Class Node

x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

Parameters:

• package (str) - node package name
• node_type (str) - node type
• name (str) - node name
• namespace (str) - namespace for node
• machine_name (str) - name of machine to run node on
• args (str) - argument string to pass to node executable
• respawn (bool) - if True, respawn node if it dies
• remap_args ([(str, str)]:) - list of [(from, to)] remapping arguments
• env_args ([(str, str)]) - list of [(key, value)] of additional environment vars to set for node
• output (str) - where to log output to, either Node, 'screen' or 'log'
• cwd (str) - current working directory of node, either 'node', 'ROS_HOME' or 'ros-root'. Default: ROS_HOME
• launch_prefix (str) - launch command/arguments to prepend to node executable arguments
• required (bool) - node is required to stay running (launch fails if node dies)
• filename (str) - name of file Node was parsed from

Raises:

• ValueError - if parameters do not validate

Overrides: object.__init__

convert representation into XML representation. Currently cannot represent private parameters.

Returns: str

XML representation for remote machine

convert representation into remote representation. Remote representation does not include parameter settings or 'machine' attribute

Returns: str

XML representation for remote machine