PUserFcnBase.cpp

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  PUserFcnBase.cpp

  Author: Andreas Suter
  e-mail: andreas.suter@psi.ch

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#include <vector>
#include <fstream>

#include "PUserFcnBase.h"

ClassImp(PUserFcnBase)

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// This function is a replacement for the ParseFile method of TSAXParser.
// It is needed because in certain environments ParseFile does not work but ParseBuffer does.
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Int_t parseXmlFile(TSAXParser *saxParser, const char *startup_path_name)
{
  Int_t status;
  std::fstream xmlFile;
  UInt_t xmlSize = 0;
  Char_t *xmlBuffer = nullptr;

  xmlFile.open(startup_path_name, std::ios::in | std::ios::ate); // open file for reading and go to the end of the file
  if (xmlFile.is_open()) { // check if file has been opened successfully
    xmlSize = xmlFile.tellg(); // get the position within the stream == size of the file (since we are at the end)
    xmlFile.seekg(0, std::ios::beg); // go back to the beginning of the stream
    xmlBuffer = new Char_t[xmlSize]; // allocate buffer memory for the whole XML file
    xmlFile.read(xmlBuffer, xmlSize); // read in the whole XML file into the buffer
    xmlFile.close(); // close the XML file
  }
  if (!xmlBuffer) { // file has not been read into the buffer
    status = 1;
  } else {
    status = saxParser->ParseBuffer(xmlBuffer, xmlSize); // parse buffer
    delete[] xmlBuffer; // free the buffer memory
    xmlBuffer = nullptr;
  }

  return status;
}

// place a void pointer vector for global user function objects which might be needed
std::vector<void *> gGlobalUserFcn;