Full interface to an ActionServer. More...

#include <action_client.h>

Public Types
typedef ClientGoalHandle < ActionSpec >	GoalHandle
Public Member Functions
	ActionClient (const std::string &name, ros::CallbackQueueInterface *queue=NULL)
	Simple constructor.
	ActionClient (const ros::NodeHandle &n, const std::string &name, ros::CallbackQueueInterface *queue=NULL)
	Constructor with namespacing options.
void	cancelAllGoals ()
	Cancel all goals currently running on the action server.
void	cancelGoalsAtAndBeforeTime (const ros::Time &time)
	Cancel all goals that were stamped at and before the specified time.
bool	isServerConnected ()
	Checks if the action client is successfully connected to the action server.
GoalHandle	sendGoal (const Goal &goal, TransitionCallback transition_cb=TransitionCallback(), FeedbackCallback feedback_cb=FeedbackCallback())
	Sends a goal to the ActionServer, and also registers callbacks.
bool	waitForActionServerToStart (const ros::Duration &timeout=ros::Duration(0, 0))
	Waits for the ActionServer to connect to this client Often, it can take a second for the action server & client to negotiate a connection, thus, risking the first few goals to be dropped. This call lets the user wait until the network connection to the server is negotiated NOTE: Using this call in a single threaded ROS application, or any application where the action client's callback queue is not being serviced, will not work. Without a separate thread servicing the queue, or a multi-threaded spinner, there is no way for the client to tell whether or not the server is up because it can't receive a status message.
	~ActionClient ()
Private Types
typedef ActionClient< ActionSpec >	ActionClientT
typedef boost::function< void(GoalHandle, const FeedbackConstPtr &) >	FeedbackCallback
typedef boost::function< void(const ActionGoalConstPtr)>	SendGoalFunc
typedef boost::function< void(GoalHandle) >	TransitionCallback
Private Member Functions
	ACTION_DEFINITION (ActionSpec)
void	feedbackCb (const ActionFeedbackConstPtr &action_feedback)
void	initClient (ros::CallbackQueueInterface *queue)
template<class M >
ros::Publisher	queue_advertise (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, const ros::SubscriberStatusCallback &connect_cb, const ros::SubscriberStatusCallback &disconnect_cb, ros::CallbackQueueInterface *queue)
template<class M , class T >
ros::Subscriber	queue_subscribe (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(T::fp)(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &), T obj, ros::CallbackQueueInterface *queue)
void	resultCb (const ActionResultConstPtr &action_result)
void	sendCancelFunc (const actionlib_msgs::GoalID &cancel_msg)
void	sendGoalFunc (const ActionGoalConstPtr &action_goal)
void	statusCb (const actionlib_msgs::GoalStatusArrayConstPtr &status_array)
Private Attributes
ros::Publisher	cancel_pub_
boost::shared_ptr < ConnectionMonitor >	connection_monitor_
ros::Subscriber	feedback_sub_
ros::Publisher	goal_pub_
boost::shared_ptr < DestructionGuard >	guard_
GoalManager< ActionSpec >	manager_
ros::NodeHandle	n_
ros::Subscriber	result_sub_
ros::Subscriber	status_sub_

Detailed Description

template<class ActionSpec>
class actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >

Full interface to an ActionServer.

ActionClient provides a complete client side implementation of the ActionInterface protocol. It provides callbacks for every client side transition, giving the user full observation into the client side state machine.

Definition at line 57 of file action_client.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

template<class ActionSpec>

typedef ActionClient<ActionSpec> actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::ActionClientT [private]

Definition at line 64 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

typedef boost::function<void (GoalHandle, const FeedbackConstPtr&) > actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::FeedbackCallback [private]

Definition at line 66 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

typedef ClientGoalHandle<ActionSpec> actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::GoalHandle

Definition at line 60 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

typedef boost::function<void (const ActionGoalConstPtr)> actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::SendGoalFunc [private]

Definition at line 67 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

typedef boost::function<void (GoalHandle) > actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::TransitionCallback [private]

Definition at line 65 of file action_client.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<class ActionSpec>

actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::ActionClient	(	const std::string &	name,
		ros::CallbackQueueInterface *	queue = `NULL`
	)		`[inline]`

Simple constructor.

