added test for JSONWriter

src/modules/JSONWriter/JSONWriter.cpp

@@ -97,4 +97,6 @@ void JSONWriter::finalise() {
 
     // finalize the JSON Array, add one empty Object to satisfy JSON Rules
     *output_file_ << "{" << std::endl << "}" << std::endl << "]";
+    // Print statistics
+    LOG(STATUS) << "Wrote " << m_eventNumber - 1 << " events to file:" << output_file_name_ << std::endl;
 }

src/modules/TextWriter/README.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ and individual object types by the type marker:
 With `include` and `exclude` certain object types can be selected to be printed.
 
 ### Parameters
-* `file_name` : Name of the data file to create, relative to the output directory of the framework. The file extension `.txt` will be appended if not present.
+* `file_name` : Name of the data file to create, relative to the output directory of the framework. The file extension `.json` will be appended if not present.
 * `include` : Array of object names to write to the ASCII text file, all other object names are ignored (cannot be used together simultaneously with the *exclude* parameter).
 * `exclude`: Array of object names that are not written to the ASCII text file (cannot be used together simultaneously with the *include* parameter).
 

testing/test_writeJSON.conf

+[Corryvreckan]
+detectors_file = "geometries/geometry_timepix3_telescope_dut.conf"
+histogram_file = "test_writing.root"
+log_level = "WARNING"
+number_of_events = 15000
+
+[Metronome]
+event_length = 200us
+
+[EventLoaderTimepix3]
+input_directory = "data/timepix3tel_ebeam120"
+
+
+[Clustering4D]
+time_cut_abs = 100ns
+
+[Tracking4D]
+min_hits_on_track = 5
+time_cut_abs = 200ns
+spatial_cut_abs = 200um, 200um
+
+[JSONWriter]
+file_name = "testFileName"
+
+[DUTAssociation]
+spatial_cut_abs = 200um,200um
+time_cut_abs    = 100ns
+
+[AnalysisEfficiency]
+chi2ndof_cut = 8
+time_cut_frameedge = 10ns
+
+#DATASET timepix3tel_ebeam120
+#PASS [F:JSONWriter] Wrote 15000 events to file:/Users/alex/git/CERN/corryvreckan/testing/output/testFileName.json