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

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