Gaudi Internals

An attempt to understand Gaudi Internals

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Main loop

The main loop is handled by an IEventProcessor (ApplicationMgr). This delegates to it's IRunable (AppMgrRunable) which then just calls back to ApplicationMgr::nextEvent(). This then delegates to m_processMgr which is and EventLoopMgr (ELM, below) which is a subclass of MinimalEventLoopMgr.

Action starts with EventLoopMgr::executeRun(int) which does

1. (in MinimalELM) beginRun on the top level algs
2. (in ELM) nextEvent(int)
   • clears store
   • getEventRoot() loads new event through EventSelector::createAddress (+ EventSelector::next + another createAddress???)
   • EventDataMgr::setRoot (comments say this also clears data store)
   • exectueEvent()
     • fires BeginEvent "incident"
     • delegates to MinimalELM::executeEvent()
       • walks top alg list calling their execute()
       • walks output alg list calling their execute()
     • fires EndEvent "incident
3. (back in MinmalELM) walk top alg list calling endRun()

Notes:

• The selection of the event selector in the ELM appears to only allow EventSelector class to be used (or nothing).
• The wipeing of the TDS each "event" may mean we need our own ELM.

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What do these do? What are the responsibilities of each implementation? What implementations exist, which ones should we use and which ones should we implement ourselves?