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You could periodically call getParamCached(). It caches the value locally and subscribes to the parameter server for notification in the event of updates. So, the polling overhead is minimal.

Or, use dynamic_reconfigure. Even though it's marked unstable, the basic interfaces are widely used and will probably be preserved in future distributions.

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