+TFile* AccessFile(TString inFile="galice.root", TString acctype="R");
+void writeAR(TFile * fin, TFile *fou);
+
+Int_t AliITSHits2Digits(Int_t evNumber1=0,Int_t evNumber2=0, TString inFile = "galice.root", TString outFile="galice.root"){
+
+ // Dynamically link some shared libs
+ if (gClassTable->GetID("AliRun") < 0) {
+ gROOT->LoadMacro("loadlibs.C");
+ loadlibs();
+ } // end if
+
+ // Connect the Root Galice file containing Geometry, Kine and Hits
+
+ TFile *file;
+ if(outFile.Data() == inFile.Data()){
+ file = AccessFile(inFile,"U");
+ }
+ else {
+ file = AccessFile(inFile);
+ }
+
+ TFile *file2 = 0; // possible output file for TreeD
+
+ if(!(outFile.Data() == inFile.Data())){
+ // open output file and create TreeR on it
+ file2 = gAlice->InitTreeFile("D",outFile);
+ }
+
+ AliITS *ITS = (AliITS*)gAlice->GetDetector("ITS");
+ if (!ITS) {
+ cerr<<"AliITSHits2DigitsDefault.C : AliITS object not found on file"
+ << endl;
+ return 3;
+ } // end if !ITS
+ if(!(ITS->GetITSgeom())){
+ cerr << " AliITSgeom not found. Can't digitize with out it." << endl;
+ return 4;
+ } // end if
+
+ TDatime *ct0 = new TDatime(2002,04,26,00,00,00);
+ TDatime ct = file->GetCreationDate();
+
+ if(ct0->GetDate()>ct.GetDate()){
+ // For old files, must change SDD noise.
+ AliITSresponseSDD *resp1 = (AliITSresponseSDD*)ITS->DetType(1)->GetResponseModel();
+ resp1 = new AliITSresponseSDD();
+ ITS->SetResponseModel(1,resp1);
+ cout << "Changed response class for SDD: \n";
+ resp1->Print();
+ } // end if
+ TStopwatch timer;
+ timer.Start();
+
+ for(Int_t nevent = evNumber1; nevent <= evNumber2; nevent++){
+ cout<<"Producing Digits for event n."<<nevent<<endl;
+ gAlice->GetEvent(nevent);
+ if(!gAlice->TreeD() && file2 == 0){
+ cout << "Having to create the Digits Tree." << endl;
+ gAlice->MakeTree("D");
+ }
+ if(file2)gAlice->MakeTree("D",file2);
+ ITS->MakeBranch("D");
+ ITS->SetTreeAddress();
+ ITS->Hits2Digits();
+ }
+ timer.Stop();
+ timer.Print();
+
+ // write the AliRun object to the output file
+ if(file2)writeAR(file,file2);
+
+ delete gAlice;
+ gAlice=0;
+ file->Close();
+}
+
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------
+TFile * AccessFile(TString FileName, TString acctype){
+
+ // Function used to open the input file and fetch the AliRun object
+
+ TFile *retfil = 0;
+ TFile *file = (TFile*)gROOT->GetListOfFiles()->FindObject(FileName);
+ if (file) {file->Close(); delete file; file = 0;}
+ if(acctype.Contains("U")){
+ file = new TFile(FileName,"update");
+ }
+ if(acctype.Contains("N") && !file){
+ file = new TFile(FileName,"recreate");
+ }
+ if(!file) file = new TFile(FileName); // default readonly
+ if (!file->IsOpen()) {
+ cerr<<"Can't open "<<FileName<<" !" << endl;
+ return retfil;
+ }
+
+ // Get AliRun object from file or return if not on file
+ if (gAlice) {delete gAlice; gAlice = 0;}
+ gAlice = (AliRun*)file->Get("gAlice");
+ if (!gAlice) {
+ cerr << "AliRun object not found on file"<< endl;
+ return retfil;
+ }
+ return file;
+}
+
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------
+void writeAR(TFile * fin, TFile *fou) {
+ TDirectory *current = gDirectory;
+ TTree *Te;
+ TTree *TeNew;
+ AliHeader *alhe = new AliHeader();
+ Te = (TTree*)fin->Get("TE");
+ Te->SetBranchAddress("Header",&alhe);
+ Te->SetBranchStatus("*",1);
+ fou->cd();
+ TeNew = Te->CloneTree();
+ TeNew->Write(0,TObject::kOverwrite);
+ gAlice->Write(0,TObject::kOverwrite);
+ current->cd();
+ delete alhe;
+ cout<<"AliRun object written to file\n";
+}
+
+
+
+
+