use wrapper to treat similar functions of isExceptionalCluster

reconstruction/dc/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/dc/cluster/ClusterCleanerUtilities.java

@@ -1010,73 +1010,53 @@ public FittedCluster ClusterCleaner(FittedCluster clus, ClusterFitter cf, DCGean
         return BestCluster;
     }
 
-        /**
-     *
-     * @param hitsInClus the hits in a cluster
-     * @return if one or more layers are skipped in the cluster
+    /**
+     * Check if one or more layers are skipped in the cluster
+     * @param hitsInClus the hits in a cluster (can be either Hit or FittedHit)
+     * @param nlayr the number of layers
+     * @return true if one or more layers are skipped in the cluster
      */
-    public boolean isExceptionalCluster(List<Hit> hitsInClus){        
-        // count hits in each layer
-        int nlayr = 6;
+    private boolean isExceptionalClusterHelper(List<? extends Hit> hitsInClus, int nlayr) {
+        // Initialize array to count hits in each layer
         int[] nlayers = new int[nlayr];
-        for (int l = 0; l < nlayr; l++) {
-            nlayers[l] = 0;
-            for (int h = 0; h < hitsInClus.size(); h++) {
-                if (hitsInClus.get(h).get_Layer() == l + 1) {
-                    nlayers[l]++;
-                }
+
+        // Count hits for each layer in a single pass through the hits
+        for (Hit hit : hitsInClus) {
+            int layer = hit.get_Layer() - 1; // layer numbering starts from 1
+            if (layer >= 0 && layer < nlayr) {
+            nlayers[layer]++;
             }
         }
 
-        boolean flag_hasSkippedLayer = false;
-        if((nlayers[0] == 0 && nlayers[1] == 0) || (nlayers[4] == 0 && nlayers[5] == 0)){
-            flag_hasSkippedLayer = true;
+        // Check if the first or last two layerers are missed
+        if ((nlayers[0] == 0 && nlayers[1] == 0) || (nlayers[4] == 0 && nlayers[5] == 0)) {
+            return true;
         }
-        else{
-            for (int l = 0; l < 4; l++) {
-                if (nlayers[l] > 0 && nlayers[l+1] == 0) {
-                    flag_hasSkippedLayer = true;
-                    break;
-                }
+
+        // Check if there is one or more skipped layers in the middle 
+        for (int l = 0; l < 4; l++) {
+            if (nlayers[l] > 0 && nlayers[l + 1] == 0) {
+                return true;
             }
         }
-        
-        return flag_hasSkippedLayer;        
+
+        return false;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * @param hitsInClus the hits in a cluster
-     * @return if one or more layers are skipped in the cluster
-     */
-    public boolean isExceptionalFittedCluster(List<FittedHit> hitsInClus){        
-        // count hits in each layer
-        int nlayr = 6;
-        int[] nlayers = new int[nlayr];
-        for (int l = 0; l < nlayr; l++) {
-            nlayers[l] = 0;
-            for (int h = 0; h < hitsInClus.size(); h++) {
-                if (hitsInClus.get(h).get_Layer() == l + 1) {
-                    nlayers[l]++;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        boolean flag_hasSkippedLayer = false;
-        if((nlayers[0] == 0 && nlayers[1] == 0) || (nlayers[4] == 0 && nlayers[5] == 0)){
-            flag_hasSkippedLayer = true;
-        }
-        else{
-            for (int l = 0; l < 4; l++) {
-                if (nlayers[l] > 0 && nlayers[l+1] == 0) {
-                    flag_hasSkippedLayer = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        return flag_hasSkippedLayer;       
+    /**
+     * Wrapper for checking if a cluster of Hit objects is exceptional.
+    */
+    public boolean isExceptionalCluster(List hitsInClus) {
+        return isExceptionalClusterHelper(hitsInClus, 6); // 6 layers for Hit objects
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Wrapper for checking if a cluster of FittedHit objects is exceptional.
+    */
+    public boolean isExceptionalFittedCluster(List hitsInClus) {
+        return isExceptionalClusterHelper(hitsInClus, 6); // 6 layers for FittedHit objects
+    }    
+
     public Cluster ClusterSticher(Cluster thisclus, Cluster nextclus, int cid){
         ClusterFitter cf = new ClusterFitter();