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ros::NodeHandle Class Reference

roscpp's interface for creating subscribers, publishers, etc. More...

#include <node_handle.h>

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Classes

struct  no_validate

Public Member Functions

template<class M >
Publisher advertise (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, bool latch=false)
 Advertise a topic, simple version.
template<class M >
Publisher advertise (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, const SubscriberStatusCallback &connect_cb, const SubscriberStatusCallback &disconnect_cb=SubscriberStatusCallback(), const VoidConstPtr &tracked_object=VoidConstPtr(), bool latch=false)
 Advertise a topic, with most of the available options, including subscriber status callbacks.
Publisher advertise (AdvertiseOptions &ops)
 Advertise a topic, with full range of AdvertiseOptions.
template<class T , class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer advertiseService (const std::string &service, bool(T::*srv_func)(MReq &, MRes &), T *obj)
 Advertise a service, version for class member function with bare pointer.
template<class T , class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer advertiseService (const std::string &service, bool(T::*srv_func)(ServiceEvent< MReq, MRes > &), T *obj)
 Advertise a service, version for class member function with bare pointer using ros::ServiceEvent as the callback parameter type.
template<class T , class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer advertiseService (const std::string &service, bool(T::*srv_func)(MReq &, MRes &), const boost::shared_ptr< T > &obj)
 Advertise a service, version for class member function with shared_ptr.
template<class T , class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer advertiseService (const std::string &service, bool(T::*srv_func)(ServiceEvent< MReq, MRes > &), const boost::shared_ptr< T > &obj)
 Advertise a service, version for class member function with shared_ptr using ros::ServiceEvent as the callback parameter type.
template<class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer advertiseService (const std::string &service, bool(*srv_func)(MReq &, MRes &))
 Advertise a service, version for bare function.
template<class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer advertiseService (const std::string &service, bool(*srv_func)(ServiceEvent< MReq, MRes > &))
 Advertise a service, version for bare function using ros::ServiceEvent as the callback parameter type.
template<class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer advertiseService (const std::string &service, const boost::function< bool(MReq &, MRes &)> &callback, const VoidConstPtr &tracked_object=VoidConstPtr())
 Advertise a service, version for arbitrary boost::function object.
template<class S >
ServiceServer advertiseService (const std::string &service, const boost::function< bool(S &)> &callback, const VoidConstPtr &tracked_object=VoidConstPtr())
 Advertise a service, version for arbitrary boost::function object using ros::ServiceEvent as the callback parameter type.
ServiceServer advertiseService (AdvertiseServiceOptions &ops)
 Advertise a service, with full range of AdvertiseServiceOptions.
template<class Handler , class Obj >
Timer createTimer (Rate r, Handler h, Obj o, bool oneshot=false, bool autostart=true) const
 Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate. This variant takes a class member function, and a bare pointer to the object to call the method on.
template<class T >
Timer createTimer (Duration period, void(T::*callback)(const TimerEvent &) const, T *obj, bool oneshot=false, bool autostart=true) const
 Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate. This variant takes a class member function, and a bare pointer to the object to call the method on.
template<class T >
Timer createTimer (Duration period, void(T::*callback)(const TimerEvent &), T *obj, bool oneshot=false, bool autostart=true) const
 Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate. This variant takes a class member function, and a bare pointer to the object to call the method on.
template<class T >
Timer createTimer (Duration period, void(T::*callback)(const TimerEvent &), const boost::shared_ptr< T > &obj, bool oneshot=false, bool autostart=true) const
 Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate. This variant takes a class member function, and a shared pointer to the object to call the method on.
Timer createTimer (Duration period, const TimerCallback &callback, bool oneshot=false, bool autostart=true) const
 Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate. This variant takes anything that can be bound to a Boost.Function, including a bare function.
Timer createTimer (TimerOptions &ops) const
 Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate. This variant allows the full range of TimerOptions.
template<class T >
WallTimer createWallTimer (WallDuration period, void(T::*callback)(const WallTimerEvent &), T *obj, bool oneshot=false, bool autostart=true) const
 Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate, using wall time to determine when to call the callback instead of ROS time. This variant takes a class member function, and a bare pointer to the object to call the method on.
template<class T >
WallTimer createWallTimer (WallDuration period, void(T::*callback)(const WallTimerEvent &), const boost::shared_ptr< T > &obj, bool oneshot=false, bool autostart=true) const
 Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate, using wall time to determine when to call the callback instead of ROS time. This variant takes a class member function, and a shared pointer to the object to call the method on.
WallTimer createWallTimer (WallDuration period, const WallTimerCallback &callback, bool oneshot=false, bool autostart=true) const
 Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate, using wall time to determine when to call the callback instead of ROS time. This variant takes anything that can be bound to a Boost.Function, including a bare function.
WallTimer createWallTimer (WallTimerOptions &ops) const
 Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate, using wall time to determine when to call the callback instead of ROS time. This variant allows the full range of TimerOptions.
bool deleteParam (const std::string &key) const
 Delete a parameter from the parameter server.
CallbackQueueInterfacegetCallbackQueue () const
 Returns the callback queue associated with this NodeHandle. If none has been explicitly set, returns the global queue.
const std::string & getNamespace () const
 Returns the namespace associated with this NodeHandle.
bool getParam (const std::string &key, std::string &s) const
 Get a string value from the parameter server.
bool getParam (const std::string &key, double &d) const
 Get a double value from the parameter server.
bool getParam (const std::string &key, int &i) const
 Get a integer value from the parameter server.
bool getParam (const std::string &key, bool &b) const
 Get a boolean value from the parameter server.
bool getParam (const std::string &key, XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue &v) const
 Get an arbitrary XML/RPC value from the parameter server.
bool getParamCached (const std::string &key, std::string &s) const
 Get a string value from the parameter server, with local caching.
bool getParamCached (const std::string &key, double &d) const
 Get a double value from the parameter server, with local caching.
bool getParamCached (const std::string &key, int &i) const
 Get a integer value from the parameter server, with local caching.
bool getParamCached (const std::string &key, bool &b) const
 Get a boolean value from the parameter server, with local caching.
bool getParamCached (const std::string &key, XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue &v) const
 Get an arbitrary XML/RPC value from the parameter server, with local caching.
const std::string & getUnresolvedNamespace () const
 Returns the namespace associated with this NodeHandle as it was passed in (before it was resolved)
bool hasParam (const std::string &key) const
 Check whether a parameter exists on the parameter server.
 NodeHandle (const std::string &ns=std::string(), const M_string &remappings=M_string())
 Constructor.
 NodeHandle (const NodeHandle &rhs)
 Copy constructor.
 NodeHandle (const NodeHandle &parent, const std::string &ns)
 Parent constructor.
 NodeHandle (const NodeHandle &parent, const std::string &ns, const M_string &remappings)
 Parent constructor.
bool ok () const
 Check whether it's time to exit.
NodeHandleoperator= (const NodeHandle &rhs)
template<typename T >
void param (const std::string &param_name, T &param_val, const T &default_val) const
 Assign value from parameter server, with default.
std::string resolveName (const std::string &name, bool remap=true) const
 Resolves a name into a fully-qualified name.
bool searchParam (const std::string &key, std::string &result) const
 Search up the tree for a parameter with a given key.
template<class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceClient serviceClient (const std::string &service_name, bool persistent=false, const M_string &header_values=M_string())
 Create a client for a service, version templated on two message types.
template<class Service >
ServiceClient serviceClient (const std::string &service_name, bool persistent=false, const M_string &header_values=M_string())
 Create a client for a service, version templated on service type.
ServiceClient serviceClient (ServiceClientOptions &ops)
 Create a client for a service, version with full range of ServiceClientOptions.
void setCallbackQueue (CallbackQueueInterface *queue)
 Set the default callback queue to be used by this NodeHandle.
void setParam (const std::string &key, const XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue &v) const
 Set an arbitrary XML/RPC value on the parameter server.
void setParam (const std::string &key, const std::string &s) const
 Set a string value on the parameter server.
void setParam (const std::string &key, const char *s) const
 Set a string value on the parameter server.
void setParam (const std::string &key, double d) const
 Set a double value on the parameter server.
void setParam (const std::string &key, int i) const
 Set a integer value on the parameter server.
void setParam (const std::string &key, bool b) const
 Set a integer value on the parameter server.
void shutdown ()
 Shutdown every handle created through this NodeHandle.
template<class M , class T >
Subscriber subscribe (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(T::*fp)(M), T *obj, const TransportHints &transport_hints=TransportHints())
 Subscribe to a topic, version for class member function with bare pointer.
template<class M , class T >
Subscriber subscribe (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(T::*fp)(M) const, T *obj, const TransportHints &transport_hints=TransportHints())
 and the const version
template<class M , class T >
Subscriber subscribe (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(T::*fp)(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &), T *obj, const TransportHints &transport_hints=TransportHints())
 Subscribe to a topic, version for class member function with bare pointer.
template<class M , class T >
Subscriber subscribe (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(T::*fp)(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &) const, T *obj, const TransportHints &transport_hints=TransportHints())
template<class M , class T >
Subscriber subscribe (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(T::*fp)(M), const boost::shared_ptr< T > &obj, const TransportHints &transport_hints=TransportHints())
 Subscribe to a topic, version for class member function with shared_ptr.
template<class M , class T >
Subscriber subscribe (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(T::*fp)(M) const, const boost::shared_ptr< T > &obj, const TransportHints &transport_hints=TransportHints())
template<class M , class T >
Subscriber subscribe (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(T::*fp)(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &), const boost::shared_ptr< T > &obj, const TransportHints &transport_hints=TransportHints())
 Subscribe to a topic, version for class member function with shared_ptr.
template<class M , class T >
Subscriber subscribe (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(T::*fp)(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &) const, const boost::shared_ptr< T > &obj, const TransportHints &transport_hints=TransportHints())
template<class M >
Subscriber subscribe (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(*fp)(M), const TransportHints &transport_hints=TransportHints())
 Subscribe to a topic, version for bare function.
template<class M >
Subscriber subscribe (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(*fp)(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &), const TransportHints &transport_hints=TransportHints())
 Subscribe to a topic, version for bare function.
template<class M >
Subscriber subscribe (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, const boost::function< void(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &)> &callback, const VoidConstPtr &tracked_object=VoidConstPtr(), const TransportHints &transport_hints=TransportHints())
 Subscribe to a topic, version for arbitrary boost::function object.
template<class M , class C >
Subscriber subscribe (const std::string &topic, uint32_t queue_size, const boost::function< void(C)> &callback, const VoidConstPtr &tracked_object=VoidConstPtr(), const TransportHints &transport_hints=TransportHints())
 Subscribe to a topic, version for arbitrary boost::function object.
Subscriber subscribe (SubscribeOptions &ops)
 Subscribe to a topic, version with full range of SubscribeOptions.
 ~NodeHandle ()
 Destructor.

