yaml_params.cpp

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// Methods for converting YAML into XmlRpcValues for the parameter server
// Author: Max Schwarz <max.schwarz@ais.uni-bonn.de>

#include "yaml_params.h"
#include "launch_config.h"
#include "substitution.h"
#include "substitution_python.h"

#include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>

namespace rosmon
{
namespace launch
{

namespace
{
        class XmlRpcValueCreator : public XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue
        {
        public:
                static XmlRpcValueCreator createArray(const std::vector<XmlRpcValue>& values)
                {
                        XmlRpcValueCreator ret;
                        ret._type = TypeArray;
                        ret._value.asArray = new ValueArray(values);

                        return ret;
                }

                static XmlRpcValueCreator createStruct(const std::map<std::string, XmlRpcValue>& members)
                {
                        XmlRpcValueCreator ret;
                        ret._type = TypeStruct;
                        ret._value.asStruct = new std::map<std::string, XmlRpcValue>(members);
                        return ret;
                }
        };
}

XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue yamlToXmlRpc(const ParseContext& ctx, const YAML::Node& n)
{
        if(n.Type() != YAML::NodeType::Scalar)
        {
                switch(n.Type())
                {
                        case YAML::NodeType::Map:
                        {
                                std::map<std::string, XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue> members;
                                for(YAML::const_iterator it = n.begin(); it != n.end(); ++it)
                                {
                                        members[it->first.as<std::string>()] = yamlToXmlRpc(ctx, it->second);
                                }
                                return XmlRpcValueCreator::createStruct(members);
                        }
                        case YAML::NodeType::Sequence:
                        {
                                std::vector<XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue> values;
                                for(YAML::const_iterator it = n.begin(); it != n.end(); ++it)
                                {
                                        values.push_back(yamlToXmlRpc(ctx, *it));
                                }
                                return XmlRpcValueCreator::createArray(values);
                        }
                        default:
                                throw ctx.error("Invalid YAML node type");
                }
        }

        // Scalars are tricky, as XmlRpcValue is strongly typed. So we need to
        // figure out the data type...

        // Check if a YAML tag is present
        if(n.Tag() == "tag:yaml.org,2002:int")
                return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(n.as<int>());
        if(n.Tag() == "tag:yaml.org,2002:float")
                return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(n.as<double>());
        if(n.Tag() == "tag:yaml.org,2002:bool")
                return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(n.as<bool>());
        if(n.Tag() == "tag:yaml.org,2002:str")
                return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(n.as<std::string>());
        if(n.Tag() == "tag:yaml.org,2002:binary")
        {
                auto binary = n.as<YAML::Binary>();

                // XmlRpc API is stupid here and expects a mutable void*, so to keep
                // things clean we do a copy.
                std::vector<unsigned char> copy(binary.data(), binary.data()+binary.size());

                return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(copy.data(), copy.size());
        }

        // rosparam supports !!degrees and !!radians...
        if(n.Tag() == "!degrees")
        {
                try
                {
                        return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(evaluateROSParamPython(n.as<std::string>()) * M_PI / 180.0);
                }
                catch(SubstitutionException& e)
                {
                        throw ctx.error("{}", e.what());
                }
        }
        if(n.Tag() == "!radians")
        {
                try
                {
                        return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(evaluateROSParamPython(n.as<std::string>()));
                }
                catch(SubstitutionException& e)
                {
                        throw ctx.error("{}", e.what());
                }
        }

        // If we have a "non-specific" tag '!', this means that the YAML scalar
        // is non-plain, i.e. of type seq, map, or str. Since seq and map are
        // handled above, we assume str in this case.
        if(n.Tag() == "!")
                return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(n.as<std::string>());

        // Otherwise, we simply have to try things one by one...
        try { return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(n.as<bool>()); }
        catch(YAML::Exception&) {}

        try { return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(n.as<int>()); }
        catch(YAML::Exception&) {}

        try { return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(n.as<double>()); }
        catch(YAML::Exception&) {}

        try
        {
                std::string str = n.as<std::string>();

                // rosparam supports deg(...) and rad(...) expressions, so we have to
                // parse them here.

                if(boost::starts_with(str, "deg(") && boost::ends_with(str, ")"))
                {
                        try
                        {
                                return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(
                                        evaluateROSParamPython(str.substr(4, str.size() - 5)) * M_PI / 180.0
                                );
                        }
                        catch(SubstitutionException& e)
                        {
                                throw ctx.error("{}", e.what());
                        }
                }

                if(boost::starts_with(str, "rad(") && boost::ends_with(str, ")"))
                {
                        try
                        {
                                return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(evaluateROSParamPython(str.substr(4, str.size() - 5)));
                        }
                        catch(SubstitutionException& e)
                        {
                                throw ctx.error("{}", e.what());
                        }
                }

                return XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue(str);
        }
        catch(YAML::Exception&) {}

        throw ctx.error("Could not convert YAML value");
}

}
}