TDirectory

class TDirectory : public TNamed

    private:

      TDirectory TDirectory(const TDirectory& directory)
            void operator=(const TDirectory&)

    protected:

             Bool_t cd1(const char* path)
      static Bool_t Cd1(const char* path)

    public:

               TDirectory TDirectory()
               TDirectory TDirectory(const char* name, const char* title, Option_t* option)
             virtual void ~TDirectory()
                     void Add(TObject* obj)
             virtual void Append(TObject* obj)
                    Int_t AppendKey(TKey* key)
             virtual void Browse(TBrowser* b)
                     void Build()
           virtual Bool_t cd(const char* path = "0")
            static Bool_t Cd(const char* path)
           static TClass* Class()
             virtual void Clear(Option_t* option)
             virtual void Close(Option_t* option)
             virtual void Copy(TObject&) const
              static void DecodeNameCycle(const char* namecycle, char* name, Short_t& cycle)
             virtual void Delete(const char* namecycle)
             virtual void DeleteAll(Option_t* option)
             virtual void Draw(Option_t* option)
              static void EncodeNameCycle(char* buffer, const char* name, Short_t cycle)
             virtual void FillBuffer(char*& buffer)
            virtual TKey* FindKey(const char* keyname) const
            virtual TKey* FindKeyAny(const char* keyname) const
         virtual TObject* FindObject(const char* name) const
         virtual TObject* FindObject(const TObject* obj) const
         virtual TObject* FindObjectAny(const char* name) const
         virtual TObject* Get(const char* namecycle)
                 TDatime& GetCreationDate()
           virtual TFile* GetFile() const
            virtual TKey* GetKey(const char* name, Short_t cycle = 9999) const
                   TList* GetList() const
                   TList* GetListOfKeys() const
                 TDatime& GetModificationDate()
                 TObject* GetMother() const
            virtual Int_t GetNbytesKeys() const
            virtual Int_t GetNkeys() const
      virtual const char* GetPath() const
           virtual Seek_t GetSeekDir() const
           virtual Seek_t GetSeekKeys() const
           virtual Seek_t GetSeekParent() const
                    TUUID GetUUID() const
          virtual TClass* IsA() const
           virtual Bool_t IsFolder() const
                   Bool_t IsModified() const
                   Bool_t IsWritable() const
             virtual void ls(Option_t* option) const
      virtual TDirectory* mkdir(const char* name, const char* title)
             virtual void Paint(Option_t* option)
             virtual void Print(Option_t* option) const
             virtual void Purge(Short_t nkeep = 1)
             virtual void pwd() const
             virtual void ReadAll(Option_t* option)
            virtual Int_t ReadKeys()
             virtual void RecursiveRemove(TObject* obj)
             virtual void Save()
             virtual void SaveSelf(Bool_t force = kFALSE)
                     void SetModified()
                     void SetMother(const TObject* mother)
                     void SetWritable(Bool_t writable = kTRUE)
             virtual void ShowMembers(TMemberInspector& insp, char* parent)
            virtual Int_t Sizeof() const
             virtual void Streamer(TBuffer& b)
                     void StreamerNVirtual(TBuffer& b)
            virtual Int_t Write(const char* name = "0", Int_t opt = 0, Int_t bufsiz = 0)
             virtual void WriteDirHeader()
             virtual void WriteKeys()

Data Members

    protected:

        Bool_t fModified    true if directory has been modified
        Bool_t fWritable    true if directory is writable
       TDatime fDatimeC     Date and time when directory is created
       TDatime fDatimeM     Date and time of last modification
         Int_t fNbytesKeys  Number of bytes for the keys
         Int_t fNbytesName  Number of bytes in TNamed at creation time
        Seek_t fSeekDir     Location of directory on file
        Seek_t fSeekParent  Location of parent directory on file
        Seek_t fSeekKeys    Location of Keys record on file
        TFile* fFile        pointer to current file in memory
      TObject* fMother      pointer to mother of the directory
        TList* fList        Pointer to objects list in memory
        TList* fKeys        Pointer to keys list in memory
         TUUID fUUID        Unique identifier

    public:

      static const enum TObject:: kCloseDirectory  

See also

TFile, TROOT

Class Description

/*

*/

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Directory default constructor-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                    =============================

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Create a new Directory *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                     ======================
  A new directory with name,title is created in the current directory
  The directory header information is immediatly saved on the file
  A new key is added in the parent directory

  When this constructor is called from a class directly derived
  from TDirectory, the third argument classname MUST be specified.
  In this case, classname must be the name of the derived class.

