[Alert_collaboration] [EXTERNAL] ALERT yaml flags

[efuchey]

PS: about the comment below I made in my previous email I realize I 
should have mentioned it had nothing to do with the code, but with a 
deprecated yaml card.

> BTW: I had mentioned in a previous meeting that with the latest
> version of the code I did not seem to process the AHDC hits anymore -
> and I'm happy to report that I finally solved that, in part thanks to
> this conversation


On 2025-03-31 14:02, efuchey via Alert_collaboration wrote:
> Hello again Nathan, Mohammed, and all,
> 
> Thanks for the input. Based on this, I reckon that those flags are
> indeed not needed since, afaik, we will use the "distance" finding
> method for conventional track finding (I'm not even sure the other
> method works). I can try to add the change suggested by Nathan to
> determine the "simulation" flag with the existence of MC::Particle.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Eric
> 
> 
> 
> On 2025-03-31 13:09, Nathan Baltzell wrote:
>> Hello All,
>> 
>> One option is to get rid of the simulation flag and detect DATA vs MC
>> based on whether MC::Particle or other exists.
>> 
>> And for the other defaults, I'd vote they should be maintained as the
>> one (most) people (should) want to use for data from beam on target.
>> 
>> -Nathan
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Alert_collaboration <alert_collaboration-bounces at jlab.org> on
>> behalf of mhattawy--- via Alert_collaboration
>> <alert_collaboration at jlab.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2025 12:08 PM
>> To: efuchey
>> Cc: Raffaella De Vita; alert collaboration; Mathieu Ouillon
>> Subject: Re: [Alert_collaboration] [EXTERNAL] ALERT yaml flags
>> 
>> Hello Eric,
>> Regarding
>>    simulation    = false;
>>    findingMethod = "distance";
>> 
>> They are hardcoded in the AHDCEngine. The engine must be edited to
>> read them from the yam file. One has to add something like the
>> following two lines in the AHDCEngine and push a merge request, and
>> then we will need a new coatjava release.
>>          simulation = this.getEngineConfigString("simulation");
>>          findingMethod = this.getEngineConfigString("findingMethod");
>> 
>> Mohammad.
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM efuchey
>> <efuchey at jlab.org<mailto:efuchey at jlab.org>> wrote:
>> Hello Mohammed, and all,
>> 
>> besides the flag for track finding suggested by Mathieu, I can think 
>> of:
>> * a "Simulation" boolean flag, to readout simulation files. It should 
>> be
>> set to 'false' by default.
>> * a "FindingMethod" string flag to indicate what fitting method should
>> be used for the conventional track finder. It should be set to
>> 'distance' by default.
>> Those are currently declared in AHDCEngine.
>> https://github.com/JeffersonLab/coatjava/blob/development/reconstruction/alert/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/service/AHDCEngine.java<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_JeffersonLab_coatjava_blob_development_reconstruction_alert_src_main_java_org_jlab_rec_service_AHDCEngine.java&d=DwMFaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=xvIrZb1p8HoRayKD1Sz8zPzqi4-qHfiBCWqgj3oMbOQ&m=gDCov_exuRAjDGvfx1D49aIgfSQMqds19gVBOnf_jn28sYtESSTnpdsdIeZFe3Ue&s=SrgSLvlp8vhlp01326sGK1IYa1C0t1Qcxiar-Pm4PCE&e=>
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Eric
>> 
>> On 2025-03-31 11:45, mhattawy at odu.edu<mailto:mhattawy at odu.edu> wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>> 
>>>     We are working on getting the yaml file ready to start looking
>>> into the data once it is recorded.
>>> Here you can find the draft of the current draft of the yaml file
>>> 
>>> /u/home/clas12-3/users/pilleux/yamls/rgl_calib.yaml
>>> 
>>> We need the input from the AHDC and AFOT software developers if their
>>> reconstruction codes need any flags to be passed from the yaml
>>> configuration file. So far, we got the feedback from Mathieu to pass
>>> "Mode".
>>> 
>>> Mathieu, what reconstruction method should be requested,
>>> AI_Track_Finding or CV_Track_Finding?
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> Mohammad.
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