Constructs an ActionClient and sets up the necessary ros topics for the ActionInterface

Parameters:

name	The action name. Defines the namespace in which the action communicates
queue	CallbackQueue from which this action will process messages. The default (NULL) is to use the global queue

Definition at line 78 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::ActionClient	(	const ros::NodeHandle &	n,
		const std::string &	name,
		ros::CallbackQueueInterface *	queue = `NULL`
	)		`[inline]`

Constructor with namespacing options.

Constructs an ActionClient and sets up the necessary ros topics for the ActionInterface, and namespaces them according the a specified NodeHandle

Parameters:

n	The node handle on top of which we want to namespace our action
name	The action name. Defines the namespace in which the action communicates
queue	CallbackQueue from which this action will process messages. The default (NULL) is to use the global queue

Definition at line 95 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::~ActionClient ( ) [inline]

Definition at line 102 of file action_client.h.

Member Function Documentation

template<class ActionSpec>

actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::ACTION_DEFINITION ( ActionSpec ) [private]

template<class ActionSpec>

void actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::cancelAllGoals ( ) [inline]

Cancel all goals currently running on the action server.

This preempts all goals running on the action server at the point that this message is serviced by the ActionServer.

Definition at line 132 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

void actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::cancelGoalsAtAndBeforeTime ( const ros::Time & time ) [inline]

Cancel all goals that were stamped at and before the specified time.

Parameters:

time	All goals stamped at or before `time` will be canceled

Definition at line 145 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

void actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::feedbackCb ( const ActionFeedbackConstPtr & action_feedback ) [inline, private]

Definition at line 263 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

void actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::initClient ( ros::CallbackQueueInterface * queue ) [inline, private]

Definition at line 208 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

bool actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::isServerConnected ( ) [inline]

Checks if the action client is successfully connected to the action server.

Returns:: True if the server is connected, false otherwise

Definition at line 178 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

template<class M >

ros::Publisher actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::queue_advertise	(	const std::string &	topic,
		uint32_t	queue_size,
		const ros::SubscriberStatusCallback &	connect_cb,
		const ros::SubscriberStatusCallback &	disconnect_cb,
		ros::CallbackQueueInterface *	queue
	)		`[inline, private]`

Definition at line 232 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

template<class M , class T >

ros::Subscriber actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::queue_subscribe	(	const std::string &	topic,
		uint32_t	queue_size,
		void(T::*)(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &)	fp,
		T *	obj,
		ros::CallbackQueueInterface *	queue
	)		`[inline, private]`

Definition at line 246 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

void actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::resultCb ( const ActionResultConstPtr & action_result ) [inline, private]

Definition at line 268 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

void actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::sendCancelFunc ( const actionlib_msgs::GoalID & cancel_msg ) [inline, private]

Definition at line 203 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

GoalHandle actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::sendGoal	(	const Goal &	goal,
		TransitionCallback	transition_cb = `TransitionCallback()`,
		FeedbackCallback	feedback_cb = `FeedbackCallback()`
	)		`[inline]`

Sends a goal to the ActionServer, and also registers callbacks.

Parameters:

transition_cb	Callback that gets called on every client state transition
feedback_cb	Callback that gets called whenever feedback for this goal is received

Definition at line 115 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

void actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::sendGoalFunc ( const ActionGoalConstPtr & action_goal ) [inline, private]

Definition at line 198 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

void actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::statusCb ( const actionlib_msgs::GoalStatusArrayConstPtr & status_array ) [inline, private]

Definition at line 255 of file action_client.h.

template<class ActionSpec>

bool actionlib::ActionClient< ActionSpec >::waitForActionServerToStart ( const ros::Duration & timeout = ros::Duration(0,0) ) [inline]

Waits for the ActionServer to connect to this client Often, it can take a second for the action server & client to negotiate a connection, thus, risking the first few goals to be dropped. This call lets the user wait until the network connection to the server is negotiated NOTE: Using this call in a single threaded ROS application, or any application where the action client's callback queue is not being serviced, will not work. Without a separate thread servicing the queue, or a multi-threaded spinner, there is no way for the client to tell whether or not the server is up because it can't receive a status message.

Parameters:

timeout Max time to block before returning. A zero timeout is interpreted as an infinite timeout.