;
+       cout << "Track A ID | Track B ID | Raw         HiMass LoMass Unlike HiPt# LoPt# | Invariant mass" << endl;
+       cout << "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" << endl;
+       const AliHLTMUONPairDecisionStruct* entry = block.GetArray();
+       for(AliHLTUInt32_t i = 0; i < nentries; i++)
+       {
+               subResult = DumpPairDecisionStruct(buffer, bufferSize, entry++, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) return subResult;
+       }
+       
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+int DumpCommonHeader(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               const AliHLTMUONDataBlockHeader* header, bool continueParse
+       )
+{
+       // Step through the header fields trying to print them.
+       // At each step check if we have not overflowed the buffer, if we have
+       // not then we can print the field, otherwise we print the left over
+       // bytes assumed to be corrupted rubbish.
+       int result = CheckHeaderField(header->fType, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       AliHLTMUONDataBlockType type = AliHLTMUONDataBlockType(header->fType);
+       cout << "       Block type: " << type << endl;
+       
+       result = CheckHeaderField(header->fRecordWidth, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "     Record width: " << header->fRecordWidth << endl;
+       
+       result = CheckHeaderField(header->fNrecords, buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+       if (result != EXIT_SUCCESS) return result;
+       cout << "Number of entries: " << header->fNrecords << endl;
+       
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+int ParseBuffer(
+               const char* buffer, unsigned long bufferSize,
+               bool continueParse, AliHLTMUONDataBlockType type
+       )
+{
+       assert( buffer != NULL );
+       int result = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+       
+       if (bufferSize < sizeof(AliHLTMUONDataBlockHeader))
+       {
+               cerr << "ERROR: The size of the file is too small to contain a"
+                       " valid data block." << endl;
+               result = PARSE_ERROR;
+               if (not continueParse) return result;
+       }
+       const AliHLTMUONDataBlockHeader* header =
+               reinterpret_cast<const AliHLTMUONDataBlockHeader*>(buffer);
+
+       int subResult = DumpCommonHeader(buffer, bufferSize, header, continueParse);
+       if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) return subResult;
+
+       
+       // Check if the block type in the header corresponds to the type given
+       // by the '-type' command line parameter. If they do not then print an
+       // error or big fat warning message and force interpretation of the data
+       // block with the type given by '-type'.
+       AliHLTMUONDataBlockType headerType = AliHLTMUONDataBlockType(header->fType);
+       
+       if (type == kUnknownDataBlock)
+       {
+               // -type not used in the command line so just use what is given
+               // by the data block header.
+               type = headerType;
+       }
+       else if (type != headerType)
+       {
+               cerr << "WARNING: The data block header indicates a type"
+                       " different from what was specified on the command line."
+                       " The data could be corrupt."
+                       << endl;
+               cerr << "WARNING: The type value in the file is "
+                       << showbase << hex << header->fType
+                       << " (" << headerType << "), but on the command line it is "
+                       << showbase << hex << int(type) << dec
+                       << " (" << type << ")."
+                       << endl;
+               cerr << "WARNING: Will force the interpretation of the data block"
+                       " with a type of " << type << "." << endl;
+       }
+       
+       // Now we know what type the data block is supposed to be so we can
+       // dump it to screen with the appropriate dump routine.
+       switch (type)
+       {
+       case kTriggerRecordsDataBlock:
+               subResult = DumpTriggerRecordsBlock(buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) result = subResult;
+               break;
+       case kTrigRecsDebugDataBlock:
+               subResult = DumpTrigRecsDebugBlock(buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) result = subResult;
+               break;
+       case kTriggerChannelsDataBlock:
+               subResult = DumpTriggerChannelsBlock(buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) result = subResult;
+               break;
+       case kRecHitsDataBlock:
+               subResult = DumpRecHitsBlock(buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) result = subResult;
+               break;
+       case kClustersDataBlock:
+               subResult = DumpClustersBlock(buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) result = subResult;
+               break;
+       case kChannelsDataBlock:
+               return DumpChannelsBlock(buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) result = subResult;
+               break;
+       case kMansoTracksDataBlock:
+               subResult = DumpMansoTracksBlock(buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) result = subResult;
+               break;
+       case kMansoCandidatesDataBlock:
+               subResult = DumpMansoCandidatesBlock(buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) result = subResult;
+               break;
+       case kSinglesDecisionDataBlock:
+               subResult = DumpSinglesDecisionBlock(buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) result = subResult;
+               break;
+       case kPairsDecisionDataBlock:
+               return DumpPairsDecisionBlock(buffer, bufferSize, continueParse);
+               if (subResult != EXIT_SUCCESS) result = subResult;
+               break;
+       default :
+               cout << "ERROR: Unknown data block type. Found a type number of "
+                       << showbase << hex << int(type) << dec
+                       << " (" << int(type) << ")." << endl;
+               result = PARSE_ERROR;
+       }
+       
+       return result;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * The caller is responsible for freeing memory allocated for buffer with a call
+ * to delete [] buffer.
