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// Description:
//      Reading data from the t2k-testchamber
//      Write it in a TpcSample TCclones array
//
// Environment:
//      Software developed for the PANDA Detector at FAIR.
//
// Author List:
//      Maxence Vandenbroucke    TUM            (original author)
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#ifndef TPCDATAREADERTASKALICE_HH
#define TPCDATAREADERTASKALICE_HH

// Base Class Headers ----------------
#include "FairTask.h"
#include "TVector3.h"
#include "TChain.h"
#include "TpcPadPlane.h"
#include "TpcDigiPar.h"
#include "TpcSample.h"
#include "TpcEvent.h"
#include "TpcEventIdentifier.h"

#include "GEMEvent.h"

// Collaborating Class Headers -------
#include <ostream>
#include <vector>

// Collaborating Class Declarations --

class TClonesArray;
class TpcPadPlane;
class TpcDigiPar;
class QAPlotCollection;

class TpcDataReaderTaskAlice : public FairTask {
 public:

  // Constructors/Destructors ---------

  TpcDataReaderTaskAlice();
  ~TpcDataReaderTaskAlice();

  //operator

  void SetSampleBranchName(const TString& name) {fSampleBranchName=name;}
  void SetAliceEvBranchName(const TString& name) {fAliceEvBranchName=name;}
  void SetPersistence(Bool_t opt=kTRUE) {fPersistence=opt;}
  void SetDatafile(const TString& name) {fFile=name;}
  void SetStartEvent(unsigned int ev) {fLoop=ev;}
 
 // Operations ----------------------
  virtual InitStatus Init();
  virtual void Exec(Option_t* opt);
  virtual void SetParContainers();

 private:
  
  TString fSampleBranchName;
  TString fAliceEvBranchName;

  TString fFile;
  
  TChain* fIntree;  //external data input
  TpcEvent* fEv; 
  GEMEvent* fAliceEvent;
  
  TpcDigiPar* fPar;
  
  unsigned int fLoop;           //internal counter for inTree looping
  
  TClonesArray* fSampleOutArray;
  TClonesArray* fAliceEventOutArray;
  
  Bool_t fPersistence;

  

public:
  ClassDef(TpcDataReaderTaskAlice,1)

};

#endif

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