[ROOT] Tree and TClonesArray Problem

From: Claus Peter Buszello (buszello@paco210.physik.uni-freiburg.de)
Date: Wed Dec 13 2000 - 14:21:04 MET


Hello,

I am stuck with a problem trying to fill a tree containing TClonesArrays,
and reading it again. 

This is how I write the file:

#include "TROOT.h"
#include <TFile.h>
#include <TTree.h>
#include <TClonesArray.h>
#include <TMCParticle.h>

main(){
  char buf[65535];
  TROOT api("Test","Test");

  TFile *F = new TFile("pythia5.root","RECREATE");
  TTree *tree = new TTree("t","t");

  TClonesArray * particles = new TClonesArray("TMCParticle",10000,kFALSE);
  TClonesArray &p = *particles;
  tree->Branch("particles",&particles,32000,0);
  while (fgets(buf,65534,stdin) != NULL){

// unimportant
  long double P1[4],P2[4],P3[4],P4[4];
  sscanf(buf,"%*llE %*llE %*llE %*llE %llE %llE %llE %llE %*llE %llE %llE
%llE %llE %*llE %llE %llE %llE %llE %*llE %llE %llE %llE %llE",
           &P1[0],&P1[1],&P1[2],&P1[3],
           &P2[0],&P2[1],&P2[2],&P2[3],
           &P3[0],&P3[1],&P3[2],&P3[3],
           &P4[0],&P4[1],&P4[2],&P4[3]);

    new(p[0]) TMCParticle(1,13,0,0,0,
                      P1[0],P1[1],P1[2],P1[3],
                      0.105658,0,0,0,0,0);
    new(p[1]) TMCParticle(1,-13,0,0,0,
                      P2[0],P2[1],P2[2],P2[3],
                      0.105658,0,0,0,0,0);
    new(p[2]) TMCParticle(1,13,0,0,0,
                      P3[0],P3[1],P3[2],P3[3],
                      0.105658,0,0,0,0,0);
    new(p[3]) TMCParticle(1,-13,0,0,0,
                      P4[0],P4[1],P4[2],P4[3],
                      0.105658,0,0,0,0,0);
// end unimportant
 
   tree->Fill();
  }
  tree->Print();
  F->Write();
  F->Close();
}


After this has run I can browse the file and everything looks and feels
OK. 

Then the tree is read by a code like the following:

#include "TROOT.h"
#include <TFile.h>
#include <TTree.h>
#include <TClonesArray.h>
#include <TMCParticle.h>

main(){

     TROOT api("Test","Test");

     TClonesArray *m_Fruits = new TClonesArray("TMCParticle",10000,
kFALSE);

      TFile * m_File = new TFile("pythia5.root");
      TTree* m_Tree;
      m_Tree = (TTree*)m_File->Get("t");

      m_Tree->SetBranchAddress("particles",m_Fruits);
      for (int i=0;i<100;i++){
         m_Tree->GetEvent(i);
         printf("%i\n",m_Fruits->GetEntriesFast());
      }
}

The Problem is, that m_Fruits->GetEntriesFast() always returns 0 even
though there is data in the file.

The Code that reads the file is the one that is most likely to be allright
(it is part of atlfast++) and shouldn't be changed. I have to change my
code so that it fits, and produces Files, that can be read by atlfast++.

If You have any Idea what I have done wrong I would be thankful if you
let me know (I have tried a lot and have no more Ideas...) 

Greetings 


   Claus Peter Buszello



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