diff --git a/Event/EventOverlay/OverlayExamples/CMakeLists.txt b/Event/EventOverlay/OverlayExamples/CMakeLists.txt
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-################################################################################
-# Package: OverlayExamples
-################################################################################
-
-# Declare the package name:
-atlas_subdir( OverlayExamples )
-
-# Declare the package's dependencies:
-atlas_depends_on_subdirs( PUBLIC
- GaudiKernel
- PRIVATE
- Control/AthenaBaseComps
- Control/PileUpTools
- Event/EventInfo
- LArCalorimeter/LArRawEvent
- LArCalorimeter/LArSimEvent )
-
-# Component(s) in the package:
-atlas_add_component( OverlayExamples
- src/*.cxx
- src/components/*.cxx
- LINK_LIBRARIES GaudiKernel AthenaBaseComps PileUpToolsLib EventInfo LArRawEvent LArSimEvent )
-
-# Install files from the package:
-atlas_install_headers( OverlayExamples )
-atlas_install_joboptions( share/*.py )
-
diff --git a/Event/EventOverlay/OverlayExamples/share/HitRdoOverlayExample_topOptions.py b/Event/EventOverlay/OverlayExamples/share/HitRdoOverlayExample_topOptions.py
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-# example jobOption to use pileUp infrastructure to overlay HITS from one signal stream
-# to RDO from one background stream
-# One background event is read for each signal event
-#
-# to run this job : athena.py HitRdoOverlayExample_topOptions.py
-# (note that since 13.X.0, beginning 2008, the -p pileUpBootStrap.py is not needed anymore)
-
-# Overall common flags
-DetDescrVersion='ATLAS-CSC-01-02-00'
-include( "AthenaCommon/AthenaCommonFlags.py" )
-
-EvtMax = 20
-PoolHitsInput = ["rfio:/castor/cern.ch/user/g/gunal/HITS.014280._81495.pool.root.1"]
-minBiasInputCols = ["rfio:/castor/cern.ch/user/g/gunal/misal1_mc12_V1.005001.pythia.DIGITS.pool.root"]
-
-from AthenaCommon.DetFlags import DetFlags
-DetFlags.ID_setOff()
-DetFlags.Calo_setOn()
-DetFlags.Muon_setOff()
-DetFlags.Truth_setOff()
-DetFlags.LVL1_setOff()
-
-include ( "Digitization/Digitization_flags.py" )
-
-# EventInfo Converters
-import AthenaPoolCnvSvc.ReadAthenaPool
-include( "EventAthenaPool/EventAthenaPool_joboptions.py" )
-
-# GeoModel stuff:
-#--------------------------------------------------------------
-from AthenaCommon.GlobalFlags import jobproperties
-jobproperties.Global.DetDescrVersion=DetDescrVersion
-from AtlasGeoModel import SetGeometryVersion
-from AtlasGeoModel import GeoModelInit
-
-
-from AthenaCommon.AppMgr import ServiceMgr
-from PileUpComps.PileUpCompsConf import PileUpEventLoopMgr
-
-# ad-hoc configuration of pileup event loop manager
-
-theApp.EventLoop = "PileUpEventLoopMgr"
-
-pileUpEventLoopMgr = PileUpEventLoopMgr()
-from Digitization.DigitizationFlags import jobproperties
-pupStream = "PileUpCollXingStream"
-jobproperties.Digitization.rndmSeedList.addSeed( pupStream, 123, 345 )
-#define inputs
-pileUpEventLoopMgr.OrigSelector="EventSelector"
-
-from PileUpComps.PileUpCompsConf import BkgStreamsCache
-from EventSelectorAthenaPool.EventSelectorAthenaPoolConf import EventSelectorAthenaPool
-minBiasCache = BkgStreamsCache("MinBiasCache")
-minBiasCache.CollPerXing=1
-minBiasCache.CollDistribution="Fixed"
-minBiasCache.ReadDownscaleFactor=1 # read one new event every event
-minBiasCache.RndmGenSvc=digitizationRndmSvc
-minBiasCache.RndmStreamName=pupStream
-minBiasEvtSel = EventSelectorAthenaPool("minBiasEventSelector")
-minBiasEvtSel.InputCollections = minBiasInputCols
-minBiasEvtSel.KeepInputFilesOpen = True
-ServiceMgr += minBiasEvtSel
-minBiasCache.EventSelector="minBiasEventSelector"
-pileUpEventLoopMgr.bkgCaches += [ minBiasCache ]
-
-from AthenaCommon.AppMgr import ToolSvc
-from LArRecUtils.LArRecUtilsConf import LArAutoCorrTotalTool
-try:
- ToolSvc.LArAutoCorrTotalTool.NMinBias=1.; # FIXME <ncol> per crossing
-except AttributeError:
- ToolSvc += LArAutoCorrTotalTool(NMinBias=1.)
