added new tool for testing serialization

CondCore/Utilities/bin/BuildFile.xml

@@ -63,3 +63,6 @@
 <bin   file="conddb_copy_iov.cpp" name="conddb_copy_iov">
   <use   name="CondCore/CondDB"/>
 </bin>
+<bin   file="conddb_test.cpp" name="conddb_test">
+  <use   name="CondCore/CondDB"/>
+</bin>

CondCore/Utilities/bin/conddb_import.cpp

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int cond::ImportUtilities::execute(){
     connPool.setAuthenticationPath( getOptionValue<std::string>( "authPath") ); 
   }
   connPool.configure();
+  std::cout <<"# Running import tool for conditions on release "<<cond::currentCMSSWVersion()<<std::endl;
   std::cout <<"# Connecting to source database on "<<sourceConnect<<std::endl;
   persistency::Session sourceSession = connPool.createSession( sourceConnect );
 

CondCore/Utilities/bin/conddb_test.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#include "CondCore/CondDB/interface/ConnectionPool.h"
+
+#include "CondCore/Utilities/interface/Utilities.h"
+#include "CondCore/Utilities/interface/CondDBImport.h"
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <sstream>
+
+namespace cond {
+
+  class TestIovUtilities : public cond::Utilities {
+    public:
+      TestIovUtilities();
+      ~TestIovUtilities();
+      int execute();
+  };
+}
+
+cond::TestIovUtilities::TestIovUtilities():Utilities("conddb_copy_iov"){
+  addConnectOption("connect","c","target connection string (required)");
+  addAuthenticationOptions();
+  addOption<bool>("read","r","de-serialize the specified payload");
+  addOption<std::string>("hash","x","hash of the payload");
+}
+
+cond::TestIovUtilities::~TestIovUtilities(){
+}
+
+int cond::TestIovUtilities::execute(){
+
+  bool debug = hasDebug();
+  std::string connect = getOptionValue<std::string>("connect");
+
+  std::string hash("");
+  bool read = hasOptionValue( "read" );
+  if( read ){
+    hash = getOptionValue<std::string>("hash");
+  }
+
+  persistency::ConnectionPool connPool;
+  if( hasOptionValue("authPath") ){
+    connPool.setAuthenticationPath( getOptionValue<std::string>( "authPath") ); 
+  }
+  connPool.configure();
+
+  std::cout <<"# Connecting to source database on "<<connect<<std::endl;
+  persistency::Session session = connPool.createSession( connect );
+
+  session.transaction().start( true );
+  try{
+    persistency::fetch( hash, session ); 
+    std::cout <<"De-serialization of payload "<<hash<<" performed correctly."<<std::endl;
+  } catch ( const persistency::Exception& e ){
+    std::cout <<"De-serialization of payload "<<hash<<" failed: "<<e.what()<<std::endl; 
+  }
+  session.transaction().commit();
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int main( int argc, char** argv ){
+
+  cond::TestIovUtilities utilities;
+  return utilities.run(argc,argv);
+}
+