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1 pam-fi 1.1 /*
2     * CollectionAction.h
3     *
4     * Created on: 13-mag-2009
5     * Author: Nicola Mori
6     */
7    
8     /*! @file CollectionAction.h The CollectionAction class definition file */
9    
10     #ifndef COLLECTIONACTION_H_
11     #define COLLECTIONACTION_H_
12    
13     #include <PamLevel2.h>
14    
15     /*! @brief An abstract class that defines the interface of a generic collection action.
16     *
17     * The CollectionAction abstract class defines an interface for a generic action object
18     * which can be used to implement common actions that can be done by collections, like
19     * filling histograms or saving selected events. The structure of this class mimicks that
20     * of a standard collection: it has a Setup() and a Finalize() methods that are meant
21     * to be called at the beginning and at the end of the selection procedure, respectively. In
22     * Setup() one can prepare the analysis actions like instantiating a histogram object (this
23     * can be done also in the constructor), while in Finalize() the analysis can be closed by,
24     * eg., writing histograms on a file and closing that file.
25     * The two methods OnGood() and OnBad() have exactly the same purpose they have in a
26     * Collection: to define action to perform each time an event is selected as good or bad.
27     * The class SmartCollection is specially designed to handle CollectionAction objects: see
28     * the documentation of SmartCollection for info on how these objects are handled.
29     */
30     class CollectionAction {
31     public:
32    
33     /*! @brief Constructor.
34     *
35     * @param actionName The action's name.
36     */
37     CollectionAction(const char *actionName) :
38     _actionName(actionName) {
39     }
40     /*! @brief Destructor. */
41 pam-fi 1.2 virtual ~CollectionAction() {
42    
43 pam-fi 1.1 }
44    
45     /*! @brief The initialization routine.
46     *
47     * In this routine the initialization procedure is to be defined. SmartCollection objects will call
48     * Setup() for each CollectionAction object they hold during SmartCollection::Setup().
49     * This method is intended for some possible post-constructor initialization, like those who
50     * need to know the PamLevel2 object (eg., clone trees selection). This method is likely to be
51     * unnecessary most of the times, so it is implemented as a void function and it's not pure virtual.
52     *
53     * @param events The PamLevel2 events which will be analyzed by the collection hosting the action.
54     */
55     virtual void Setup(PamLevel2 *events) {
56     }
57    
58     /*! @brief Routine for selected events.
59     *
60     * The concrete implementations define what to do when an event is selected. This is conceptually the
61     * same as PamCut::OnGood(). Call to this method is automatically done in SmartCollection::OnGood().
62     *
63     * @param event The selected event.
64     */
65     virtual void OnGood(PamLevel2 *event) = 0;
66    
67     /*! @brief Routine for discarded events.
68     *
69     * The concrete implementations define what to do when an event is discarded. This is conceptually the
70     * same as PamCut::OnBad(). Call to this method is automatically done in SmartCollection::OnBad(). This
71     * method is not pure virtual, since many times there's nothing to do when a cut fails; this way, it's not
72     * necessary to implement it in derived classes. Current implementation is void.
73     *
74     * @param event The selected event.
75     * @param selectionResult The code describing the reason of cut's failure (collections will automatically pass
76     * the index of the failed cut as selectionResult).
77     */
78     virtual void OnBad(PamLevel2 *event, int selectionResult) {
79     }
80    
81     /*! @brief The finalization routine.
82     *
83     * This method is intended to be called at the end of the analysis. Its implementations contain the finalizing
84     * procedures, like writing histograms to file or printing reports. It is automatically called by SmartCollection::Finalize().
85     */
86     virtual void Finalize() = 0;
87    
88 pam-fi 1.2 /*! @brief Returns the action name. */
89     const char *GetName(){
90     return _actionName;
91     }
92    
93 pam-fi 1.1 private:
94     const char* _actionName;
95     };
96    
97     #endif /* COLLECTIONACTION_H_ */

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