  Note that the directory name cannot contain slashes.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Directory destructor*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                    ====================

 Append object to this directory.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*Insert key in the linked list of keys of this directory*-*-*-*
*-*          =======================================================

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Initialise directory to defaults*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                    ================================

 Change current directory to "this" directory . Using path one can
 change the current directory to "path". The absolute path syntax is:
 file.root:/dir1/dir2
 where file.root is the file and /dir1/dir2 the desired subdirectory
 in the file. Relative syntax is relative to "this" directory. E.g:
 ../aa. Returns kTRUE in case of success.

 Change current directory to "this" directory . Using path one can
 change the current directory to "path". The absolute path syntax is:
 file.root:/dir1/dir2
 where file.root is the file and /dir1/dir2 the desired subdirectory
 in the file. Relative syntax is relative to "this" directory. E.g:
 ../aa. Returns kFALSE in case path does not exist.

 Change current directory to "path". The absolute path syntax is:
 file.root:/dir1/dir2
 where file.root is the file and /dir1/dir2 the desired subdirectory
 in the file. Relative syntax is relative to the current directory
 gDirectory, e.g.: ../aa. Returns kTRUE in case of success.

 Change current directory to "path". The path syntax is:
 file.root:/dir1/dir2
 where file.root is the file and /dir1/dir2 the desired subdirectory
 in the file. Returns kFALSE in case path does not exist.

*-*-*-*Delete all objects from a Directory list-*-*-*-*-*
*-*    =======================================

*-*-*-*Delete all objects from memory and directory structure itself-*-*-*-*
       ============================================================

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Delete all objects from memory*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
                 ==============================

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Delete Objects or/and keys in a directory *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*             =========================================
   namecycle has the format name;cycle
   namecycle = "" same as namecycle ="T*"
   name  = * means all
   cycle = * means all cycles (memory and keys)
   cycle = "" or cycle = 9999 ==> apply to a memory object
   When name=* use T* to delete subdirectories also

   To delete one directory, you must specify the directory cycle,
      eg.  file.Delete("dir1;1");

   examples:
     foo   : delete object named foo in memory
     foo*  : delete all objects with a name starting with foo
     foo;1 : delete cycle 1 of foo on file
     foo;* : delete all cycles of foo on file and also from memory
     *;2   : delete all objects on file having the cycle 2
     *;*   : delete all objects from memory and file
    T*;*   : delete all objects from memory and file and all subdirectories

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Fill Graphics Structure and Paint*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                    =================================
 Loop on all objects (memory or file) and all subdirectories

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Encode directory header into output buffer*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                    =========================================

 Find key with name keyname in the current directory

 Find key with name keyname in the current directory or
 its subdirectories.
 NOTE that If a key is found, the directory containing the key becomes
 the current directory

 Find object in the list of memory objects.

 Find object by name in the list of memory objects.

 Find object by name in the list of memory objects of the current
 directory or its sub-directories.
 After this call the current directory is not changed.
 To automatically set the current directory where the object is found,
 use FindKeyAny(aname)->ReadObj().

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* return pointer to object identified by namecycle*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*             ================================================
   namecycle has the format name;cycle
   name  = * is illegal, cycle = * is illegal
   cycle = "" or cycle = 9999 ==> apply to a memory object

   examples:
     foo   : get object named foo in memory
             if object is not in memory, try with highest cycle from file
     foo;1 : get cycle 1 of foo on file

 WARNING: Never use TDirectory::Get when namecycle is a directory itself.

  VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:
  In case the class of this object derives from TObject but not
  as a first inheritance, one must use dynamic_cast<>().
  Example 1: Normal case:
      class MyClass : public TObject, public AnotherClass
   then on return, one can do:
      MyClass *obj = (MyClass*)directory->Get("some object of MyClass");

  Example 2: Special case:
      class MyClass : public AnotherClass, public TObject
  then on return, one must do:
      MyClass *obj = dynamic_cast<MyClass*>(directory->Get("some object of MyClass"));

  Of course, dynamic_cast<> can also be used in the example 1.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Return pointer to key with name,cycle*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                  =====================================
  if cycle = 9999 returns highest cycle

 Returns the full path of the directory. E.g. file:/dir1/dir2.
 The returned path will be re-used by the next call to GetPath().

