简介:Athena,theSoftwareFrameworkforATLAS'offlinesoftwareisbasedontheGaudiFrameworkfromLHCb^1,TheProcessingModelofGaudiisessentiallythatofabatch-orientedsystem-aUserpreparesafiledetailingtheconfigurationofwhichAlgorithmsaretobeappliedtotheinputdataofajobandtheparametervaluesthatcontrolthebehaviorofeachAlgorithminstance.TheFrameworkthenreadsthatfileonceatthebeginningofajobandrunstocompletionwithnofurtherinteractionwiththeUser.WehaveenhancedtheProcessingModeltoincludeaninteractivemodewhereaUsercancotroltheeventloopofarunningjobandmodifytheAlgorithmsandparametersonthefly.WechangedonlyaverysmallnumberofGaudiClassestoprovideaccesstoparametersfromanembeddedPythoninterpreter,NochangewasmadetotheGaudiProgrammingModel.i.e.,developersneednotchangeanythingtomakeuseofthisaddedinterface,WepresentdetailsofthedesignandimplementationoftheinteractivePythoninterfaceforAthena.