Static Public Member Functions

static Timer createTimer (const TimerOptions &ops)

Private Member Functions

void construct (const std::string &ns, bool validate_name)
void destruct ()
void initRemappings (const M_string &remappings)
std::string remapName (const std::string &name) const
std::string resolveName (const std::string &name, bool remap, no_validate) const

Private Attributes

CallbackQueueInterfacecallback_queue_
NodeHandleBackingCollectioncollection_
std::string namespace_
bool ok_
M_string remappings_
std::string unresolved_namespace_
M_string unresolved_remappings_

Detailed Description

roscpp's interface for creating subscribers, publishers, etc.

This class is used for writing nodes. It provides a RAII interface to this process' node, in that when the first NodeHandle is created, it instantiates everything necessary for this node, and when the last NodeHandle goes out of scope it shuts down the node.

NodeHandle uses reference counting internally, and copying a NodeHandle is very lightweight.

You must call one of the ros::init functions prior to instantiating this class.

The most widely used methods are:

Definition at line 86 of file node_handle.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ros::NodeHandle::NodeHandle ( const std::string &  ns = std::string(),
const M_string &  remappings = M_string() 
)

Constructor.

When a NodeHandle is constructed, it checks to see if the global node state has already been started. If so, it increments a global reference count. If not, it starts the node with ros::start() and sets the reference count to 1.

Parameters:
nsNamespace for this NodeHandle. This acts in addition to any namespace assigned to this ROS node. eg. If the node's namespace is "/a" and the namespace passed in here is "b", all topics/services/parameters will be prefixed with "/a/b/"
remappingsRemappings for this NodeHandle.
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionif the namespace is not a valid graph resource name

Definition at line 71 of file node_handle.cpp.

Copy constructor.

When a NodeHandle is copied, it inherits the namespace of the NodeHandle being copied, and increments the reference count of the global node state by 1.

Definition at line 113 of file node_handle.cpp.

ros::NodeHandle::NodeHandle ( const NodeHandle parent,
const std::string &  ns 
)

Parent constructor.

This version of the constructor takes a "parent" NodeHandle, and is equivalent to:

     NodeHandle child(parent.getNamespace() + "/" + ns);
     

When a NodeHandle is copied, it inherits the namespace of the NodeHandle being copied, and increments the reference count of the global node state by 1.

Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionif the namespace is not a valid graph resource name

Definition at line 87 of file node_handle.cpp.

ros::NodeHandle::NodeHandle ( const NodeHandle parent,
const std::string &  ns,
const M_string &  remappings 
)

Parent constructor.

This version of the constructor takes a "parent" NodeHandle, and is equivalent to:

     NodeHandle child(parent.getNamespace() + "/" + ns, remappings);
     

This version also lets you pass in name remappings that are specific to this NodeHandle

When a NodeHandle is copied, it inherits the namespace of the NodeHandle being copied, and increments the reference count of the global node state by 1.

Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionif the namespace is not a valid graph resource name

Definition at line 99 of file node_handle.cpp.

Destructor.

When a NodeHandle is destroyed, it decrements a global reference count by 1, and if the reference count is now 0, shuts down the node.

