JDAQEvaluator.hh

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#ifndef __JDAQEVALUATOR__
#define __JDAQEVALUATOR__
 
#include <limits>
 
#include "km3net-dataformat/online/JDAQUTCExtended.hh"
#include "km3net-dataformat/online/JDAQHeader.hh"
#include "km3net-dataformat/online/JDAQEventHeader.hh"
 
#include "JLang/JComparable.hh"
 
 
/**
 * \author mdejong
 */
 
namespace KM3NETDAQ {
 
  using JLANG::JComparable;
 
  /**
   * Auxiliary class to determine time of DAQ objects.
   *
   * The time is relative to the fixed time defined in JDAQUTCExtended.\n
   * For DAQ events, the time is offset by the product of the event counter and a constant weight.\n
   * To correlate DAQ events with summary data, the weight should be set to a value such that 
   * this product is strictly less than half of the frame duration.
   */
  struct JDAQEvaluator {
    /**
     * Type definition of time value.
     */
    struct value_type :
      public JComparable<value_type>
    {
 
      static inline JTriggerCounter_t min() { return std::numeric_limits<JTriggerCounter_t>::min(); } //!< minimal counter value
      static inline JTriggerCounter_t max() { return std::numeric_limits<JTriggerCounter_t>::max(); } //!< maximal counter value
 
      /**
       * Default constructor.
       */
      value_type()
      {}
      
      /**
       * Constructor.
       */
      value_type(const JDAQUTCExtended&  utc,
                 const JTriggerCounter_t counter) :
        utc    (utc),
        counter(counter)
      {}
      
      /**
       * Less-than method.
       *
       * \param  value             value
       * \return                   true if this value less than given value; else false
       */
      bool less(const value_type& value) const
      {
        if (this->utc == value.utc && this->counter != max() && value.counter != max())
          return this->counter < value.counter;
        else
          return this->utc     < value.utc;
      }
 
      /**
       * Subtraction operator.
       *
       * \param  first             first  value
       * \param  second            second value
       * \return                   difference
       */
      friend inline double operator-(const value_type& first, const value_type& second)
      {
        if (first.utc == second.utc && first.counter != max() && second.counter != max())
          return ((double) first.counter - (double) second.counter) / ((double) JDAQEvaluator::value_type::max());
        else
          return getTimeDifference(second.utc, first.utc);
      }
 
      JDAQUTCExtended   utc;
      JTriggerCounter_t counter;
    };
 
    
    /**
     * Default constructor.
     */
    JDAQEvaluator()
    {}
 
 
    /**
     * Get time of object.
     *
     * \param  object          UTC time
     * \return                 time
     */
    inline value_type operator()(const JDAQUTCExtended& object) const
    {
      return value_type(object, JDAQEvaluator::value_type::max());
    }
 
 
    /**
     * Get time of object.
     *
     * \param  object          DAQ header
     * \return                 time
     */
    inline value_type operator()(const JDAQHeader& object) const
    {
      return (*this)(object.getTimesliceStart());
    }
 
 
    /**
     * Get time of event.
     *
     * \param  object          event header
     * \return                 time
     */
    inline value_type operator()(const JDAQEventHeader& object) const
    {
      return value_type(object.getTimesliceStart(), object.getCounter());
    }
  };
 
 
  /**
   * Function object for evaluation of DAQ objects.
   */
  static const JDAQEvaluator getDAQValue;
}
 
#endif