gazebo::transport::Publisher Class Reference

A publisher of messages on a topic. More...

#include <transport/transport.hh>

Public Member Functions
	Publisher (const std::string &_topic, const std::string &_msgType, unsigned int _limit, bool _latch) GAZEBO_DEPRECATED(1.5)
	Deprecated.
	Publisher (const std::string &_topic, const std::string &_msgType, unsigned int _limit, double _hzRate)
	Constructor.
virtual	~Publisher ()
	Destructor.
bool	GetLatching () const GAZEBO_DEPRECATED(1.5)
	Deprecated.
std::string	GetMsgType () const
	Get the message type.
unsigned int	GetOutgoingCount () const
	Get the number of outgoing messages.
std::string	GetPrevMsg () const
	Get the previously published message.
MessagePtr	GetPrevMsgPtr () const
	Get the previously published message.
std::string	GetTopic () const
	Get the topic name.
bool	HasConnections () const
	Are there any connections?
void	Publish (const google::protobuf::Message &_message, bool _block=false)
	Publish a protobuf message on the topic.
template<typename M >
void	Publish (M _message, bool _block=false)
	Publish an arbitrary message on the topic.
void	SendMessage ()
	Send latest message over the wire. For internal use only.
void	SetNode (NodePtr _node)
	Set our containing node.
void	SetPublication (PublicationPtr &_publication, int _i) GAZEBO_DEPRECATED(1.5)
	DEPRECATED in version 1.6.
void	SetPublication (PublicationPtr _publication)
	Set the publication object for a particular publication.
void	WaitForConnection () const
	Block until a connection has been established with this publisher.
bool	WaitForConnection (const common::Time &_timeout) const
	Block until a connection has been established with this publisher.

Detailed Description

A publisher of messages on a topic.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

gazebo::transport::Publisher::Publisher	(	const std::string &	_topic,
		const std::string &	_msgType,
		unsigned int	_limit,
		bool	_latch
	)

Deprecated.

gazebo::transport::Publisher::Publisher	(	const std::string &	_topic,
		const std::string &	_msgType,
		unsigned int	_limit,
		double	_hzRate
	)

Constructor.

Parameters

[in]	_topic	Name of topic to be published
[in]	_msgType	Type of the message to be published
[in]	_limit	Maximum number of outgoing messages to queue
[in]	_hz	Update rate for the publisher. Units are 1.0/seconds.

virtual gazebo::transport::Publisher::~Publisher ( )

virtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

bool gazebo::transport::Publisher::GetLatching

(

)

const

Deprecated.

std::string gazebo::transport::Publisher::GetMsgType

(

)

const

Get the message type.

Returns

The message type

unsigned int gazebo::transport::Publisher::GetOutgoingCount

(

)

const

Get the number of outgoing messages.

Returns

The number of outgoing messages

std::string gazebo::transport::Publisher::GetPrevMsg

(

)

const

Get the previously published message.

Returns

The previously published message, if any

MessagePtr gazebo::transport::Publisher::GetPrevMsgPtr

(

)

const

Get the previously published message.

Returns

The previously published message, if any

std::string gazebo::transport::Publisher::GetTopic

(

)

const

Get the topic name.

Returns

The topic name

bool gazebo::transport::Publisher::HasConnections

(

)

const

Are there any connections?

Returns

true if there are any connections, false otherwise

void gazebo::transport::Publisher::Publish ( const google::protobuf::Message &  _message, bool  _block = false  )

inline

Publish a protobuf message on the topic.

Parameters

[in]	_message	Message to be published
[in]	_block	Whether to block until the message is actually written out

template<typename M >

void gazebo::transport::Publisher::Publish ( M  _message, bool  _block = false  )

inline

Publish an arbitrary message on the topic.

Parameters

[in]	_message	Message to be published
[in]	_block	Whether to block until the message is actually written out

void gazebo::transport::Publisher::SendMessage

(

)

Send latest message over the wire. For internal use only.

void gazebo::transport::Publisher::SetNode

(

NodePtr

_node

)

Set our containing node.

Parameters

[in]

_node

Pointer to a node. Should be the node that create this publisher.

void gazebo::transport::Publisher::SetPublication	(	PublicationPtr &	_publication,
		int	_i
	)

DEPRECATED in version 1.6.

See Also

SetPublication

void gazebo::transport::Publisher::SetPublication

(

PublicationPtr

_publication

)

Set the publication object for a particular publication.

Parameters

[in]

_publication

Pointer to the publication object to be set

void gazebo::transport::Publisher::WaitForConnection

(

)

const

Block until a connection has been established with this publisher.

bool gazebo::transport::Publisher::WaitForConnection

(

const common::Time &

_timeout

)

const

Block until a connection has been established with this publisher.

Parameters

[in]

_timeout

Maxiumum time to wait. Use a negative time value to wait forever.

Returns

True if a connection was established.

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

• Publisher.hh