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ros::Rate Class Reference

Class to help run loops at a desired frequency. More...

#include <rate.h>

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Public Member Functions

Duration cycleTime () const
 Get the actual run time of a cycle from start to sleep.
Duration expectedCycleTime () const
 Get the expected cycle time -- one over the frequency passed in to the constructor.
 Rate (double frequency)
 Constructor, creates a Rate.
 Rate (const Duration &)
void reset ()
 Sets the start time for the rate to now.
bool sleep ()
 Sleeps for any leftover time in a cycle. Calculated from the last time sleep, reset, or the constructor was called.

Private Attributes

Duration actual_cycle_time_
Duration expected_cycle_time_
Time start_

Detailed Description

Class to help run loops at a desired frequency.

Definition at line 51 of file rate.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ros::Rate::Rate ( double  frequency)

Constructor, creates a Rate.

Parameters:
frequencyThe desired rate to run at in Hz

Definition at line 42 of file rate.cpp.

ros::Rate::Rate ( const Duration d) [explicit]

Definition at line 48 of file rate.cpp.


Member Function Documentation

Get the actual run time of a cycle from start to sleep.

Returns:
The runtime of the cycle

Definition at line 97 of file rate.cpp.

Get the expected cycle time -- one over the frequency passed in to the constructor.

Definition at line 81 of file rate.h.

void ros::Rate::reset ( )

Sets the start time for the rate to now.

Definition at line 92 of file rate.cpp.

bool ros::Rate::sleep ( )

Sleeps for any leftover time in a cycle. Calculated from the last time sleep, reset, or the constructor was called.

Returns:
True if the desired rate was met for the cycle, false otherwise.

Definition at line 56 of file rate.cpp.


Member Data Documentation

Definition at line 85 of file rate.h.

Definition at line 85 of file rate.h.

Definition at line 84 of file rate.h.


The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:


rostime
Author(s): Josh Faust
autogenerated on Fri Aug 28 2015 12:39:10