Package rocon_utilities :: Module ros_utilities

Module ros_utilities

Classes
	SubscriberProxy Works like a service proxy, but using a subscriber instead.

Functions

find_resource(package, resource)
Convenience wrapper around roslib to find a resource (file) inside a package.

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is_absolute_name(name)
Checks if the name begins with a leading slash which validates it either as an absolute or relative name in the ros world.

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Variables
	__package__ = `'rocon_utilities'`

Function Details

find_resource(package, resource)

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Convenience wrapper around roslib to find a resource (file) inside a package. It checks the output, and provides the appropriate error if there is one.

Parameters:

package - ros package
resource - some file inside the specified package

Raises:

IOError - raised if there is nothing found or multiple objects found.