Improvements for conddb dump command

CondCore/EcalPlugins/plugins/BuildFile.xml

@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@
   <flags   EDM_PLUGIN="1"/>
 </library>
 
-<flags CXXFLAGS="-Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-variable"/>
-<library   file="EcalCondObjectContainer_EcalTPGCrystalStatusCode_toXML.cc" name="EcalCondObjectContainer_EcalTPGCrystalStatusCode_toXML">
-  <use   name="CondCore/Utilities"/>
-  <use   name="CondCore/CondDB"/>
-  <use   name="CondFormats/Common"/>
-  <use   name="boost_python"/>
-</library>
-
 <library   file="EcalPedestals_PayloadInspector.cc" name="EcalPedestals_PayloadInspector">
   <use   name="CondCore/Utilities"/>
   <use   name="CondCore/CondDB"/>

CondCore/SiStripPlugins/plugins/BuildFile.xml

@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 <flags CXX_FLAGS="-Wno-unused-variable"/>
 
-<library   file="SiStripObjects_toXML.cc" name="SiStripObjects_toXML">
-  <use   name="CondCore/Utilities"/>
-  <use   name="CondCore/CondDB"/>
-  <use   name="CondFormats/Common"/>
-  <use   name="boost_python"/>
-</library>
-
 <library   file="SiStripDetVOff_PayloadInspector.cc" name="SiStripDetVOff_PayloadInspector">
   <use   name="CondCore/Utilities"/>
   <use   name="CondCore/CondDB"/>

CondCore/Utilities/interface/Payload2XMLModule.h

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#ifndef CondCore_Utilities_Payload2XMLModule_h
+#define CondCore_Utilities_Payload2XMLModule_h
+
+#include <string>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <boost/python.hpp>
+#include "boost/archive/xml_oarchive.hpp"
+
+#include "CondFormats/Serialization/interface/Archive.h"
+
+#define XML_CONVERTER_NAME( CLASS_NAME ) (std::string( #CLASS_NAME )+"2xml").c_str()
+
+#define PAYLOAD_2XML_MODULE( MODULE_NAME ) \
+  BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE( MODULE_NAME ) 
+
+#define PAYLOAD_2XML_CLASS( CLASS_NAME ) \
+  boost::python::class_< Payload2xml<CLASS_NAME> >( XML_CONVERTER_NAME( CLASS_NAME ), boost::python::init<>()) \
+  .def("write",&Payload2xml<CLASS_NAME>::write ) \
+  ;
+
+namespace { // Avoid cluttering the global namespace.
+
+  template <typename PayloadType> class Payload2xml {
+  public:
+    Payload2xml(){
+    }
+    //
+    std::string write( const std::string &payloadData ){
+      // now to convert
+      std::unique_ptr< PayloadType > payload;
+      std::stringbuf sdataBuf;
+      sdataBuf.pubsetbuf( const_cast<char *> ( payloadData.c_str() ), payloadData.size() );
+
+      std::istream inBuffer( &sdataBuf );
+      eos::portable_iarchive ia( inBuffer );
+      payload.reset( new PayloadType );
+      ia >> (*payload);
+
+      // now we have the object in memory, convert it to xml in a string and return it
+      std::ostringstream outBuffer;
+      {
+	boost::archive::xml_oarchive xmlResult( outBuffer );
+	xmlResult << boost::serialization::make_nvp( "cmsCondPayload", *payload );
+      }
+      return outBuffer.str();
+    }
+  };
+
+} // end namespace
+
+#endif

CondCore/Utilities/plugins/BuildFile.xml

@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@
   <use   name="CondCore/Utilities"/>
   <use   name="boost_python"/>
 </library>
+<library   file="Module_2XML.cc" name="Utilities_payload2xml">
+  <use   name="CondCore/Utilities"/>
+  <use   name="boost_python"/>
+</library>

CondCore/Utilities/plugins/Module_2XML.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include "CondCore/Utilities/interface/Payload2XMLModule.h"
+#include "CondCore/Utilities/src/CondFormats.h"
+
+PAYLOAD_2XML_MODULE( pluginUtilities_payload2xml ){
+  PAYLOAD_2XML_CLASS( BeamSpotObjects );
+  PAYLOAD_2XML_CLASS( EcalCondObjectContainer<EcalPedestal> );
+  PAYLOAD_2XML_CLASS( EcalLaserAPDPNRatios );
+  PAYLOAD_2XML_CLASS( RunInfo );
+  PAYLOAD_2XML_CLASS( SiStripLatency );
+  PAYLOAD_2XML_CLASS( SiStripConfObject );
+}