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TransitionPublisher QML Type

Publishes lifecycle_msgs::msg::Transition messages — Default values for transitions as described in: http://design.ros2.org/articles/node_lifecycle.html. More...

Import Statement: import QtRos2.LifecycleMsgs
Inherits:

PublisherBase

Status: Experimental Extension

Properties

Methods

Detailed Description

Reserved [0-9], publicly available transitions. When a node is in one of these primary states, these transitions can be invoked.

TransitionPublisher publishes transition values to a ROS 2 topic. Set the topic and node properties, then call publish() to send messages.

See also TransitionSubscriber and transition.

Property Documentation

id : uint8_t

The id field value included in the next publish. Setting this property emits idChanged and, when autoPublish is true, requests a publish at the end of the current event-loop iteration.

label : string

The label field value included in the next publish. Setting this property emits labelChanged and, when autoPublish is true, requests a publish at the end of the current event-loop iteration.

Method Documentation

void publish(transition msg)

Publishes transition msg to the ROS 2 topic set by the topic property. Does nothing if the publisher is not connected.

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