Coding Conventions

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Hall-D Coding and Use Conventions

C++

  • Classes specific to Hall-D/GlueX reconstruction will have names starting with the letter "D".
  • Classes specific to a subsystem should include the subsystem name in the first part of the class name. For example, all classes in the CDC package should have names starting with "DCDC"
  • The suffix for C++ source files should be .cc
  • The suffix for C source files should be .c
  • The suffix for both C++ and C header files should be .h
  • The suffix .C will be used for ROOT macros and will therefore be ignored by the make system.
  • The suffix for FOTRAN files should be .F
  • The suffix .f will be used for PAW macros and will therefore be ignored by the make system.
  • C++ source files will be named using the classname they provide.
  • Multiple classes should be defined in a single header only under special circumstances.
  • Classes should have a brief description of their purpose in a doxygen recognizable format(i.e. with three forwardslashes ///) inside the class definition in the header files.
  • #include preprocessor directives should use double quotes for headers specific to Hall-D/GlueX code and angle brackets for all others. e.g.
 * #include <JANA/JEventLoop.h>
 * #include "DCDCHit.h"
  • Factory classes derived from JFactory will have names that start with the data class (subclass of DObject) which they provide with "_factory" appended. For example:

DCDCHit_factory

  • Tagged factory classes (factories with a tag other than an empty string) will have an underscore and the tag appended to the class name. For example, a factory with the tag "ALT1" :

DCDCHit_factory_ALT1

  • Configuration Parameters in JANA should start with a common prefix and a colon to indicate the package where they are being implemented. For example, all configuration parameters implemented in the TRACKING package start with the prefix "TRK:" like this:

TRK:MAX_HIT_R_FDC