Release "dev" (SL99j) -> "new"

December 21, 1999, "dev" (SL99j) version of library has been tagged as SL99j_1 and moved to new.

Former "new" SL99g_7 has been left alone.

SL98j and SL99g have been removed.

• The present release assignment is:

 
 The present release assignment:
             SL98l (SL98l_1)   ROOT_LEVEL 2.20
             SL99b             ROOT_LEVEL 2.21   MDC2 production release
        old- SL99e (SL99e)     ROOT_LEVEL 2.21.08      
        pro- SL99f (SL99f_7)   ROOT_LEVEL 2.22.10               
             SL99g_7 (SL99g_7) ROOT_LEVEL 2.22.10
             SL99h             ROOT_LEVEL 2.22.10
             SL99i             ROOT_LEVEL 2.23
        new- SL99j_1 (SL99j_1) ROOT_LEVEL 2.23.09  
        dev- SL99j             ROOT_LEVEL 2.23.09
       .dev- SL99k             ROOT_LEVEL 2.23.09  

New features:

• this is first library release with new StEvent and DST tables definition which will be used for production;

• new version of ROOT 2.23.09 has been installed;

• user's makers and macros have been modified do adjust to new StEvent and DST tables.

• StFile class modified to accept array of pointers to names ended by zero pointers;

• added defense against corrupted root events;

• parallel reading from several branches/components has been implemented;

• introduced new specialized Runco branch to keep Run control parameters, being requested by SetBranch method it automatically filled at the end of task and saved in file *runco.root;

• added sorting routin in TLS to fix the problem with shorts (integer*2);
• cons modified to fix the problem with CPP;
• StBFChain has been reorganized :

• TAxis3D - modified to simplify an interactive manipulation with 3D ROOT views: Ntuplesm 3D histograms, 3D Polylines, GEANT detector view, Event view;

• StMaker - benchmarking has been improved;

• StEventDisplayMaker - additional interface for new 3D viewer has been implemented provided by Joint USB-BNL Research Institute;

• St_geant_Maker - modified to be used for visualization;

StEventUtilities - new repository for analysis utilities and helper functions/classes based on StEvent.