passing the data to the write()

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Tue, 02/07/2017 - 19:46
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passing the data to the write()

Hello
I've searched across to find a good example that explains how to pass the data generated by another application to the publisher. I went over the examples provided in rti-workspace/5.2.3/examples/connext_dds but i'm not sure how to do this.
Basically, I have one application that continuously genrates the coordinates (say x,y,z) and I would like to pass this data as it being generated to the publisher. I can generate IDL file with the struct that contains the coordinates, but then I'm not sure how should  I refer this data in write() ?
Any example would be appreciated, thank you!

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Thu, 02/09/2017 - 13:26
Fernando Garcia
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Hi Stan,

Let's assume that you are using C++ (we could port this to other languages), that you have a Coordinates class like the following, and that the value of x, y, an z is constantly being updated.

class Coordinates {
public:
    Coordinates(int x, int y, int z) : x_(x), y_(y), z_(z)
    {
    }
   
    int x()
    {
        return x_; 
    }
    
    int y()
    {
        return y_;
    }
    
    int z()
    {
        return z_; 
    }

    // Omitting setters  
 
private:
    int x_;
    int y_;
    int z_;  
};

If you want to pass the value of x, y, and z to the write() method you will have to do the following:

  1. Define what the data type is going to look like in IDL.
    // coordinates.idl
 
struct Coordinates {
    long x;
    long y;
    long z;
};
  2. Run rtiddsgen to generate code.
    rtiddsgen -example <your_architecture> -language C++ coordinates.idl
  3. Modify the generated coordinates_publisher.cxx file as follows:
        ...

    // Main loop
    for (count=0; (sample_count == 0) || (count < sample_count); ++count) {

        printf("Writing coordinates, count %d\n", count);

        // Modify the data to be sent here
        instance->x = coordinates.x();
        instance->y = coordinates.y();
        instance->z = coordinates.z();

        retcode = waitsets_writer->write(*instance, instance_handle);
        if (retcode != DDS_RETCODE_OK) {
            printf("write error %d\n", retcode);
        }

        NDDSUtility::sleep(send_period);
    }

Please, let me know if this helps.

Thanks,
Fernando,

 

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