+ */
+int ReadFile(const char* filename, char*& buffer, unsigned long& bufferSize)
+{
+       assert( filename != NULL );
+       
+       // Open the file and find its size.
+       fstream file;
+       file.open(filename, ios::in);
+       if (not file)
+       {
+               cerr << "ERROR: Could not open the file: " << filename << endl;
+               return SYSTEM_ERROR;
+       }
+       file.seekg(0, ios::end);
+       if (not file)
+       {
+               cerr << "ERROR: Could not seek in the file: " << filename << endl;
+               return SYSTEM_ERROR;
+       }
+       bufferSize = file.tellg();
+       if (not file)
+       {
+               cerr << "ERROR: Could not get file size for the file: " <<
+                       filename << endl;
+               return SYSTEM_ERROR;
+       }
+       file.seekg(0, ios::beg);
+       if (not file)
+       {
+               cerr << "ERROR: Could not seek in the file: " << filename << endl;
+               return SYSTEM_ERROR;
+       }
+       
+       // Allocate the memory for the file.
+       try
+       {
+               buffer = new char[bufferSize];
+       }
+       catch (const std::bad_alloc&)
+       {
+               cerr << "ERROR: Out of memory. Tried to allocate " << bufferSize
+                       << " bytes." << endl;
+               return SYSTEM_ERROR;
+       }
+       
+       file.read(buffer, bufferSize);
+       if (not file)
+       {
+               delete [] buffer;
+               buffer = NULL;
+               bufferSize = 0;
+               cerr << "ERROR: Could not read from file: " << filename << endl;
+               return SYSTEM_ERROR;
+       }
+       
+       file.close();
+       if (not file)
+       {
+               delete [] buffer;
+               buffer = NULL;
+               bufferSize = 0;
+               cerr << "ERROR: Could not close the file: " << filename << endl;
+               return SYSTEM_ERROR;
+       }
+       
+       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Prints the command line usage of this program to standard error.
+ */
+void PrintUsage()
+{
+       cerr << "Usage: dHLTdumpraw [-help|-h] [-continue] [-type <typename>] <filename>" << endl;
+       cerr << "Where <filename> is the name of a file containing a raw data block." << endl;
+       cerr << "Options:" << endl;
+       cerr << " -help | -h" << endl;
+       cerr << "       Displays this message." << endl;
+       cerr << " -continue" << endl;
+       cerr << "       If specified, the program will try to continue parsing the data block" << endl;
+       cerr << "       as much as possible rather than stopping at the first error." << endl;
+       cerr << " -type <typename>" << endl;
+       cerr << "       Forces the contents of the file to be interpreted as a specific" << endl;
+       cerr << "       type of data block. Where <typename> can be one of:" << endl;
+       cerr << "         trigrecs - trigger records data." << endl;
+       cerr << "         trigrecsdebug - debugging information about trigger records." << endl;
+       cerr << "         trigchannels - channel debugging in." << endl;
+       cerr << "         rechits - reconstructed hits data." << endl;
+       cerr << "         channels - channel debugging information from hit reconstruction." << endl;
+       cerr << "         clusters - cluster debugging information from hit reconstruction." << endl;
+       cerr << "         mansotracks - partial tracks from Manso algorithm." << endl;
+       cerr << "         mansocandidates - track candidates considered in the Manso algorithm." << endl;
+       cerr << "         singlesdecision - trigger decisions for single tracks." << endl;
+       cerr << "         pairsdecision - trigger decisions for track pairs." << endl;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse the string passed as the type of the block and return the corresponding
+ * AliHLTMUONDataBlockType value.
