Thank you very much for the concise answer. I missed that in the
reference.
Sincerely,
Clark
On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 17:34, Rene Brun wrote:
> Hi Clark,
>
> TDirectory and TFolder both manage tree like structures.
> There are many differences between the two classes.
> TDirectory manages hierachical structures in memory AND disk.
> TFolder knows only about memory.
> TDirectory always owns the objects. This is not the case
> with a TFolder.
>
> Rene Brun
>
> On 26 Feb 2002, Clark McGrew wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm puzzling over the difference between TFolder and TDirectory. They
> > both seem to do similar things, and I'm having trouble figuring out when
> > to use one versus the other, or even if a general rule can be stated.
> > Are the strengths and weaknesses of the two classes compared anywhere?
> >
> > In my situation, I am saving an MC event where different types of
> > information will be saved as my analysis continues. I want to be able
> > to save the information in a "tree" where it can be accessed as
> > blah->Get("/event/subcatagory/info"). I can do that with either a
> > TDirectory or TFolder. Is there any collected wisdom on which path to
> > follow, or do I need to write a test implementation for both?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Clark
> > --
> > Clark McGrew State University of New York, Stony Brook
> > (clark.mcgrew@sunysb.edu) 631-632-8299 (office)
> >
>
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(clark.mcgrew@sunysb.edu) 631-632-8299 (office)
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