The data converters are responsible to translate data from one representation into another. More...

#include <GaudiKernel/IConverter.h>

Inheritance diagram for IConverter:

Collaboration diagram for IConverter:

Public Member Functions
	DeclareInterfaceID (IConverter, 3, 0)
	InterfaceID. More...

virtual StatusCode	initialize ()=0
	Initialize the converter. More...

virtual StatusCode	finalize ()=0
	Terminate the converter. More...

virtual const CLID &	objType () const =0
	Retrieve the class type of objects the converter produces. More...

virtual long	repSvcType () const =0
	Retrieve the class type of the data store the converter uses. More...

virtual StatusCode	setDataProvider (IDataProviderSvc *pService)=0
	Set Data provider service. More...

virtual SmartIF< IDataProviderSvc > &	dataProvider () const =0
	Get Data provider service. More...

virtual StatusCode	setConversionSvc (IConversionSvc *pService)=0
	Set conversion service the converter is connected to. More...

virtual SmartIF< IConversionSvc > &	conversionSvc () const =0
	Get conversion service the converter is connected to. More...

virtual StatusCode	setAddressCreator (IAddressCreator *creator)=0
	Set address creator facility. More...

virtual SmartIF< IAddressCreator > &	addressCreator () const =0
	Get address creation interface needed to resolve links between objects. More...

virtual StatusCode	createObj (IOpaqueAddress pAddress, DataObject &refpObject)=0
	Create the transient representation of an object. More...

virtual StatusCode	fillObjRefs (IOpaqueAddress pAddress, DataObject pObject)=0
	Resolve the references of the created transient object. More...

virtual StatusCode	updateObj (IOpaqueAddress pAddress, DataObject refpObject)=0
	Update the transient object from the other representation. More...

virtual StatusCode	updateObjRefs (IOpaqueAddress pAddress, DataObject pObject)=0
	Update the references of an updated transient object. More...

virtual StatusCode	createRep (DataObject pObject, IOpaqueAddress &refpAddress)=0
	Convert the transient object to the requested representation. More...

virtual StatusCode	fillRepRefs (IOpaqueAddress pAddress, DataObject pObject)=0
	Resolve the references of the converted object. More...

virtual StatusCode	updateRep (IOpaqueAddress pAddress, DataObject pObject)=0
	Update the converted representation of a transient object. More...

virtual StatusCode	updateRepRefs (IOpaqueAddress pAddress, DataObject pObject)=0
	Update the references of an already converted object. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from IInterface
virtual void *	i_cast (const InterfaceID &) const =0
	main cast function More...

virtual std::vector< std::string >	getInterfaceNames () const =0
	Returns a vector of strings containing the names of all the implemented interfaces. More...

virtual unsigned long	addRef ()=0
	Increment the reference count of Interface instance. More...

virtual unsigned long	release ()=0
	Release Interface instance. More...

virtual unsigned long	refCount () const =0
	Current reference count. More...

virtual StatusCode	queryInterface (const InterfaceID &ti, void **pp)=0
	Set the void** to the pointer to the requested interface of the instance. More...

virtual	~IInterface ()=default
	Virtual destructor. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from IInterface
enum	Status : StatusCode::code_t { Status::FAILURE = 0, Status::SUCCESS = 1, Status::NO_INTERFACE, Status::VERSMISMATCH, Status::LAST_ERROR }
	Return status. More...

using	iid = Gaudi::InterfaceId< IInterface, 0, 0 >
	Interface ID. More...

using	ext_iids = Gaudi::interface_list< iid >
	Extra interfaces. More...

Static Public Member Functions inherited from IInterface
static const InterfaceID &	interfaceID ()
	Return an instance of InterfaceID identifying the interface. More...

Detailed Description

The data converters are responsible to translate data from one representation into another.

Concrete examples are e.g. converters creating transient objects representing parts of an event from the persistent (and disk based) representations. Converters will have to deal with the technology both representations are based on: in the upper example they have to know about the database internals as well as the structure of the transient representations. The converters know about the mechanism to retrieve persistent objects (ZEBRA, Objectivity, ) and only pass abstract instances of the converted objects, hence shielding the calling service from internals.

Data converters are meant to be light. This means there should not be all-in-one converters, which are able to convert the "world", but rather many converters. Each converter is then able to create a representation of a given type.

In order to function a converter must be able to

Answer (when asked) which kind of representation the converter is able to create.
Retrieve the source object from the source store.
Create the requested representation using the information contained in the source object.
Inform the registry entry of the created object that the object is now loaded.
This registry entry is located in the data store which is supposed to manage the requested object.
Register all leafs of the created object with the data store which is supposed to manage the requested object. Registering does not mean to create these representations, but rather to inform about the existence.

The interface should cover the entry points of concrete converter instances in order to serve conversion requests.

Author: Markus Frank

Version: 1.0

Definition at line 58 of file IConverter.h.

Member Function Documentation

virtual SmartIF<IAddressCreator>& IConverter::addressCreator ( ) const

pure virtual

Get address creation interface needed to resolve links between objects.