-
-
-#define output stream
-pileUpEventLoopMgr.OutStreamType = "AthenaOutputStream"
-
-#define time range to be studied. t0 at t=0, xing=0
-pileUpEventLoopMgr.XingFrequency=25;
-pileUpEventLoopMgr.firstXing=0
-pileUpEventLoopMgr.lastXing=0
-
-pileUpEventLoopMgr.OutputLevel=VERBOSE
-
-ServiceMgr += pileUpEventLoopMgr
-
-# in any case we need the PileUpMergeSvc for the digitize algos
-if not hasattr(ServiceMgr, 'PileUpMergeSvc'):
- from PileUpTools.PileUpToolsConf import PileUpMergeSvc
- ServiceMgr += PileUpMergeSvc()
-
-# Pool input (Change this to use a different file)
-if not hasattr(ServiceMgr, 'EventSelector'):
- import AthenaPoolCnvSvc.ReadAthenaPool
-ServiceMgr.EventSelector.InputCollections = PoolHitsInput
-
-# the LAr and Calo detector description package
-include( "CaloDetMgrDetDescrCnv/CaloDetMgrDetDescrCnv_joboptions.py" )
-include( "LArDetMgrDetDescrCnv/LArDetMgrDetDescrCnv_joboptions.py" )
-# Pool Converters
-include( "LArAthenaPool/LArAthenaPool_joboptions.py" )
-
-#algorithm
-from AthenaCommon.AlgSequence import AlgSequence
-topSequence = AlgSequence()
-
-from OverlayExamples.OverlayExamplesConf import HitRdoOverlayExample
-HitRdoOverlayExample = HitRdoOverlayExample("HIT_RDO_OVERLAY")
-topSequence += HitRdoOverlayExample
-
-#
-#--------------------------------------------------------------
-# Set output level threshold (2=DEBUG, 3=INFO, 4=WARNING, 5=ERROR, 6=FATAL )
-#--------------------------------------------------------------
-ServiceMgr.MessageSvc.OutputLevel = 3
-#--------------------------------------------------------------
-# Event related parameters
-#--------------------------------------------------------------
-# Number of events to be processed (default is 10)
-theApp.EvtMax = EvtMax
-# Number of input events to be skipped
-ServiceMgr.EventSelector.SkipEvents = SkipEvents
diff --git a/Event/EventOverlay/OverlayExamples/src/HitRdoOverlayExample.cxx b/Event/EventOverlay/OverlayExamples/src/HitRdoOverlayExample.cxx
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-/*
- Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-/// Author: Guillaume Unal
-/// Date: december 2007
-/// See HitRdoOverlayExample.h for details
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-#include "HitRdoOverlayExample.h"
-
-#include "EventInfo/PileUpTimeEventIndex.h"
-
-#include "LArSimEvent/LArHit.h"
-#include "LArSimEvent/LArHitContainer.h"
-#include "LArRawEvent/LArDigit.h"
-#include "LArRawEvent/LArDigitContainer.h"
-
-//Constructor
-
-HitRdoOverlayExample::HitRdoOverlayExample(const std::string& name, ISvcLocator* pSvcLocator):
- AthAlgorithm(name,pSvcLocator),
- m_mergeSvc("PileUpMergeSvc", name),
- m_nevt(0)
-{
-
-}
-
-//Destructor
-
-HitRdoOverlayExample::~HitRdoOverlayExample()
-{
- ATH_MSG_DEBUG ( "HitRdoOverlayExample destructor called" );
-}
-
-//__________________________________________________________________________
-
-StatusCode HitRdoOverlayExample::initialize()
-{
- ATH_MSG_DEBUG ("HitRdoOverlayExample initialize()" );
-
- CHECK(m_mergeSvc.retrieve());
- m_nevt=0;
- return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
-
-}
-
-//__________________________________________________________________________
-StatusCode HitRdoOverlayExample::finalize()
-{
-
-
- ATH_MSG_DEBUG ( "HitRdoOverlayExample finalize()" );
-
- return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
-
-}
-
-//__________________________________________________________________________
-StatusCode HitRdoOverlayExample::execute()
-{
-
-
- ATH_MSG_DEBUG ( "HitRdoOverlayExample execute()" );
-
- m_nevt++;
-
- if ((m_nevt%100)==1) {
- ATH_MSG_INFO ( " ***** Event " << m_nevt );
-}
- // get LArHit
-
- std::vector <std::string> hitContainer;
-
- hitContainer.push_back("LArHitEMB");
-
- hitContainer.push_back("LArHitEMEC");
-
- hitContainer.push_back("LArHitHEC");
-
- hitContainer.push_back("LArHitFCAL");
-
- int nhit_tot=0;
-
