lhef

A library for interacting with files in the Les Houches Event File (LHEF) format.

Currently, lhef only supports reading via the Reader struct. Information about the generator run is provided in a HEPRUP object and each event is stored in a HEPEUP object. These structs correspond to the Fortan common blocks of the same names in the original proposal, but contain extra info fields corresponding to the "optional information" specified in the LHEF standard.

As of now, only version 1.0 of the LHEF format is fully supported. Files in version 2.0 and 3.0 are parsed exactly like for version 1.0. This means that the additional XML tags have to be extracted manually from the info fields of the HEPRUP and HEPEUP objects.

Usage

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
lhef = "0.1.0"

and this to your crate root:

extern crate lhef;

Examples

extern crate lhef;
use lhef::Reader;
use std::fs::File;
use std::io::BufReader;

let input = BufReader::new(File::open("events.lhe")?);

let mut reader = Reader::new(input)?;

println!("Information in header:\n{}", reader.header());
println!("Generator run information:\n{:?}", reader.heprup());

let event = reader.event()?;
if let Some(event) = event {
    println!("Found an event: {:?}", event);
}

Notes on (non-)compliance

• The LHEF standard mandates at least one event in each file. This is not enforced.
• Contrary to the standard, attributes in the <init>, <event>, and <header> tags are not allowed.