Definition at line 125 of file node_handle.cpp.


Member Function Documentation

template<class M >
Publisher ros::NodeHandle::advertise ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
bool  latch = false 
) [inline]

Advertise a topic, simple version.

This call connects to the master to publicize that the node will be publishing messages on the given topic. This method returns a Publisher that allows you to publish a message on this topic.

This version of advertise is a templated convenience function, and can be used like so

ros::Publisher pub = handle.advertise<std_msgs::Empty>("my_topic", 1);

Parameters:
topicTopic to advertise on
queue_sizeMaximum number of outgoing messages to be queued for delivery to subscribers
latch(optional) If true, the last message published on this topic will be saved and sent to new subscribers when they connect
Returns:
On success, a Publisher that, when it goes out of scope, will automatically release a reference on this advertisement. On failure, an empty Publisher.
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the topic name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 236 of file node_handle.h.

template<class M >
Publisher ros::NodeHandle::advertise ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
const SubscriberStatusCallback &  connect_cb,
const SubscriberStatusCallback &  disconnect_cb = SubscriberStatusCallback(),
const VoidConstPtr &  tracked_object = VoidConstPtr(),
bool  latch = false 
) [inline]

Advertise a topic, with most of the available options, including subscriber status callbacks.

This call connects to the master to publicize that the node will be publishing messages on the given topic. This method returns a Publisher that allows you to publish a message on this topic.

This version of advertise allows you to pass functions to be called when new subscribers connect and disconnect. With bare functions it can be used like so:

     void connectCallback(const ros::SingleSubscriberPublisher& pub)
     {
     // Do something
     }

     handle.advertise<std_msgs::Empty>("my_topic", 1, connectCallback);
     

With class member functions it can be used with boost::bind:

     void MyClass::connectCallback(const ros::SingleSubscriberPublisher& pub)
     {
     // Do something
     }

     MyClass my_class;
     ros::Publisher pub = handle.advertise<std_msgs::Empty>("my_topic", 1, 
                                                            boost::bind(&MyClass::connectCallback, my_class, _1));
     
Parameters:
topicTopic to advertise on
queue_sizeMaximum number of outgoing messages to be queued for delivery to subscribers
connect_cbFunction to call when a subscriber connects
disconnect_cb(optional) Function to call when a subscriber disconnects
tracked_object(optional) A shared pointer to an object to track for these callbacks. If set, the a weak_ptr will be created to this object, and if the reference count goes to 0 the subscriber callbacks will not get called. Note that setting this will cause a new reference to be added to the object before the callback, and for it to go out of scope (and potentially be deleted) in the code path (and therefore thread) that the callback is invoked from.
latch(optional) If true, the last message published on this topic will be saved and sent to new subscribers when they connect
Returns:
On success, a Publisher that, when it goes out of scope, will automatically release a reference on this advertisement. On failure, an empty Publisher which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the topic name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 300 of file node_handle.h.

Advertise a topic, with full range of AdvertiseOptions.

This call connects to the master to publicize that the node will be publishing messages on the given topic. This method returns a Publisher that allows you to publish a message on this topic.

This is an advanced version advertise() that exposes all options (through the AdvertiseOptions structure)

Parameters:
opsAdvertise options to use
Returns:
On success, a Publisher that, when it goes out of scope, will automatically release a reference on this advertisement. On failure, an empty Publisher which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the topic name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 283 of file node_handle.cpp.

template<class T , class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer ros::NodeHandle::advertiseService ( const std::string &  service,
bool(T::*)(MReq &, MRes &)  srv_func,
T *  obj 
) [inline]

Advertise a service, version for class member function with bare pointer.

This call connects to the master to publicize that the node will be offering an RPC service with the given name.

This is a convenience function for using member functions, and can be used like so:

bool Foo::callback(std_srvs::Empty& request, std_srvs::Empty& response)
{
  return true;
}

Foo foo_object;
ros::ServiceServer service = handle.advertiseService("my_service", &Foo::callback, &foo_object);
Parameters:
serviceService name to advertise on
srv_funcMember function pointer to call when a message has arrived
objObject to call srv_func on
Returns:
On success, a ServiceServer that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unadvertise this service. On failure, an empty ServiceServer which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the service name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 821 of file node_handle.h.

template<class T , class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer ros::NodeHandle::advertiseService ( const std::string &  service,
bool(T::*)(ServiceEvent< MReq, MRes > &)  srv_func,
T *  obj 
) [inline]

Advertise a service, version for class member function with bare pointer using ros::ServiceEvent as the callback parameter type.

This call connects to the master to publicize that the node will be offering an RPC service with the given name.

This is a convenience function for using member functions, and can be used like so:

bool Foo::callback(ros::ServiceEvent<std_srvs::Empty::Request, std_srvs::Empty::Response>& event)
{
  return true;
}

Foo foo_object;
ros::ServiceServer service = handle.advertiseService("my_service", &Foo::callback, &foo_object);
Parameters:
serviceService name to advertise on
srv_funcMember function pointer to call when a message has arrived
objObject to call srv_func on
Returns:
On success, a ServiceServer that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unadvertise this service. On failure, an empty ServiceServer which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the service name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 859 of file node_handle.h.

template<class T , class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer ros::NodeHandle::advertiseService ( const std::string &  service,
bool(T::*)(MReq &, MRes &)  srv_func,
const boost::shared_ptr< T > &  obj 
) [inline]

Advertise a service, version for class member function with shared_ptr.

This call connects to the master to publicize that the node will be offering an RPC service with the given name.

This is a convenience function for using member functions on shared pointers, and can be used like so:

bool Foo::callback(std_srvs::Empty& request, std_srvs::Empty& response)
{
  return true;
}

boost::shared_ptr<Foo> foo_object(new Foo);
ros::ServiceServer service = handle.advertiseService("my_service", &Foo::callback, foo_object);
Parameters:
serviceService name to advertise on
srv_funcMember function pointer to call when a message has arrived
objObject to call srv_func on. Since this is a shared_ptr, it will automatically be tracked with a weak_ptr, and if the object is deleted the service callback will stop being called (and therefore will not crash).
Returns:
On success, a ServiceServer that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unadvertise this service. On failure, an empty ServiceServer which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the service name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 898 of file node_handle.h.

template<class T , class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer ros::NodeHandle::advertiseService ( const std::string &  service,
bool(T::*)(ServiceEvent< MReq, MRes > &)  srv_func,
const boost::shared_ptr< T > &  obj 
) [inline]

Advertise a service, version for class member function with shared_ptr using ros::ServiceEvent as the callback parameter type.

This call connects to the master to publicize that the node will be offering an RPC service with the given name.

