What is the reason behind the static TClonesArray in the JetEvent.h example

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Hello,
I was taking a look at the tutorials/tree/JetEvent.h example because I need to implement something similar for our experiment.

I noticed that in the JetEvent class, the TClonesArray-s are defined two times, as non-static members and static members. In the constructor, the static members are allocated and then their pointers are copied into the non-static members. In the destructor, the static members are deallocated, end of the story.

Now, this does not make any sense to me but maybe there is a reason I cannot see. By having static members I must be careful to only define one object (singleton) of the JetEvent class and I preclude myself from ever using this class in a multithreading environment. Seems like shooting yourself in the foot to me.

Could you please clarify?
Thank you

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Hi @LastStarDust ,
@pcanal or @Axel can correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that’s just a quirk of that particular tutorial (which is something like 20 years old).

The only thing you have to take care of is that you don’t allocate/deallocate TClonesArrays for each event, but keep the same ones around for the full event loop. The docs have a few more examples and elaborate a bit more.

Cheers,
Enrico

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Thank you for the clarification.

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