Anatomy of a Root File
Root File is a Random Access Object Store
Objects in file can be looked up by “Key”
Key is a String.
Each key can correspond to a hierarchy of linked
objects
TTree objects are special
Can contain multiple branches
Each branch contains
» More branches
» A set of objects (e.g. Events, Tracks etc).
TTree objects provide random access to events, and allow
reading only a subset of branches for efficiency.