This is a convenience function for using member functions on shared pointers, and can be used like so:

bool Foo::callback(ros::ServiceEvent<std_srvs::Empty, std_srvs::Empty>& event)
{
  return true;
}

boost::shared_ptr<Foo> foo_object(new Foo);
ros::ServiceServer service = handle.advertiseService("my_service", &Foo::callback, foo_object);
Parameters:
serviceService name to advertise on
srv_funcMember function pointer to call when a message has arrived
objObject to call srv_func on. Since this is a shared_ptr, it will automatically be tracked with a weak_ptr, and if the object is deleted the service callback will stop being called (and therefore will not crash).
Returns:
On success, a ServiceServer that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unadvertise this service. On failure, an empty ServiceServer which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the service name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 938 of file node_handle.h.

template<class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer ros::NodeHandle::advertiseService ( const std::string &  service,
bool(*)(MReq &, MRes &)  srv_func 
) [inline]

Advertise a service, version for bare function.

This call connects to the master to publicize that the node will be offering an RPC service with the given name.

This is a convenience function for using bare functions, and can be used like so:

bool callback(std_srvs::Empty& request, std_srvs::Empty& response)
{
  return true;
}

ros::ServiceServer service = handle.advertiseService("my_service", callback);
Parameters:
serviceService name to advertise on
srv_funcfunction pointer to call when a message has arrived
Returns:
On success, a ServiceServer that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unadvertise this service. On failure, an empty ServiceServer which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the service name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 975 of file node_handle.h.

template<class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer ros::NodeHandle::advertiseService ( const std::string &  service,
bool(*)(ServiceEvent< MReq, MRes > &)  srv_func 
) [inline]

Advertise a service, version for bare function using ros::ServiceEvent as the callback parameter type.

This call connects to the master to publicize that the node will be offering an RPC service with the given name.

This is a convenience function for using bare functions, and can be used like so:

bool callback(ros::ServiceEvent<std_srvs::Empty, std_srvs::Empty>& event)
{
  return true;
}

ros::ServiceServer service = handle.advertiseService("my_service", callback);
Parameters:
serviceService name to advertise on
srv_funcfunction pointer to call when a message has arrived
Returns:
On success, a ServiceServer that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unadvertise this service. On failure, an empty ServiceServer which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the service name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 1011 of file node_handle.h.

template<class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceServer ros::NodeHandle::advertiseService ( const std::string &  service,
const boost::function< bool(MReq &, MRes &)> &  callback,
const VoidConstPtr &  tracked_object = VoidConstPtr() 
) [inline]

Advertise a service, version for arbitrary boost::function object.

This call connects to the master to publicize that the node will be offering an RPC service with the given name.

This version of advertiseService allows non-class functions, as well as functor objects and boost::bind (along with anything else boost::function supports).

Parameters:
serviceService name to advertise on
callbackCallback to call when the service is called
tracked_objectA shared pointer to an object to track for these callbacks. If set, the a weak_ptr will be created to this object, and if the reference count goes to 0 the subscriber callbacks will not get called. Note that setting this will cause a new reference to be added to the object before the callback, and for it to go out of scope (and potentially be deleted) in the code path (and therefore thread) that the callback is invoked from.
Returns:
On success, a ServiceServer that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unadvertise this service. On failure, an empty ServiceServer which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the service name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 1045 of file node_handle.h.

template<class S >
ServiceServer ros::NodeHandle::advertiseService ( const std::string &  service,
const boost::function< bool(S &)> &  callback,
const VoidConstPtr &  tracked_object = VoidConstPtr() 
) [inline]

Advertise a service, version for arbitrary boost::function object using ros::ServiceEvent as the callback parameter type.

Note that the template parameter S is the full event type, e.g. ros::ServiceEvent<Req, Res>

This call connects to the master to publicize that the node will be offering an RPC service with the given name.

This version of advertiseService allows non-class functions, as well as functor objects and boost::bind (along with anything else boost::function supports).

Parameters:
serviceService name to advertise on
callbackCallback to call when the service is called
tracked_objectA shared pointer to an object to track for these callbacks. If set, the a weak_ptr will be created to this object, and if the reference count goes to 0 the subscriber callbacks will not get called. Note that setting this will cause a new reference to be added to the object before the callback, and for it to go out of scope (and potentially be deleted) in the code path (and therefore thread) that the callback is invoked from.
Returns:
On success, a ServiceServer that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unadvertise this service. On failure, an empty ServiceServer which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the service name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 1083 of file node_handle.h.

Advertise a service, with full range of AdvertiseServiceOptions.

This call connects to the master to publicize that the node will be offering an RPC service with the given name.

This version of advertiseService allows the full set of options, exposed through the AdvertiseServiceOptions class

Parameters:
opsAdvertise options
Returns:
On success, a ServiceServer that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unadvertise this service. On failure, an empty ServiceServer which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the service name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 346 of file node_handle.cpp.

void ros::NodeHandle::construct ( const std::string &  ns,
bool  validate_name 
) [private]

Definition at line 146 of file node_handle.cpp.

static Timer ros::NodeHandle::createTimer ( const TimerOptions ops) [inline, static]

Definition at line 329 of file test_callback_queue.cpp.

template<class Handler , class Obj >
Timer ros::NodeHandle::createTimer ( Rate  r,
Handler  h,
Obj  o,
bool  oneshot = false,
bool  autostart = true 
) const [inline]

Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate. This variant takes a class member function, and a bare pointer to the object to call the method on.

When the Timer (and all copies of it) returned goes out of scope, the timer will automatically be stopped, and the callback will no longer be called.

Parameters:
rThe rate at which to call the callback
callbackThe method to call
objThe object to call the method on
oneshotIf true, this timer will only fire once
autostartIf true (default), return timer that is already started

Definition at line 1183 of file node_handle.h.

template<class T >
Timer ros::NodeHandle::createTimer ( Duration  period,
void(T::*)(const TimerEvent &) const  callback,
T *  obj,
bool  oneshot = false,
bool  autostart = true 
) const [inline]

Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate. This variant takes a class member function, and a bare pointer to the object to call the method on.

When the Timer (and all copies of it) returned goes out of scope, the timer will automatically be stopped, and the callback will no longer be called.

Parameters:
periodThe period at which to call the callback
callbackThe method to call
objThe object to call the method on
oneshotIf true, this timer will only fire once
autostartIf true (default), return timer that is already started

Definition at line 1202 of file node_handle.h.

template<class T >
Timer ros::NodeHandle::createTimer ( Duration  period,
void(T::*)(const TimerEvent &)  callback,
T *  obj,
bool  oneshot = false,
bool  autostart = true 
) const [inline]

Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate. This variant takes a class member function, and a bare pointer to the object to call the method on.

When the Timer (and all copies of it) returned goes out of scope, the timer will automatically be stopped, and the callback will no longer be called.

Parameters:
periodThe period at which to call the callback
callbackThe method to call
objThe object to call the method on
oneshotIf true, this timer will only fire once
autostartIf true (default), return timer that is already started

Definition at line 1222 of file node_handle.h.

template<class T >
Timer ros::NodeHandle::createTimer ( Duration  period,
void(T::*)(const TimerEvent &)  callback,
const boost::shared_ptr< T > &  obj,
bool  oneshot = false,
bool  autostart = true 
) const [inline]

Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate. This variant takes a class member function, and a shared pointer to the object to call the method on.

