Hello Kyle,

I refactored KPiX data reader to get rid of dependencies on Jas3-specific classes. I also coded an example of running KPiX reader outside Jas3 - see kpix-user project, org.hep.kpix.examples.Standalone class. Let me know if that works for you.

Best Regards,
- Dmitry.

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> Subject: [KPIX-BEAMTEST-SOFTWARE] KpixFileReader and KpixReaderPlugin
> Dependency
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I’m having an issue using the KpixFileReader class within a different project
> package (and context.)
> 
> I am writing a class that outputs KpixRecord(s) and similar objects in the binary
> data format that KpixReader expects, and I’m currently having difficulties with a
> unit test I wrote. My goal is to read a data  and pass the record to my new class,
> eventually writing to a temporary file that gets read in a final time to compare
> with the original. I need to use a KpixFileReader to read in the data, but there
> isn’t a way I know of to successfully create a KpixFileReader without a running
> instance of JAS3, with the KpixReaderPlugin initialized and registered in the
> application’s lookup. I was really hoping to be able to keep this test separate
> from all of that, so I tried writing a version of KpixFileReader without the
> dependency (used to read user preferences/calibration,) but this wasn’t
> particularly straightforward either, and seemed like an unnecessary repetition.
> As far as I can tell the only reason this doesn’t work currently is that
> KpixFileReader tries to access and update preferences from the
> KpixReaderPlugin, which is not initialized in this case.
> 
> I’m sure there’s a much easier way to do this, but I’m not positive which
> direction to go in at the moment. if anyone has an answer or suggestion I would
> greatly appreciate it!
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Kyle Travis
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