[Rock-dev] using base::NamedVector<> as ports

[Sylvain Joyeux]

This is due to a limitation in gccxml (which clang will hopefully not
have ...). See

http://rock-robotics.org/stable/documentation/orogen/type_definitions.html#the-special-case-of-templates

Sylvain

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Ajish Babu <ajish.babu at dfki.de> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I tried to use the base::NamedVector<..> as port types.
>
> when I include directly in the orogen like output_port("wrenches",
> "/base/NamedVector< base/samples/Wrench >")
>
>     mars_core.orogen:231: type /base/NamedVector< /base/samples/Wrench > is
> not declared (Orocos::Generation::ConfigError)
>     Typelib[WARN]:
> /home/babu-dfki/HDSDA2/DFKI-ROCK/install/include/base/NamedVector.hpp:12:
> ignoring the empty struct/class /base/NamedVector</base/samples/Wrench>
>     Typelib[WARN]:
> /home/babu-dfki/HDSDA2/DFKI-ROCK/simulation/orogen/mars_core/.orogen/typekit/types/simulation/ForceTorqueSensorTypes.hpp:8:
> cannot create the /simulation/Wrenches typedef, as it points to
> /base/NamedVector</base/samples/Wrench> which is ignored
>
> and when I do typedef base::NamedVector< base::samples::Wrench > Wrenches;
> and then try to use it
>
>     mars_core.orogen:230: type /simulation/Wrenches is not declared
> (Orocos::Generation::ConfigError)
>     Typelib[WARN]:
> /home/babu-dfki/HDSDA2/DFKI-ROCK/install/include/base/NamedVector.hpp:12:
> ignoring the empty struct/class /base/NamedVector</base/samples/Wrench>
>     Typelib[WARN]:
> /home/babu-dfki/HDSDA2/DFKI-ROCK/simulation/orogen/mars_core/.orogen/typekit/types/simulation/ForceTorqueSensorTypes.hpp:8:
> cannot create the /simulation/Wrenches typedef, as it points to
> /base/NamedVector</base/samples/Wrench> which is ignored
>
> It seems to work only if I create a new type like
>
>     struct Wrenches : public base::NamedVector<Wrench>
>     {
>     };
>
> Does anybody know what is going on or how it can be done without a new type?
>
> best
> Ajish Babu
>
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