When the Timer (and all copies of it) returned goes out of scope, the timer will automatically be stopped, and the callback will no longer be called.

Parameters:
periodThe period at which to call the callback
callbackThe method to call
objThe object to call the method on. Since this is a shared pointer, the object will automatically be tracked with a weak_ptr so that if it is deleted before the Timer goes out of scope the callback will no longer be called (and therefore will not crash).
oneshotIf true, this timer will only fire once
autostartIf true (default), return timer that is already started

Definition at line 1244 of file node_handle.h.

Timer ros::NodeHandle::createTimer ( Duration  period,
const TimerCallback &  callback,
bool  oneshot = false,
bool  autostart = true 
) const

Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate. This variant takes anything that can be bound to a Boost.Function, including a bare function.

When the Timer (and all copies of it) returned goes out of scope, the timer will automatically be stopped, and the callback will no longer be called.

Parameters:
periodThe period at which to call the callback
callbackThe function to call
oneshotIf true, this timer will only fire once
autostartIf true (default), return timer that is already started

Definition at line 390 of file node_handle.cpp.

Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate. This variant allows the full range of TimerOptions.

When the Timer (and all copies of it) returned goes out of scope, the timer will automatically be stopped, and the callback will no longer be called.

Parameters:
opsThe options to use when creating the timer

Definition at line 401 of file node_handle.cpp.

template<class T >
WallTimer ros::NodeHandle::createWallTimer ( WallDuration  period,
void(T::*)(const WallTimerEvent &)  callback,
T *  obj,
bool  oneshot = false,
bool  autostart = true 
) const [inline]

Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate, using wall time to determine when to call the callback instead of ROS time. This variant takes a class member function, and a bare pointer to the object to call the method on.

When the Timer (and all copies of it) returned goes out of scope, the timer will automatically be stopped, and the callback will no longer be called.

Parameters:
periodThe period at which to call the callback
callbackThe method to call
objThe object to call the method on
oneshotIf true, this timer will only fire once
autostartIf true (default), return timer that is already started

Definition at line 1299 of file node_handle.h.

template<class T >
WallTimer ros::NodeHandle::createWallTimer ( WallDuration  period,
void(T::*)(const WallTimerEvent &)  callback,
const boost::shared_ptr< T > &  obj,
bool  oneshot = false,
bool  autostart = true 
) const [inline]

Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate, using wall time to determine when to call the callback instead of ROS time. This variant takes a class member function, and a shared pointer to the object to call the method on.

When the Timer (and all copies of it) returned goes out of scope, the timer will automatically be stopped, and the callback will no longer be called.

Parameters:
periodThe period at which to call the callback
callbackThe method to call
objThe object to call the method on. Since this is a shared pointer, the object will automatically be tracked with a weak_ptr so that if it is deleted before the Timer goes out of scope the callback will no longer be called (and therefore will not crash).
oneshotIf true, this timer will only fire once

Definition at line 1321 of file node_handle.h.

WallTimer ros::NodeHandle::createWallTimer ( WallDuration  period,
const WallTimerCallback &  callback,
bool  oneshot = false,
bool  autostart = true 
) const

Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate, using wall time to determine when to call the callback instead of ROS time. This variant takes anything that can be bound to a Boost.Function, including a bare function.

When the Timer (and all copies of it) returned goes out of scope, the timer will automatically be stopped, and the callback will no longer be called.

Parameters:
periodThe period at which to call the callback
callbackThe function to call
oneshotIf true, this timer will only fire once

Definition at line 421 of file node_handle.cpp.

Create a timer which will call a callback at the specified rate, using wall time to determine when to call the callback instead of ROS time. This variant allows the full range of TimerOptions.

When the Timer (and all copies of it) returned goes out of scope, the timer will automatically be stopped, and the callback will no longer be called.

Parameters:
opsThe options to use when creating the timer

Definition at line 432 of file node_handle.cpp.

bool ros::NodeHandle::deleteParam ( const std::string &  key) const

Delete a parameter from the parameter server.

Parameters:
keyThe key to delete.
Returns:
true if the deletion succeeded, false otherwise.
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 548 of file node_handle.cpp.

void ros::NodeHandle::destruct ( ) [private]

Definition at line 178 of file node_handle.cpp.

Returns the callback queue associated with this NodeHandle. If none has been explicitly set, returns the global queue.

Definition at line 170 of file node_handle.h.

const std::string& ros::NodeHandle::getNamespace ( ) const [inline]

Returns the namespace associated with this NodeHandle.

Definition at line 178 of file node_handle.h.

bool ros::NodeHandle::getParam ( const std::string &  key,
std::string &  s 
) const

Get a string value from the parameter server.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
[out]sStorage for the retrieved value.
Returns:
true if the parameter value was retrieved, false otherwise
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 558 of file node_handle.cpp.

bool ros::NodeHandle::getParam ( const std::string &  key,
double &  d 
) const

Get a double value from the parameter server.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
[out]dStorage for the retrieved value.
Returns:
true if the parameter value was retrieved, false otherwise
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 563 of file node_handle.cpp.

bool ros::NodeHandle::getParam ( const std::string &  key,
int &  i 
) const

Get a integer value from the parameter server.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
[out]iStorage for the retrieved value.
Returns:
true if the parameter value was retrieved, false otherwise
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 568 of file node_handle.cpp.

bool ros::NodeHandle::getParam ( const std::string &  key,
bool &  b 
) const

Get a boolean value from the parameter server.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
[out]bStorage for the retrieved value.
Returns:
true if the parameter value was retrieved, false otherwise
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 573 of file node_handle.cpp.

bool ros::NodeHandle::getParam ( const std::string &  key,
XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue &  v 
) const

Get an arbitrary XML/RPC value from the parameter server.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
[out]vStorage for the retrieved value.
Returns:
true if the parameter value was retrieved, false otherwise
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 553 of file node_handle.cpp.

bool ros::NodeHandle::getParamCached ( const std::string &  key,
std::string &  s 
) const

Get a string value from the parameter server, with local caching.

This method will cache parameters locally, and subscribe for updates from the parameter server. Once the parameter is retrieved for the first time no subsequent getCached() calls with the same key will query the master -- they will instead look up in the local cache.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
[out]sStorage for the retrieved value.
Returns:
true if the parameter value was retrieved, false otherwise
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 583 of file node_handle.cpp.

bool ros::NodeHandle::getParamCached ( const std::string &  key,
double &  d 
) const

Get a double value from the parameter server, with local caching.

This method will cache parameters locally, and subscribe for updates from the parameter server. Once the parameter is retrieved for the first time no subsequent getCached() calls with the same key will query the master -- they will instead look up in the local cache.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
[out]dStorage for the retrieved value.
Returns:
true if the parameter value was retrieved, false otherwise
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 588 of file node_handle.cpp.

bool ros::NodeHandle::getParamCached ( const std::string &  key,
int &  i 
) const

Get a integer value from the parameter server, with local caching.