Returns: Pointer to IAddressCreator interface

virtual SmartIF<IConversionSvc>& IConverter::conversionSvc ( ) const

pure virtual

Get conversion service the converter is connected to.

Returns: Pointer to IConversionSvc interface

virtual StatusCode IConverter::createObj	(	IOpaqueAddress *	pAddress,
		DataObject *&	refpObject
	)

pure virtual

Create the transient representation of an object.

The transient representation is created by loading the persistent object using the source information contained in the address.

Returns: Status code indicating success or failure

Parameters

pAddress	Opaque address information to retrieve the requested object from the store in order to produce the transient object.
refpObject	Reference to location of pointer of the created object.

virtual StatusCode IConverter::createRep	(	DataObject *	pObject,
		IOpaqueAddress *&	refpAddress
	)

pure virtual

Convert the transient object to the requested representation.

e.g. conversion to persistent objects.

Returns: Status code indicating success or failure

Parameters

pObject	Pointer to location of the object
refpAddress	Reference to location of pointer with the object address.

virtual SmartIF<IDataProviderSvc>& IConverter::dataProvider ( ) const

pure virtual

Get Data provider service.

Returns: Pointer to data provider service

IConverter::DeclareInterfaceID	(	IConverter	,
		3	,
		0
	)

InterfaceID.

virtual StatusCode IConverter::fillObjRefs	(	IOpaqueAddress *	pAddress,
		DataObject *	pObject
	)

pure virtual

Resolve the references of the created transient object.

After the object creation references of the objects pointing to objects outside its scope will have to be filled. The actual objects will not be loaded, but the recipe to load them will be present.

Returns: Status code indicating success or failure

Parameters

pAddress	Opaque address information to retrieve the requested object from the store.
pObject	Pointer to location of the object

virtual StatusCode IConverter::fillRepRefs	(	IOpaqueAddress *	pAddress,
		DataObject *	pObject
	)

pure virtual

Resolve the references of the converted object.

After the requested representation was created the references in this representation must be resolved.

Returns: Status code indicating success or failure

Parameters

pObject Pointer to location of the object

virtual StatusCode IConverter::finalize ( )

pure virtual

Terminate the converter.

Returns: Status code indicating success or failure

Exceptions

exception (STL standard) in case of fatal errors

virtual StatusCode IConverter::initialize ( )

pure virtual

Initialize the converter.

Returns: Status code indicating success or failure

Exceptions

exception (STL standard) in case of fatal errors

virtual const CLID& IConverter::objType ( ) const

pure virtual

Retrieve the class type of objects the converter produces.

Returns: Class type of the created object.

virtual long IConverter::repSvcType ( ) const

pure virtual

Retrieve the class type of the data store the converter uses.

Returns: Class type information about the source data store type the converter will use to retrieve the information.

virtual StatusCode IConverter::setAddressCreator ( IAddressCreator * creator )

pure virtual

Set address creator facility.

Parameters

creator Reference to address creator interface

Returns: Status code indicating success or failure.

virtual StatusCode IConverter::setConversionSvc ( IConversionSvc * pService )

pure virtual

Set conversion service the converter is connected to.

Returns: Status code indicating success or failure

Parameters

pService Pointer to IConversionSvc interface

virtual StatusCode IConverter::setDataProvider ( IDataProviderSvc * pService )

pure virtual

Set Data provider service.

Returns: Status code indicating success or failure

Parameters

pService Pointer to data provider service

virtual StatusCode IConverter::updateObj	(	IOpaqueAddress *	pAddress,
		DataObject *	refpObject
	)

pure virtual

Update the transient object from the other representation.

The transient representation will be updated by loading the persistent object using the source information contained in the address and then refill transient data.

Returns: Status code indicating success or failure

Parameters

pAddress	Opaque address information to retrieve the requested object from the store.
pObject	Pointer to the object to be updated.

virtual StatusCode IConverter::updateObjRefs	(	IOpaqueAddress *	pAddress,
		DataObject *	pObject
	)

pure virtual

Update the references of an updated transient object.

After the object was updated also the references of the objects pointing to objects outside its scope will have to be filled. The actual pointers to objects will only be filled if already present. Otherwise only the recipe to load them will be present.

Returns: Status code indicating success or failure

Parameters

pAddress	Opaque address information to retrieve the requested object from the store.
pObject	Pointer to location of the object

virtual StatusCode IConverter::updateRep	(	IOpaqueAddress *	pAddress,
		DataObject *	pObject
	)

pure virtual

Update the converted representation of a transient object.

Returns: Status code indicating success or failure

Parameters

pObject	Pointer to location of the object
refpAddress	Reference to location of pointer with the object address.

virtual StatusCode IConverter::updateRepRefs	(	IOpaqueAddress *	pAddress,
		DataObject *	pObject
	)

pure virtual

Update the references of an already converted object.

The object must be retrieved before it can be updated.

Returns: Status code indicating success or failure

Parameters

pAddress	Pointer to location of object address with the store.
pObject	Pointer to location of the object

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

GaudiKernel/GaudiKernel/IConverter.h

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Detailed Description

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