gistfile1.txt

import ROOT
ROOT.gSystem.Load('GoodRunsLists/StandAlone/libGoodRunsLists.so')
from ROOT import Root

grl_str = '''\
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE LumiRangeCollection SYSTEM "http://atlas-runquery.cern.ch/LumiRangeCollection.dtd">
<!-- This document was created by goodruns: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/goodruns/ on 2013-07-16 at 08:24:28 -->
<LumiRangeCollection>
  <NamedLumiRange>
    <Name>GRL</Name>
    <Version>1.0</Version>
    <LumiBlockCollection>
      <Run>1</Run>
      <LBRange Start="1" End="100"/>
    </LumiBlockCollection>
  </NamedLumiRange>
</LumiRangeCollection>
'''

grl_str_rev = '''\
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE LumiRangeCollection SYSTEM "http://atlas-runquery.cern.ch/LumiRangeCollection.dtd">
<!-- This document was created by goodruns: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/goodruns/ on 2013-07-16 at 08:24:28 -->
<LumiRangeCollection>
  <NamedLumiRange>
    <Name>GRL</Name>
    <Version>1.0</Version>
    <LumiBlockCollection>
      <Run>1</Run>
      <LBRange End="100" Start="1"/>
    </LumiBlockCollection>
  </NamedLumiRange>
</LumiRangeCollection>
'''

for s in (grl_str, grl_str_rev):
    reader = Root.TGoodRunsListReader()
    reader.AddXMLString(s)
    reader.Interpret()
    grl = reader.GetMergedGoodRunsList()
    print grl.HasRunLumiBlock(1, 101)
    writer = Root.TGoodRunsListWriter()
    writer.SetGoodRunsList(grl)
    print writer.GetXMLString()