type_description_interfaces

A package containing message and service definitions for describing and communicating descriptions of other types.

• Message Definitions
  • Field
  • FieldType
  • IndividualTypeDescription
  • KeyValue
  • TypeDescription
  • TypeSource
• Service Definitions
  • GetTypeDescription
• Standard Documents
  • CHANGELOG
  • PACKAGE
  • QUALITY_DECLARATION
  • README

README

type_description_interfaces

A package containing message and service definitions for describing and communicating descriptions of other types.

Messages (.msg)

• Field: Represents a single field in a ROS Interface Type

• FieldType: Represents the type of a single field in a ROS Interface Type

• IndividualTypeDescription: Represents a single ROS Message Type by itself

• TypeDescription: Represents a single ROS Message Type along with all referenced types

Quality Declaration

See the Quality Declaration for more details.

TODO

• Should we pick limits (bounds) for strings in these types, e.g. type names, default values, etc?

• Should we pick limits (bounds) for sequences in these types, e.g. number of referenced types?

• Consider how to support constants and annotations (currently excluded) and potentially enums in the future.

• Consider using padding in IndividualTypeDescription.msg to support back porting efforts.