 Create a sub-directory and return a pointer to the created directory.
 Returns 0 in case of error.
 Returns 0 if a directory with the same name already exists.
 Note that the directory name cannot contain slashes.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*List Directory contents*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                    =======================
  Indentation is used to identify the directory tree
  Subdirectories are listed first, then objects in memory, then objects on the file

  The option can has the following format:
     [-d |-m][<regexp>]
  Option -d means: only list objects in the file
         -m means: only list objects in memory
  The <regexp> will be used to match the name of the objects.
  By default memory and disk objects are listed.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Paint all objects in the directory *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                    ==================================
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Print all objects in the directory *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                    ==================================

 Purge lowest key cycles in a directory.
 By default, only the highest cycle of a key is kept. Keys for which
 the "KEEP" flag has been set are not removed. See TKey::Keep().

 Print the path of the directory.

 Read objects from a ROOT db file directory into memory.
 If an object is already in memory, the memory copy is deleted
 and the object is again read from the file.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Read the KEYS linked list*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                      =========================
  Every directory has a linked list (fKeys). This linked list has been
  written on the file via WriteKeys as a single data record.

  It is interesting to call this function in the following situation.
  Assume another process1 is connecting this directory in Update mode
    -Process1 is adding/updating objects in this directory
    -You want to see the latest status from process1.
  Example Process1:
    obj1.Write();
    obj2.Write();
    gDirectory->SaveSelf();

  Example Process2
    gDirectory->ReadKeys();
    obj1->Draw();

  This is an efficient way (without opening/closing files) to view
  the latest updates of a file being modified by another process
  as it is typically the case in a data acquisition system.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Recursively remove object from a Directory*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*            =========================================

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Save recursively all directory keys and headers-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                ===============================================

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Save Directory keys and header*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                ==============================
  If the directory has been modified (fModified set), write the keys
  and the directory header. This function assumes the cd is correctly set.

  It is recommended to use this function in the following situation:
  Assume a process1 using a directory in Update mode
    -New objects or modified objects have been written to the directory
    -You do not want to close the file
    -You want your changes be visible from another process2 already connected
     to this directory in read mode
    -Call this function
    -In process2, use TDirectory::ReadKeys to refresh the directory

  Set the new value of fWritable recursively

*-*-*-*-*-*-*Return the size in bytes of the directory header*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*          ================================================
Int_t nbytes = sizeof(Version_t);    2
nbytes     += fDatimeC.Sizeof();
nbytes     += fDatimeM.Sizeof();
nbytes     += sizeof fNbytesKeys;    4
nbytes     += sizeof fNbytesName;    4
nbytes     += sizeof fSeekDir;       4 or 8
nbytes     += sizeof fSeekParent;    4 or 8
nbytes     += sizeof fSeekKeys;      4 or 8
nbytes     += fUUID.Sizeof();

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Stream a class object*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*              =========================================

 Write all objects in memory to disk.
 Loop on all objects in memory (including subdirectories).
 A new key is created in the KEYS linked list for each object.
 For allowed options see TObject::Write().
 The directory header info is rewritten on the directory header record

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Overwrite the Directory header record*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                  =====================================

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Write KEYS linked list on the file *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*-*                    ==================================
  The linked list of keys (fKeys) is written as a single data record

 Encode the name and cycle into buffer like: "aap;2".

 Decode a namecycle "aap;2" into name "aap" and cycle "2".

Inline Functions

               void operator=(const TDirectory&)
               void Add(TObject* obj)
               void Copy(TObject&) const
           TDatime& GetCreationDate()
             TFile* GetFile() const
             TList* GetList() const
             TList* GetListOfKeys() const
           TDatime& GetModificationDate()
           TObject* GetMother() const
              Int_t GetNbytesKeys() const
              Int_t GetNkeys() const
             Seek_t GetSeekDir() const
             Seek_t GetSeekParent() const
             Seek_t GetSeekKeys() const
              TUUID GetUUID() const
             Bool_t IsFolder() const
             Bool_t IsModified() const
             Bool_t IsWritable() const
               void SetModified()
               void SetMother(const TObject* mother)
            TClass* Class()
            TClass* IsA() const
               void ShowMembers(TMemberInspector& insp, char* parent)
               void StreamerNVirtual(TBuffer& b)