det::utils Namespace Reference

Given a xml element with several daughters with the same name, e.g. More...

Functions
dd4hep::xml::Component	getNodeByStrAttr (const dd4hep::xml::Handle_t &mother, const std::string &nodeName, const std::string &attrName, const std::string &attrValue)
	Retrieves the node component from a mother by the string names.
double	getAttrValueWithFallback (const dd4hep::xml::Component &node, const std::string &attrName, const double &defaultValue)
	try to get attribute with double value, return defaultValue if attribute not found

Detailed Description

Given a xml element with several daughters with the same name, e.g.

<detector> <layer name="1" > <layer name="2"> </detector> this method returns the first daughter of type nodeName whose attribute has a given value e.g. returns <layer name="2"> when called with (detector, "layer", "name", "1")

Function Documentation

getNodeByStrAttr()

dd4hep::xml::Component det::utils::getNodeByStrAttr	(	const dd4hep::xml::Handle_t &	mother,
		const std::string &	nodeName,
		const std::string &	attrName,
		const std::string &	attrValue )

Retrieves the node component from a mother by the string names.

Parameters

mother	The Handle to the mother volume
nodeName	The name of the note
attrName	The name of the Attribute
attrValue	The attribute value