This method will cache parameters locally, and subscribe for updates from the parameter server. Once the parameter is retrieved for the first time no subsequent getCached() calls with the same key will query the master -- they will instead look up in the local cache.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
[out]iStorage for the retrieved value.
Returns:
true if the parameter value was retrieved, false otherwise
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 593 of file node_handle.cpp.

bool ros::NodeHandle::getParamCached ( const std::string &  key,
bool &  b 
) const

Get a boolean value from the parameter server, with local caching.

This method will cache parameters locally, and subscribe for updates from the parameter server. Once the parameter is retrieved for the first time no subsequent getCached() calls with the same key will query the master -- they will instead look up in the local cache.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
[out]bStorage for the retrieved value.
Returns:
true if the parameter value was retrieved, false otherwise
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 598 of file node_handle.cpp.

bool ros::NodeHandle::getParamCached ( const std::string &  key,
XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue &  v 
) const

Get an arbitrary XML/RPC value from the parameter server, with local caching.

This method will cache parameters locally, and subscribe for updates from the parameter server. Once the parameter is retrieved for the first time no subsequent getCached() calls with the same key will query the master -- they will instead look up in the local cache.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
[out]vStorage for the retrieved value.
Returns:
true if the parameter value was retrieved, false otherwise
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 578 of file node_handle.cpp.

const std::string& ros::NodeHandle::getUnresolvedNamespace ( ) const [inline]

Returns the namespace associated with this NodeHandle as it was passed in (before it was resolved)

Definition at line 184 of file node_handle.h.

bool ros::NodeHandle::hasParam ( const std::string &  key) const

Check whether a parameter exists on the parameter server.

Parameters:
keyThe key to check.
Returns:
true if the parameter exists, false otherwise
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 543 of file node_handle.cpp.

void ros::NodeHandle::initRemappings ( const M_string &  remappings) [private]

Definition at line 192 of file node_handle.cpp.

bool ros::NodeHandle::ok ( ) const

Check whether it's time to exit.

This method checks to see if both ros::ok() is true and shutdown() has not been called on this NodeHandle, to see whether it's yet time to exit. ok() is false once either ros::shutdown() or NodeHandle::shutdown() have been called

Returns:
true if we're still OK, false if it's time to exit

Definition at line 619 of file node_handle.cpp.

NodeHandle & ros::NodeHandle::operator= ( const NodeHandle rhs)

Definition at line 130 of file node_handle.cpp.

template<typename T >
void ros::NodeHandle::param ( const std::string &  param_name,
T &  param_val,
const T &  default_val 
) const [inline]

Assign value from parameter server, with default.

This method tries to retrieve the indicated parameter value from the parameter server, storing the result in param_val. If the value cannot be retrieved from the server, default_val is used instead.

Parameters:
param_nameThe key to be searched on the parameter server.
[out]param_valStorage for the retrieved value.
default_valValue to use if the server doesn't contain this parameter.
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 1562 of file node_handle.h.

std::string ros::NodeHandle::remapName ( const std::string &  name) const [private]

Definition at line 213 of file node_handle.cpp.

std::string ros::NodeHandle::resolveName ( const std::string &  name,
bool  remap = true 
) const

Resolves a name into a fully-qualified name.

Resolves a name into a fully qualified name, eg. "blah" => "/namespace/blah". By default also applies any matching name-remapping rules (which were usually supplied on the command line at startup) to the given name, returning the resulting remapped name.

Parameters:
nameName to remap
remapWhether to apply name-remapping rules
Returns:
Resolved name.
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 229 of file node_handle.cpp.

std::string ros::NodeHandle::resolveName ( const std::string &  name,
bool  remap,
no_validate   
) const [private]

Definition at line 241 of file node_handle.cpp.

bool ros::NodeHandle::searchParam ( const std::string &  key,
std::string &  result 
) const

Search up the tree for a parameter with a given key.

This function parameter server's searchParam feature to search up the tree for a parameter. For example, if the parameter server has a parameter [/a/b] and you're in the namespace [/a/c/d], searching for the parameter "b" will yield [/a/b]. If [/a/c/d/b] existed, that parameter would be returned instead.

Parameters:
keythe parameter to search for
[out]resultthe found value (if any)
Returns:
true if the parameter was found, false otherwise.

Definition at line 603 of file node_handle.cpp.

template<class MReq , class MRes >
ServiceClient ros::NodeHandle::serviceClient ( const std::string &  service_name,
bool  persistent = false,
const M_string &  header_values = M_string() 
) [inline]

Create a client for a service, version templated on two message types.

When the last handle reference of a persistent connection is cleared, the connection will automatically close.

Parameters:
service_nameThe name of the service to connect to
persistentWhether this connection should persist. Persistent services keep the connection to the remote host active so that subsequent calls will happen faster. In general persistent services are discouraged, as they are not as robust to node failure as non-persistent services.
header_valuesKey/value pairs you'd like to send along in the connection handshake
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the service name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 1129 of file node_handle.h.

template<class Service >
ServiceClient ros::NodeHandle::serviceClient ( const std::string &  service_name,
bool  persistent = false,
const M_string &  header_values = M_string() 
) [inline]

Create a client for a service, version templated on service type.

When the last handle reference of a persistent connection is cleared, the connection will automatically close.

Parameters:
service_nameThe name of the service to connect to
persistentWhether this connection should persist. Persistent services keep the connection to the remote host active so that subsequent calls will happen faster. In general persistent services are discouraged, as they are not as robust to node failure as non-persistent services.
header_valuesKey/value pairs you'd like to send along in the connection handshake
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the service name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 1149 of file node_handle.h.

Create a client for a service, version with full range of ServiceClientOptions.

When the last handle reference of a persistent connection is cleared, the connection will automatically close.

Parameters:
opsThe options for this service client
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the service name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 376 of file node_handle.cpp.

Set the default callback queue to be used by this NodeHandle.

Setting this will cause any callbacks from advertisements/subscriptions/services/etc. to happen through the use of the specified queue. NULL (the default) causes the global queue (serviced by ros::spin() and ros::spinOnce()) to be used.

Definition at line 208 of file node_handle.cpp.

void ros::NodeHandle::setParam ( const std::string &  key,
const XmlRpc::XmlRpcValue &  v 
) const

Set an arbitrary XML/RPC value on the parameter server.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
vThe value to be inserted.
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 513 of file node_handle.cpp.

void ros::NodeHandle::setParam ( const std::string &  key,
const std::string &  s 
) const

Set a string value on the parameter server.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
sThe value to be inserted.
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 518 of file node_handle.cpp.

void ros::NodeHandle::setParam ( const std::string &  key,
const char *  s 
) const

Set a string value on the parameter server.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
sThe value to be inserted.
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 523 of file node_handle.cpp.

void ros::NodeHandle::setParam ( const std::string &  key,
double  d 
) const

Set a double value on the parameter server.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
dThe value to be inserted.
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 528 of file node_handle.cpp.

void ros::NodeHandle::setParam ( const std::string &  key,
int  i 
) const

Set a integer value on the parameter server.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
iThe value to be inserted.
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 533 of file node_handle.cpp.

void ros::NodeHandle::setParam ( const std::string &  key,
bool  b 
) const

Set a integer value on the parameter server.

