PFCandidateFwdPtrFactory.h

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#ifndef CommonTools_ParticleFlow_PFCandidateFwdPtrFactory_h
#define CommonTools_ParticleFlow_PFCandidateFwdPtrFactory_h
 
#include "DataFormats/ParticleFlowCandidate/interface/PFCandidate.h"
#include "DataFormats/ParticleFlowCandidate/interface/PFCandidateFwd.h"
 
namespace reco {
  struct PFCandidateFwdPtrFactory {
    edm::FwdPtr<reco::PFCandidate> operator()(edm::View<reco::PFCandidate> const& view, unsigned int i) const {
      edm::Ptr<reco::PFCandidate> ptr = view.ptrAt(i);
      edm::Ptr<reco::PFCandidate> backPtr = ptr;
      if (ptr.isNonnull() && ptr.isAvailable() && ptr->numberOfSourceCandidatePtrs() > 0) {
        edm::Ptr<reco::Candidate> basePtr = ptr->sourceCandidatePtr(0);
        if (basePtr.isNonnull() && basePtr.isAvailable())
          backPtr = edm::Ptr<reco::PFCandidate>(basePtr);  //this cast works only for available stuff
      }
      return edm::FwdPtr<reco::PFCandidate>(ptr, backPtr);
    }
  };
}  // namespace reco
 
#endif