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Every dictionary class is now selected with options=version(2) in include/SHiP/LinkDef.h, marking the current layout as the first explicit class version, plus the policy that the version is bumped together with any layout change (documented in CONTRIBUTING and tests/data/README.md; the schema-snapshot gate records versions, so a forgotten bump shows up in review).

Motivation: ROOT expects persistent classes to be versioned for schema evolution, and RNTuple I/O customization rules effectively require it — in root-project/root#23146 the ROOT team confirmed that rules misbehave for unversioned classes and proposed exactly this workaround (explicit versions + opening files through TFile so streamer infos are loaded; the compat reader now follows that pattern too).

Declaring the version in the dictionary selection rather than with ClassDef keeps the data-model headers free of any ROOT dependency — they are plain aggregates over std::array, std::vector and fixed-width ints, and no longer include Rtypes.h. The headers are byte-identical to their state before this PR.

Numbering starts at 2, not 1: rootcling already emits 1 for classes without ClassDef and TClass reports that back as -1, so options=version(1) would be indistinguishable from no version at all (checked against ROOT 6.40.02 — version(7) does come back as version=7).

Guarantees checked by the compatibility suite (all green, per commit):

  • class checksums are unchanged — the snapshot diff shows only version=-1version=2 and typever=4294967295typever=2;
  • the frozen unversioned reference files (v0.1.0–v0.4.0) still read correctly with the versioned classes.

This deliberately lands independently of #25: everything written from the next release on will be rule-evolvable, and #25 shrinks to the rename + I/O rules (rebasing on this).

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  • Documentation

    • Clarified schema versioning requirements for persistent classes.
    • Documented version tracking, schema snapshots, and immutable reference data files.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved reading of reference ROOT files by ensuring metadata is registered before accessing event data.
    • Added clearer handling for file and event-anchor access failures.
  • Tests

    • Updated schema snapshots to reflect explicit class and data-type versions.
    • Improved dictionary validation for declarations containing additional options.

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ROOT schema versioning

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Add explicit ROOT class versions
include/SHiP/LinkDef.h, tests/CMakeLists.txt
All persistent SHiP dictionary classes use options=version(2). The class-name parser accepts additional pragma tokens.
Record versioned schemas
tests/data/schema_snapshot.txt, CONTRIBUTING.md
Schema snapshots record version 2 for classes and nested RNTuple types. Schema-change guidance requires version bumps for layout changes.
Load reference RNTuples through TFile
tests/test_read_reference.cpp, tests/data/README.md
The reference test opens the ROOT file, validates the events anchor, and creates the reader from that anchor. Documentation describes versioned and frozen reference files.

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I don't like how this introduces a dependency on ROOT headers into the data-model classes. Maybe we can hide them behind a macro?

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olantwin force-pushed the feat/class-versioning branch from 58962be to 2c6f040 Compare September 1, 2026 14:28
Opening the file through TFile makes its streamer infos known to ROOT,
which RNTuple's I/O-customization-rule machinery relies on
(root-project/root#23146); attach the RNTupleReader to the anchor
afterwards. No behaviour change for rule-free reads like ours today, but
this is the read pattern consumers should follow once rules exist.

Assisted-by: claude-code:claude-opus-5[1m]
Select every dictionary class with options=version(2) in LinkDef.h,
marking the current layout as the first explicit version. ROOT expects
persistent classes to carry a version for schema evolution, and RNTuple
I/O customization rules require it (workaround for
root-project/root#23146, where ROOT confirmed rules misbehave for
unversioned classes).

Declaring the version in the dictionary selection rather than with
ClassDef keeps the data-model headers free of any ROOT dependency: they
are plain aggregates over std::array, std::vector and fixed-width ints,
and no longer include Rtypes.h.

Numbering starts at 2 because rootcling already emits 1 for classes
without ClassDef and TClass reports that back as -1, so version(1) would
be indistinguishable from no version at all.

The class checksums are unchanged - the schema snapshot diff shows only
version updates - so this does not alter the on-disk member layout, and
the frozen (unversioned) reference files still read correctly, as
covered by the compat suite. Bump the version together with any future
layout change; the snapshot gate records versions, making a forgotten
bump visible.

Assisted-by: claude-code:claude-opus-5[1m]
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olantwin force-pushed the feat/class-versioning branch from 2c6f040 to aa14416 Compare September 1, 2026 14:43
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