+ */
+AliHLTMUONDataBlockType ParseCommandLineType(const char* type)
+{
+       if (strcmp(type, "trigrecs") == 0)
+       {
+               return kTriggerRecordsDataBlock;
+       }
+       else if (strcmp(type, "trigrecsdebug") == 0)
+       {
+               return kTrigRecsDebugDataBlock;
+       }
+       else if (strcmp(type, "trigchannels") == 0)
+       {
+               return kTriggerChannelsDataBlock;
+       }
+       else if (strcmp(type, "rechits") == 0)
+       {      
+               return kRecHitsDataBlock;
+       }
+       else if (strcmp(type,"channels") == 0)
+       {
+               return kChannelsDataBlock;
+       }
+       else if (strcmp(type,"clusters") == 0)
+       {
+               return kClustersDataBlock;
+       }
+       else if (strcmp(type, "mansotracks") == 0)
+       {
+               return kMansoTracksDataBlock;
+       }
+       else if (strcmp(type, "mansocandidates") == 0)
+       {
+               return kMansoCandidatesDataBlock;
+       }
+       else if (strcmp(type, "singlesdecision") == 0)
+       {
+               return kSinglesDecisionDataBlock;
+       }
+       else if (strcmp(type, "pairsdecision") == 0)
+       {
+               return kPairsDecisionDataBlock;
+       }
+       
+       cerr << "ERROR: Invalid type name '" << type << "' specified for argument -type."
+               << endl << endl;
+       PrintUsage();
+       return kUnknownDataBlock;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses the command line.
+ * @param argc  Number of arguments as given in main().
+ * @param argv  Array of arguments as given in main().
+ * @param filename  Receives the pointer to the file name string.
+ * @param type      Receives the type of the data block expected, i.e. the
+ *                  value of the -type flag.
+ * @return  A status flag suitable for returning from main(), containing either
+ *          EXIT_SUCCESS or CMDLINE_ERROR.
+ */
+int ParseCommandLine(
+               int argc, const char** argv,
+               const char*& filename, bool& continueParse,
+               AliHLTMUONDataBlockType& type
+       )
+{
+       filename = NULL;
+       continueParse = false;
+
+       // Parse the command line.
+       for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
+       {
+               if (strcmp(argv[i], "-help") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "-h") == 0)
+               {
+                       PrintUsage();
+                       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+               }
+               else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-continue") == 0)
+               {
+                       continueParse = true;
+               }
+               else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-type") == 0)
+               {
+                       // Now we need to parse the typename in the command line.
+                       type = ParseCommandLineType(argv[++i]);
+                       if (type == kUnknownDataBlock) return CMDLINE_ERROR;
+               }
+               else
+               {
+                       if (filename != NULL)
+                       {
+                               cerr << "ERROR: Only one file can be specified, but got '"
+                                       << argv[i] << "', with '" << filename
+                                       << "' specified earlier." << endl << endl;
+                               PrintUsage();
+                               return CMDLINE_ERROR;
+                       }
+                       else
+                               filename = argv[i];
+               }
+       }
+       
+       // Now check that we have the filename and all the flags we need.
+       if (filename == NULL)
+       {
+               cerr << "ERROR: Missing a file name. You must specify a file to process."
+                       << endl << endl;
+               PrintUsage();
+               return CMDLINE_ERROR;
+       }
+       
+       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, const char** argv)
+{
+       const char* filename = NULL;
+       bool continueParse = false;
+       int returnCode = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+       AliHLTMUONDataBlockType type = kUnknownDataBlock;
+       char* buffer = NULL;
+
+       try
+       {
+               returnCode = ParseCommandLine(argc, argv, filename, continueParse, type);
+
+               if (returnCode == EXIT_SUCCESS)
+               {
+                       unsigned long bufferSize = 0;
+                       returnCode = ReadFile(filename, buffer, bufferSize);
+                       if (returnCode == EXIT_SUCCESS)
+                               returnCode = ParseBuffer(buffer, bufferSize, continueParse, type);
+                       if (buffer != NULL) delete [] buffer;
+               }
+               
+       }
+       catch (...)
+       {
+               cerr << "FATAL ERROR: An unknown exception occurred!" << endl << endl;
+               returnCode = FATAL_ERROR;
+               if (buffer != NULL) delete [] buffer;
+       }
+
+       return returnCode;
+}