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  tag: Ruben Smits  Tue Nov 16 09:19:02 CET 2010  ros_plugin.cpp

                        ros_plugin.cpp -  description
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    begin                : Tue November 16 2010
    copyright            : (C) 2010 Ruben Smits
    email                : first.last@mech.kuleuven.be

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#include <rtt/plugin/Plugin.hpp>
#include <rtt/TaskContext.hpp>
#include <rtt/Activity.hpp>
#include <rtt/Logger.hpp>
#include <rtt/os/startstop.h>
#include <ros/ros.h>

using namespace RTT;

extern "C" {
  bool loadRTTPlugin(RTT::TaskContext* c){

    // Initialize ROS if necessary
    if (!ros::isInitialized()) {
      log(Info) << "Initializing ROS node in Orocos plugin..." << endlog();

      int argc = __os_main_argc();
      char ** argv = __os_main_argv();

      // copy the argv array of C strings into a std::vector<char *>
      // Rationale: ros::init(int &argc, char **argv) removes some of the
      // command line arguments and rearranges the remaining ones in the argv
      // vector.
      // See https://github.com/orocos/rtt_ros_integration/issues/54
      std::vector<char *> argvv(argv, argv + argc);
      assert(argvv.size() == argc);
      ros::init(argc, argvv.data(), "rtt", ros::init_options::AnonymousName);
      argvv.resize(argc);

      if (ros::master::check()) {
        ros::start();
      } else {
        log(Warning) << "'roscore' is not running: no ROS functions will be available." << endlog();
        ros::shutdown();
        return true;
      }
    }

    // get number of spinners from parameter server, if available
    int thread_count = 1;
    ros::param::get("~spinner_threads", thread_count);

    // Create an asynchronous spinner to handle the default callback queue 
    static ros::AsyncSpinner spinner(thread_count); // Use thread_count threads

    // TODO: Check spinner.canStart() to suppress errors / warnings once it's incorporated into ROS
    spinner.start();
    log(Info) << "ROS node spinner started (" << thread_count << " " << (thread_count > 1 ? "threads" : "thread") << ")." << endlog();

    return true;
  }

  std::string getRTTPluginName () {
    return "rosnode";
  }

  std::string getRTTTargetName () {
    return OROCOS_TARGET_NAME;
  }
}