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Interface hep.analysis.EventSource

public interface EventSource
A source for events. EventGenerator implements this interface, as do objects opened by the openDataSet(String) method in the DIM (data interface module) interface.

See Also:
EventGenerator, DIM, openDataSet

Method Index

o afterLastEvent()
Called after the last event is accessed.
o beforeFirstEvent()
Called before the first event is accessed.
o close()
Provide some cleanup code if it is relevant to close the event source.
o getEventDataClass()
Specify class of objects to be returned by getNextEvent
o getName()
Return a name for your event source.
o getNextEvent()
Return the next event.
o getTotalNumberOfEvents()
Return the number of events, or -1 if unknown.

Methods

o getTotalNumberOfEvents 
 public abstract int getTotalNumberOfEvents()
Return the number of events, or -1 if unknown.

o beforeFirstEvent 
 public abstract void beforeFirstEvent()
Called before the first event is accessed.

o afterLastEvent 
 public abstract void afterLastEvent()
Called after the last event is accessed.

o getNextEvent 
 public abstract EventData getNextEvent() throws EndOfDataException
Return the next event.

Throws: EndOfDataException
when no more events are available
o getName 
 public abstract String getName()
Return a name for your event source.

o close 
 public abstract void close()
Provide some cleanup code if it is relevant to close the event source.

o getEventDataClass 
 public abstract Class getEventDataClass()
Specify class of objects to be returned by getNextEvent 

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