MARLEYHelper.h

Go to the documentation of this file.

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// \file MARLEYHelper.h
/// \brief LArSoft interface to the MARLEY (Model of Argon Reaction Low Energy
/// Yields) supernova neutrino event generator
///
/// \author Steven Gardiner <sjgardiner@ucdavis.edu>
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#ifndef LARSIM_ALGORITHMS_MARLEYGENERATOR_H
#define LARSIM_ALGORITHMS_MARLEYGENERATOR_H

// standard library includes
#include <memory>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

// framework includes
namespace fhicl { class ParameterSet; }

// art extensions
namespace rndm { class NuRandomService; }

// LArSoft includes
#include "nusimdata/SimulationBase/MCTruth.h"

// ROOT includes
#include "TLorentzVector.h"

// MARLEY includes
#include "marley/Generator.hh"

namespace marley {
  class Event;
  class JSON;
  class Particle;
}

namespace evgen {

  class MARLEYHelper {

    public:

      MARLEYHelper( const fhicl::ParameterSet& pset,
        rndm::NuRandomService& rand_service,
        const std::string& generator_name );

      void reconfigure( const fhicl::ParameterSet& pset );

      // If a non-null marley::Event* is supplied, the marley::Event
      // object corresponding to the generated MCTruth object is loaded
      // into the target of the pointer.
      simb::MCTruth create_MCTruth( const TLorentzVector& vtx_pos,
        marley::Event* marley_event = nullptr );

      marley::Generator& get_generator() { return *fMarleyGenerator; }
      const marley::Generator& get_generator() const
        { return *fMarleyGenerator; }

      std::string find_file( const std::string& fileName,
        const std::string& fileType );

    protected:

      void add_marley_particles( simb::MCTruth& truth,
        const std::vector<marley::Particle*>& particles,
        const TLorentzVector& vtx_pos, bool track );

      void load_full_paths_into_json( marley::JSON& json,
        const std::string& array_name, bool missing_ok = false );

      std::unique_ptr< marley::Generator > fMarleyGenerator;

      // name to use for this instance of MARLEYHelper
      std::string fHelperName;

      // string stream used to capture logger output from MARLEY
      // and redirect it to the LArSoft logger
      std::stringstream fMarleyLogStream;

      // Loads ROOT dictionaries for the MARLEY Event and Particle classes.
      // This allows a module to write the generated events to a TTree.
      void load_marley_dictionaries();

  }; // class evgen::MARLEYHelper

} // namespace evgen

#endif // LARSIM_ALGORITHMS_MARLEYGENERATOR_H