- for (unsigned int iHitContainer=0;iHitContainer<hitContainer.size();iHitContainer++)
-
- {
-
- typedef PileUpMergeSvc::TimedList<LArHitContainer>::type TimedHitContList;
-
- TimedHitContList hitContList;
-
- if (!(m_mergeSvc->retrieveSubEvtsData(hitContainer[iHitContainer]
-
- ,hitContList).isSuccess()) && hitContList.size()==0) {
-
- ATH_MSG_WARNING ( " cannot retrieve hit container " );
-
- }
-
- else
-
- {
-
- TimedHitContList::iterator iFirstCont(hitContList.begin());
-
- TimedHitContList::iterator iEndCont(hitContList.end());
-
- double SubEvtTimOffset;
-
- while (iFirstCont != iEndCont) {
-
- // get time for this subevent
-
- const PileUpTimeEventIndex* time_evt = &(iFirstCont->first);
-
- SubEvtTimOffset = time_evt->time();
-
- ATH_MSG_INFO ( " hit subevt time " << SubEvtTimOffset );
-
- // get LArHitContainer for this subevent
-
- const LArHitContainer& firstCont = *(iFirstCont->second);
-
- LArHitContainer::const_iterator hititer;
-
- for(hititer=firstCont.begin();
-
- hititer != firstCont.end();hititer++)
-
- {
-
- //LArHit* hit = (*hititer);
-
- nhit_tot++;
-
- }
-
- iFirstCont++;
-
- }
-
- }
-
- }
-
- ATH_MSG_INFO ( " Number of LAr hits read " << nhit_tot );
-
- // get LArDigit
-
- int ndigit_tot=0;
-
- typedef PileUpMergeSvc::TimedList<LArDigitContainer>::type TimedDigitContList;
-
- TimedDigitContList digitContList;
-
- if ( m_mergeSvc->retrieveSubEvtsData("LArDigitContainer_MC",digitContList).isFailure() ) {
- ATH_MSG_WARNING ( " cannot retrieve digit container " );
- }
- else
- {
- ATH_MSG_INFO ( "DigititContainer size is " << digitContList.size() );
-
- TimedDigitContList::iterator iFirstCont(digitContList.begin());
-
- TimedDigitContList::iterator iEndCont(digitContList.end());
-
- double SubEvtTimOffset;
-
- while (iFirstCont != iEndCont) {
-
- // get time for this subevent
-
- const PileUpTimeEventIndex* time_evt = &(iFirstCont->first);
-
- SubEvtTimOffset = time_evt->time();
-
- ATH_MSG_INFO ( " digit subevt time " << SubEvtTimOffset );
-
- const LArDigitContainer& digit_container = *(iFirstCont->second);
-
- LArDigitContainer::const_iterator digititer;
-
- for (digititer=digit_container.begin();
-
- digititer!=digit_container.end();digititer++)
-
- {
-
- //LArDigit* digit = (*digititer);
-
- ndigit_tot++;
-
- }
-
- iFirstCont++;
-
- }
-
- }
-
- ATH_MSG_INFO ( " Number of LAr digits read " << ndigit_tot );
-
- return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
-
-}
diff --git a/Event/EventOverlay/OverlayExamples/src/HitRdoOverlayExample.h b/Event/EventOverlay/OverlayExamples/src/HitRdoOverlayExample.h
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-/*
- Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#ifndef OVERLAY_EXAMPLE_HITRDOOVERLAY_H
-#define OVERLAY_EXAMPLE_HITRDOOVERLAY_H
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-/// Name : HitRdoOverlayExample.h
-/// Package : offline/Event/EventOverlay/OverlayExamples
-/// Author : Guillaume Unal
-/// Created : December 2007
-///
-/// DESCRIPTION:
-/// An example to demonstrate how to overlay G4 simulated Hits onto real data RDo events
-///
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-#include "AthenaBaseComps/AthAlgorithm.h"
-#include "PileUpTools/PileUpMergeSvc.h"
-#include <string>
-
-class HitRdoOverlayExample : public AthAlgorithm {
-
-public:
-
- HitRdoOverlayExample(const std::string& name, ISvcLocator* pSvcLocator);
- ~HitRdoOverlayExample();
-
- StatusCode initialize();
- StatusCode finalize();
- StatusCode execute();
-
-private:
-
- /// a handle of PileUpMergwSvc
- ServiceHandle<PileUpMergeSvc> m_mergeSvc;
-
- int m_nevt;
-};
-
-#endif // OVERLAY_EXAMPLE_HITRDOOVERLAY_H
diff --git a/Event/EventOverlay/OverlayExamples/src/components/OverlayExamples_entries.cxx b/Event/EventOverlay/OverlayExamples/src/components/OverlayExamples_entries.cxx
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-#include "../HitRdoOverlayExample.h"
-
-
-DECLARE_COMPONENT( HitRdoOverlayExample )
-