Parameters:
keyThe key to be used in the parameter server's dictionary
bThe value to be inserted.
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the parameter key begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name

Definition at line 538 of file node_handle.cpp.

Shutdown every handle created through this NodeHandle.

This method will unadvertise every topic and service advertisement, and unsubscribe every subscription created through this NodeHandle.

Definition at line 452 of file node_handle.cpp.

template<class M , class T >
Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
void(T::*)(M)  fp,
T *  obj,
const TransportHints transport_hints = TransportHints() 
) [inline]

Subscribe to a topic, version for class member function with bare pointer.

This method connects to the master to register interest in a given topic. The node will automatically be connected with publishers on this topic. On each message receipt, fp is invoked and passed a shared pointer to the message received. This message should not be changed in place, as it is shared with any other subscriptions to this topic.

This version of subscribe is a convenience function for using member functions, and can be used like so:

void Foo::callback(const std_msgs::Empty::ConstPtr& message)
{
}

Foo foo_object;
ros::Subscriber sub = handle.subscribe("my_topic", 1, &Foo::callback, &foo_object);
Parameters:
M[template] M here is the callback parameter type (e.g. const boost::shared_ptr<M const>& or const M&), not the message type, and should almost always be deduced
topicTopic to subscribe to
queue_sizeNumber of incoming messages to queue up for processing (messages in excess of this queue capacity will be discarded).
fpMember function pointer to call when a message has arrived
objObject to call fp on
transport_hintsa TransportHints structure which defines various transport-related options
Returns:
On success, a Subscriber that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unsubscribe from this topic. On failure, an empty Subscriber which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the topic name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name
ConflictingSubscriptionExceptionIf this node is already subscribed to the same topic with a different datatype

Definition at line 379 of file node_handle.h.

template<class M , class T >
Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
void(T::*)(M) const  fp,
T *  obj,
const TransportHints transport_hints = TransportHints() 
) [inline]

and the const version

Definition at line 390 of file node_handle.h.

template<class M , class T >
Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
void(T::*)(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &)  fp,
T *  obj,
const TransportHints transport_hints = TransportHints() 
) [inline]

Subscribe to a topic, version for class member function with bare pointer.

This method connects to the master to register interest in a given topic. The node will automatically be connected with publishers on this topic. On each message receipt, fp is invoked and passed a shared pointer to the message received. This message should not be changed in place, as it is shared with any other subscriptions to this topic.

This version of subscribe is a convenience function for using member functions, and can be used like so:

void Foo::callback(const std_msgs::Empty::ConstPtr& message)
{
}

Foo foo_object;
ros::Subscriber sub = handle.subscribe("my_topic", 1, &Foo::callback, &foo_object);
Parameters:
M[template] M here is the message type
topicTopic to subscribe to
queue_sizeNumber of incoming messages to queue up for processing (messages in excess of this queue capacity will be discarded).
fpMember function pointer to call when a message has arrived
objObject to call fp on
transport_hintsa TransportHints structure which defines various transport-related options
Returns:
On success, a Subscriber that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unsubscribe from this topic. On failure, an empty Subscriber which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the topic name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name
ConflictingSubscriptionExceptionIf this node is already subscribed to the same topic with a different datatype

Definition at line 438 of file node_handle.h.

template<class M , class T >
Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
void(T::*)(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &) const  fp,
T *  obj,
const TransportHints transport_hints = TransportHints() 
) [inline]

Definition at line 448 of file node_handle.h.

template<class M , class T >
Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
void(T::*)(M)  fp,
const boost::shared_ptr< T > &  obj,
const TransportHints transport_hints = TransportHints() 
) [inline]

Subscribe to a topic, version for class member function with shared_ptr.

This method connects to the master to register interest in a given topic. The node will automatically be connected with publishers on this topic. On each message receipt, fp is invoked and passed a shared pointer to the message received. This message should not be changed in place, as it is shared with any other subscriptions to this topic.

This version of subscribe is a convenience function for using member functions on a shared_ptr:

void Foo::callback(const std_msgs::Empty::ConstPtr& message)
{
}

boost::shared_ptr<Foo> foo_object(new Foo);
ros::Subscriber sub = handle.subscribe("my_topic", 1, &Foo::callback, foo_object);
Parameters:
M[template] M here is the callback parameter type (e.g. const boost::shared_ptr<M const>& or const M&), not the message type, and should almost always be deduced
topicTopic to subscribe to
queue_sizeNumber of incoming messages to queue up for processing (messages in excess of this queue capacity will be discarded).
fpMember function pointer to call when a message has arrived
objObject to call fp on. Since this is a shared pointer, the object will automatically be tracked with a weak_ptr so that if it is deleted before the Subscriber goes out of scope the callback will no longer be called (and therefore will not crash).
transport_hintsa TransportHints structure which defines various transport-related options
Returns:
On success, a Subscriber that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unsubscribe from this topic. On failure, an empty Subscriber which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the topic name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name
ConflictingSubscriptionExceptionIf this node is already subscribed to the same topic with a different datatype

Definition at line 498 of file node_handle.h.

template<class M , class T >
Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
void(T::*)(M) const  fp,
const boost::shared_ptr< T > &  obj,
const TransportHints transport_hints = TransportHints() 
) [inline]

Definition at line 509 of file node_handle.h.

template<class M , class T >
Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
void(T::*)(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &)  fp,
const boost::shared_ptr< T > &  obj,
const TransportHints transport_hints = TransportHints() 
) [inline]

Subscribe to a topic, version for class member function with shared_ptr.

This method connects to the master to register interest in a given topic. The node will automatically be connected with publishers on this topic. On each message receipt, fp is invoked and passed a shared pointer to the message received. This message should not be changed in place, as it is shared with any other subscriptions to this topic.

This version of subscribe is a convenience function for using member functions on a shared_ptr:

void Foo::callback(const std_msgs::Empty::ConstPtr& message)
{
}

boost::shared_ptr<Foo> foo_object(new Foo);
ros::Subscriber sub = handle.subscribe("my_topic", 1, &Foo::callback, foo_object);
Parameters:
M[template] M here is the message type
topicTopic to subscribe to
queue_sizeNumber of incoming messages to queue up for processing (messages in excess of this queue capacity will be discarded).
fpMember function pointer to call when a message has arrived
objObject to call fp on. Since this is a shared pointer, the object will automatically be tracked with a weak_ptr so that if it is deleted before the Subscriber goes out of scope the callback will no longer be called (and therefore will not crash).
transport_hintsa TransportHints structure which defines various transport-related options
Returns:
On success, a Subscriber that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unsubscribe from this topic. On failure, an empty Subscriber which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the topic name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name
ConflictingSubscriptionExceptionIf this node is already subscribed to the same topic with a different datatype

Definition at line 559 of file node_handle.h.

template<class M , class T >
Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
void(T::*)(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &) const  fp,
const boost::shared_ptr< T > &  obj,
const TransportHints transport_hints = TransportHints() 
) [inline]

Definition at line 570 of file node_handle.h.

template<class M >
Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
void(*)(M)  fp,
const TransportHints transport_hints = TransportHints() 
) [inline]

Subscribe to a topic, version for bare function.

