source: trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/mmontecarlo/MMcTimeGenerate.cc@ 3851

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!   Author(s): Thomas Bretz, 12/2000 <mailto:tbretz@astro.uni-wuerzburg.de>
!   Author(s): Harald Kornmayer 1/2001
!
!   Copyright: MAGIC Software Development, 2000-2001
!
!
\* ======================================================================== */

#include "MMcTimeGenerate.h"

#include "MLog.h"
#include "MLogManip.h"

#include "MParList.h"
#include "MTime.h"

ClassImp(MMcTimeGenerate);

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
MMcTimeGenerate::MMcTimeGenerate(const char *name, const char *title)
{
    fName  = name  ? name  : "MMcTimeGenerate";
    fTitle = title ? title : "Task to generate a random event time";

    const Double_t lambda = 100; // [Hz]

    fFunc = new TF1("Poisson", "[0] * exp(-[0]*x)", 0, 1);
    fFunc->SetParameter(0, lambda);

    fDeadTime = 0.1/lambda;
}

MMcTimeGenerate::~MMcTimeGenerate()
{
    delete fFunc;
}


// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//  The PreProcess connects the raw data with this task. It checks if the 
//  input containers exist, if not a kFalse flag is returned. It also checks
//  if the output contaniers exist, if not they are created.
//  This task can read either Montecarlo files with multiple trigger
//  options, either Montecarlo files with a single trigger option.
//
Int_t MMcTimeGenerate::PreProcess (MParList *pList)
{
    // connect the raw data with this task

    fTime = (MTime*)pList->FindCreateObj("MTime");
    if (!fTime)
        return kFALSE;

    return kTRUE;
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//
Int_t MMcTimeGenerate::Process()
{
    Double_t dt;

    do dt = fFunc->GetRandom();
    while (dt < fDeadTime);

#warning SetTime not valid anymore!
//    fTime->SetTime(*fTime+dt/1e4); // [0.1ms]

    return kTRUE;
}