carrier/carrier_stub.cpp

Example showing how to add a new carrier to YARP.

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2020 Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2010 RobotCub Consortium
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms of the
 * BSD-3-Clause license. See the accompanying LICENSE file for details.
 */
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <yarp/os/all.h>
 
#include <yarp/os/Carrier.h>
#include <yarp/os/Carriers.h>
 
#include <yarp/os/impl/TextCarrier.h>
 
class TestCarrier : public yarp::os::impl::TextCarrier
{
 
public:
    virtual std::string getName() const override
    {
        return "test";
    }
 
    virtual std::string getSpecifierName() const override
    {
        return "TESTTEST";
    }
 
    virtual Carrier *create() const override
    {
        return new TestCarrier();
    }
};
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    yarp::os::Network yarp;
    yarp::os::Carriers::addCarrierPrototype(new TestCarrier);
 
    yarp::os::BufferedPort<yarp::os::Bottle> out, in;
    out.open("/test/out");
    in.open("/test/in");
 
    yarp::os::Network::connect("/test/out","/test/in","test");
 
    out.prepare().fromString("1 2 3");
    out.write();
 
    yarp::os::Bottle * bot = in.read();
    if (bot!=NULL) {
        printf("Got message %s\n", bot->toString().c_str());
    }
 
    out.close();
    in.close();
 
    return 0;
}