More Information About the XDIGI2CSV Program

The XDIGI2CSV program allows to convert (X)DIGI files into CSV likes. The algorithms, written in the Allen framework, are described in this page.

Algorithms

As mentionned in the Programs page, the algorithms behind the XDIGI2CSV program are defined in Dumpers/CSVDumpers folder.

There are 6 algorithms, as detailed in the table below.

Algorithm	.cpp file	Output
PrCSVDumperVPHits	PrCSVDumperVPHits.cpp	hits_velo.csv
PrCSVDumperUTHits	PrCSVDumperUTHits.cpp	hits_ut.csv
PrCSVDumperFTHits	PrCSVDumperFTHits.cpp	hits_scifi.csv
PrCSVDumperMCParticles	PrCSVDumperMCParticles.cpp	hits_mcparticles.csv
PrCSVDumperMCHits	PrCSVDumperMCHits.cpp	mchits_{detector}.csv
PrCSVDumperEventInfo	PrCSVDumperEventInfo.cpp	event_info.csv

The classes in this implementation are well-documented.

• The PrCSVDumperVPHits, PrCSVDumperUTHits and PrCSVDumperFTHits algorithms, are responsible for dumping the hits in the Velo, UT, and SciFi detectors, respectively.

• The PrCSVDumperMCParticles algorithm only dumps the MC particles that have hits in order to save space and time, if the parameter AllMCParticles is set to false.

Configuration in Moore

The functions that allow to run the algorithms from Moore are defined in RecoConf.persistence_csv.

Function	Parameters	Corresponding algorithm	Output file
csv_persistence_vp_hits	- extended	PrCSVDumperVPHits	hits_vp.csv
csv_persistence_ut_hits	- extended	PrCSVDumperUTHits	hits_ut.csv
csv_persistence_ft_hits	- extended	PrCSVDumperFTHits	hits_ft.csv
csv_persistence_mc_particles	- extended - all_mc_particles: whether to dump all MC particles	PrCSVDumperMCParticles	mc_particles.csv
csv_persistence_vp_mchits		PrCSVDumperMCHits	mchits_velo.csv
csv_persistence_ut_mchits		PrCSVDumperMCHits	mchits_ut.csv
csv_persistence_ft_mchits		PrCSVDumperMCHits	mchits_ft.csv
csv_persistence_event_info		PrCSVDumperEventInfo	event_info.csv

In addition to the parameters listed in this table, all of these functions also take the following input parameters:

• output_path: the path where the CSV file should be stored

• erase: whether or not to overwrite any existing CSV file at the specified output_path location.