MakeROOTCompatible Class Reference

Helper class for converting strings into a ROOT-friendly format (e.g. More...

#include <MakeROOTCompatible.h>

Static Public Member Functions
static std::string	makeROOTCompatible (std::string str)
	Remove special characters that ROOT dislikes in branch names, e.g. More...
static std::string	invertMakeROOTCompatible (std::string str)
	Invert makeROOTCompatible operation.
static std::map< std::string, std::string >	getSubstitutionMap ()
	Substituation map for makeROOTCompatible.

Detailed Description

Helper class for converting strings into a ROOT-friendly format (e.g.

: removing special characters in branch names, etc.)

Definition at line 24 of file MakeROOTCompatible.h.

Member Function Documentation

makeROOTCompatible()

std::string makeROOTCompatible ( std::string  str )

static

Remove special characters that ROOT dislikes in branch names, e.g.

(, ), :, etc

Definition at line 60 of file MakeROOTCompatible.cc.

{
  if (str.find("__") != std::string::npos) {
    B2WARNING("String passed to makeROOTCompatible contains double-underscore __, which is used internally for escaping special characters. "
              "It is recommended to avoid this. However escaping a string twice with makeROOTCompatible is safe, but will print this warning. "
              "Passed string: " + str);
  }
  auto replace = getSubstitutionMap();
  for (auto& pair : replace) {
    boost::replace_all(str, pair.first, pair.second);
  }
  const static std::regex blackList("[^a-zA-Z0-9_]");
  return std::regex_replace(str, blackList, "");
}

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• framework/utilities/include/MakeROOTCompatible.h
• framework/utilities/src/MakeROOTCompatible.cc