The ShapeShifter class is a type erased container for ROS Messages. It can be used also to create generic publishers and subscribers. More...

#include <shape_shifter.hpp>

Public Types
typedef boost::shared_ptr< ShapeShifter const >	ConstPtr

typedef boost::shared_ptr< ShapeShifter >	Ptr

Public Member Functions
ros::Publisher	advertise (ros::NodeHandle &nh, const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, bool latch=false, const ros::SubscriberStatusCallback &connect_cb=ros::SubscriberStatusCallback()) const

template<typename Message >
void	direct_read (const Message &msg, bool morph)
	! Directly serialize the contentof a message into this ShapeShifter. More...

std::string const &	getDataType () const

std::string const &	getMD5Sum () const

std::string const &	getMessageDefinition () const

template<class M >
void	instantiate (M &destination) const
	Call to try instantiating as a particular type. More...

void	morph (const std::string &md5sum, const std::string &datatype_, const std::string &msg_def_)

const uint8_t *	raw_data () const

template<typename Stream >
void	read (Stream &stream)

	ShapeShifter ()

uint32_t	size () const
	Return the size of the serialized message. More...

template<typename Stream >
void	write (Stream &stream) const
	Write serialized message contents out to a stream. More...

virtual	~ShapeShifter ()

Static Public Attributes
static bool	uses_old_API_

Private Attributes
boost::flyweight< std::string >	datatype_

boost::flyweight< std::string >	md5_

boost::flyweight< std::string >	msg_def_

std::vector< uint8_t >	msgBuf_

bool	typed_

Detailed Description

The ShapeShifter class is a type erased container for ROS Messages. It can be used also to create generic publishers and subscribers.

Definition at line 54 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef boost::shared_ptr<ShapeShifter const> RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::ConstPtr

Definition at line 58 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

typedef boost::shared_ptr<ShapeShifter> RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::Ptr

Definition at line 57 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::ShapeShifter ( )

inline

Definition at line 254 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::~ShapeShifter ( )

inlinevirtual

Definition at line 261 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

Member Function Documentation

ros::Publisher RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::advertise	(	ros::NodeHandle &	nh,
		const std::string &	topic,
		uint32_t	queue_size,
		bool	latch = `false`,
		const ros::SubscriberStatusCallback &	connect_cb = `ros::SubscriberStatusCallback()`
	)		const

inline

Definition at line 285 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

template<typename Message >

void RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::direct_read	(	const Message &	msg,
		bool	morph
	)

inline

! Directly serialize the contentof a message into this ShapeShifter.

Definition at line 235 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

std::string const & RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::getDataType ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 267 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

std::string const & RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::getMD5Sum ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 270 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

std::string const & RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::getMessageDefinition ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 273 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

template<class M >

void RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::instantiate ( M & destination ) const

inline

Call to try instantiating as a particular type.

Definition at line 194 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

void RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::morph	(	const std::string &	md5sum,
		const std::string &	datatype_,
		const std::string &	msg_def_
	)

inline

Definition at line 276 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

const uint8_t * RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::raw_data ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 216 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

template<typename Stream >

void RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::read ( Stream & stream )

inline

Definition at line 226 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

uint32_t RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::size ( ) const

inline

Return the size of the serialized message.

Definition at line 220 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

template<typename Stream >

void RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::write ( Stream & stream ) const

inline

Write serialized message contents out to a stream.

Definition at line 211 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

Member Data Documentation

boost::flyweight<std::string> RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::datatype_

private

Definition at line 101 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

boost::flyweight<std::string> RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::md5_

private

Definition at line 100 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

boost::flyweight<std::string> RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::msg_def_

private

Definition at line 102 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

std::vector<uint8_t> RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::msgBuf_

mutableprivate

Definition at line 105 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

bool RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::typed_

private

Definition at line 103 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

bool RosIntrospection::ShapeShifter::uses_old_API_

static

Definition at line 60 of file shape_shifter.hpp.

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

shape_shifter.hpp

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Static Public Attributes

Private Attributes

Detailed Description

Member Typedef Documentation

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

Member Data Documentation