TClonesArray & TIter

Paul M. Eugenio (eugenio@megux3.phys.cmu.edu)
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:17:12 -0500 (EST)


Dear Rooter,

I'm having trouble reading and iterating over a TClonesArray. I have
a program that writes events to a root file. Each event contains 3
objects where on one object contains a TClonesArray of a fourth
object (all objects inherit from TOject). I believe that this program
is working.

Using a macro, I read these events in CINT. But I cannot access the first
event's TClonesArray. If I do not skip it, the macro dies with this error:

Error: illegal pointer to class object particle 0x0 358 FILE:/tmp_mnt/home/halld/source/root/./macro2.C LINE:71
*** Interpreter error recovered ***

Below is a watered down version of my macro that doesworks. Maybe I'm not
iterating properly or I have missed something important.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Paul Eugenio
{
gROOT->Reset();
gSystem.Load("libTMCFast.so");

TFile f("Event.rdt");
TTree *tree = (TTree*)f.Get("T");
TBranch *b1 = tree->GetBranch("hepevt");
TBranch *b2 = tree->GetBranch("trace");
TBranch *b3 = tree->GetBranch("offtrk");

TMCFastHepEvt *hepevt;
TMCFastTOF *trace;
TMCFastOfflineTrack *offtrk;
hepevt = new TMCFastHepEvt();
trace = new TMCFastTOF();
offtrk = new TMCFastOfflineTrack();

b1->SetAddress(&hepevt);
b2->SetAddress(&trace);
b3->SetAddress(&offtrk);
TH1F *h1 = new TH1F("h1", "x momentum",100,0.0,1.0);
TCanvas *c1;
c1 = new TCanvas("c1","MCFast histos",200,10,700,900);

Int_t nentries = (Int_t)tree->GetEntries();
for (Int_t ev = 0; ev < nentries; ev++) {
tree->GetEvent(ev); //read event in memory

TIter next(hepevt->GetHepParticles());
TMCFastHepParticle *particle = (TMCFastHepParticle *)next();

if(ev != 0){ // SKIP THIS EVENT OR IT DIES!!!
h1->Fill(particle->GetPx());
}
hepevt->Clear();
trace->Clear();
offtrk->Clear();
}
h1->Draw();
}

-- 
Paul M. Eugenio
Dept. of Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
(412) 268 6949
eugenio@ernest.phys.cmu.edu

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