This method connects to the master to register interest in a given topic. The node will automatically be connected with publishers on this topic. On each message receipt, fp is invoked and passed a shared pointer to the message received. This message should not be changed in place, as it is shared with any other subscriptions to this topic.

This version of subscribe is a convenience function for using bare functions, and can be used like so:

void callback(const std_msgs::Empty::ConstPtr& message)
{
}

ros::Subscriber sub = handle.subscribe("my_topic", 1, callback);
Parameters:
M[template] M here is the callback parameter type (e.g. const boost::shared_ptr<M const>& or const M&), not the message type, and should almost always be deduced
topicTopic to subscribe to
queue_sizeNumber of incoming messages to queue up for processing (messages in excess of this queue capacity will be discarded).
fpFunction pointer to call when a message has arrived
transport_hintsa TransportHints structure which defines various transport-related options
Returns:
On success, a Subscriber that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unsubscribe from this topic. On failure, an empty Subscriber which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the topic name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name
ConflictingSubscriptionExceptionIf this node is already subscribed to the same topic with a different datatype

Definition at line 618 of file node_handle.h.

template<class M >
Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
void(*)(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &)  fp,
const TransportHints transport_hints = TransportHints() 
) [inline]

Subscribe to a topic, version for bare function.

This method connects to the master to register interest in a given topic. The node will automatically be connected with publishers on this topic. On each message receipt, fp is invoked and passed a shared pointer to the message received. This message should not be changed in place, as it is shared with any other subscriptions to this topic.

This version of subscribe is a convenience function for using bare functions, and can be used like so:

void callback(const std_msgs::Empty::ConstPtr& message)
{
}

ros::Subscriber sub = handle.subscribe("my_topic", 1, callback);
Parameters:
M[template] M here is the message type
topicTopic to subscribe to
queue_sizeNumber of incoming messages to queue up for processing (messages in excess of this queue capacity will be discarded).
fpFunction pointer to call when a message has arrived
transport_hintsa TransportHints structure which defines various transport-related options
Returns:
On success, a Subscriber that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unsubscribe from this topic. On failure, an empty Subscriber which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the topic name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name
ConflictingSubscriptionExceptionIf this node is already subscribed to the same topic with a different datatype

Definition at line 663 of file node_handle.h.

template<class M >
Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
const boost::function< void(const boost::shared_ptr< M const > &)> &  callback,
const VoidConstPtr &  tracked_object = VoidConstPtr(),
const TransportHints transport_hints = TransportHints() 
) [inline]

Subscribe to a topic, version for arbitrary boost::function object.

This method connects to the master to register interest in a given topic. The node will automatically be connected with publishers on this topic. On each message receipt, callback is invoked and passed a shared pointer to the message received. This message should not be changed in place, as it is shared with any other subscriptions to this topic.

This version of subscribe allows anything bindable to a boost::function object

Parameters:
M[template] M here is the message type
topicTopic to subscribe to
queue_sizeNumber of incoming messages to queue up for processing (messages in excess of this queue capacity will be discarded).
callbackCallback to call when a message has arrived
tracked_objectA shared pointer to an object to track for these callbacks. If set, the a weak_ptr will be created to this object, and if the reference count goes to 0 the subscriber callbacks will not get called. Note that setting this will cause a new reference to be added to the object before the callback, and for it to go out of scope (and potentially be deleted) in the code path (and therefore thread) that the callback is invoked from.
transport_hintsa TransportHints structure which defines various transport-related options
Returns:
On success, a Subscriber that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unsubscribe from this topic. On failure, an empty Subscriber which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the topic name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name
ConflictingSubscriptionExceptionIf this node is already subscribed to the same topic with a different datatype

Definition at line 706 of file node_handle.h.

template<class M , class C >
Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe ( const std::string &  topic,
uint32_t  queue_size,
const boost::function< void(C)> &  callback,
const VoidConstPtr &  tracked_object = VoidConstPtr(),
const TransportHints transport_hints = TransportHints() 
) [inline]

Subscribe to a topic, version for arbitrary boost::function object.

This method connects to the master to register interest in a given topic. The node will automatically be connected with publishers on this topic. On each message receipt, callback is invoked and passed a shared pointer to the message received. This message should not be changed in place, as it is shared with any other subscriptions to this topic.

This version of subscribe allows anything bindable to a boost::function object

Parameters:
M[template] the message type
C[template] the callback parameter type (e.g. const boost::shared_ptr<M const>& or const M&)
topicTopic to subscribe to
queue_sizeNumber of incoming messages to queue up for processing (messages in excess of this queue capacity will be discarded).
callbackCallback to call when a message has arrived
tracked_objectA shared pointer to an object to track for these callbacks. If set, the a weak_ptr will be created to this object, and if the reference count goes to 0 the subscriber callbacks will not get called. Note that setting this will cause a new reference to be added to the object before the callback, and for it to go out of scope (and potentially be deleted) in the code path (and therefore thread) that the callback is invoked from.
transport_hintsa TransportHints structure which defines various transport-related options
Returns:
On success, a Subscriber that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unsubscribe from this topic. On failure, an empty Subscriber which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the topic name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name
ConflictingSubscriptionExceptionIf this node is already subscribed to the same topic with a different datatype

Definition at line 752 of file node_handle.h.

Subscribe to a topic, version with full range of SubscribeOptions.

This method connects to the master to register interest in a given topic. The node will automatically be connected with publishers on this topic. On each message receipt, fp is invoked and passed a shared pointer to the message received. This message should not be changed in place, as it is shared with any other subscriptions to this topic.

This version of subscribe allows the full range of options, exposed through the SubscribeOptions class

Parameters:
opsSubscribe options
Returns:
On success, a Subscriber that, when all copies of it go out of scope, will unsubscribe from this topic. On failure, an empty Subscriber which can be checked with:
if (handle)
{
...
}
Exceptions:
InvalidNameExceptionIf the topic name begins with a tilde, or is an otherwise invalid graph resource name
ConflictingSubscriptionExceptionIf this node is already subscribed to the same topic with a different datatype

Definition at line 316 of file node_handle.cpp.


Member Data Documentation

Definition at line 1609 of file node_handle.h.

Definition at line 1611 of file node_handle.h.

std::string ros::NodeHandle::namespace_ [private]

Definition at line 1604 of file node_handle.h.

bool ros::NodeHandle::ok_ [private]

Definition at line 1613 of file node_handle.h.

M_string ros::NodeHandle::remappings_ [private]

Definition at line 1606 of file node_handle.h.

Definition at line 1605 of file node_handle.h.

Definition at line 1607 of file node_handle.h.


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


roscpp
Author(s): Morgan Quigley mquigley@cs.stanford.edu, Josh Faust jfaust@willowgarage.com, Brian Gerkey gerkey@willowgarage.com, Troy Straszheim straszheim@willowgarage.com
autogenerated on Sat Dec 28 2013 17:35:53