TrgEventCounter.py

#!/usr/local/bin/python
#
#                               Copyright 2004
#                                     by
#                        The Board of Trustees of the
#                     Leland Stanford Junior University.
#                            All rights reserved.
#

__facility__ = "Online"
__abstract__ = "GLAST LAT Coincidence based Trigger System Abstract classes"
__author__   = "Jim Panetta <panetta@slac.stanford.edu> SLAC - GLAST I&T"
__date__     = "2/14/04"
__version__  = "$Revision: 2.1 $"
__release__  = "$Name: R04-12-00 $"
__credits__  = "SLAC"

import LATTE.copyright_SLAC

from TrgObject import TrgObject

"""TrgEventCounter: Interface for event counters. """

class TrgEventCounter(TrgObject):
  """\brief TrgEventCounter class
  
     This class controls the counters associated with the event stream
     received and the responses sent by the GEM.
     
     These functions to be implemented at the hardware abstraction level.
  """
  def __init__(self):
    """\brief TrgEventCounter contructor
    """
    TrgObject.__init__(self)
    pass
    
  def stats(self):
    """\brief stats() method
    
       Return the number of events seen by the counter
       \return an integer
    """
    raise NotImplementedError
    pass 
    
  def reset(self):
    """\brief reset() method
    
       Reset the event counters
    """
    raise NotImplementedError
    pass 

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