Phase2 hcx1

[bsunanda]

Safer code

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @bsunanda for CMSSW_6_2_X_SLHC.

Phase2 hcx1

It involves the following packages:

Geometry/HcalCommonData

@civanch, @Dr15Jones, @ianna, @mdhildreth, @cmsbuild, @nclopezo, @Degano, @ktf can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
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[ianna]

+1

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_6_2_X_SLHC IBs unless changes or unless it breaks tests. @fratnikov, @mark-grimes can you please take care of it?

[mark-grimes]

merge

Tested all of Sunanda's requests together. Notes on #4079.