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Is it possible to have 2 nodehandlers for a single node

asked 2011-12-16 06:56:05 -0500

karthik gravatar image

Hi, I was checking one of the question posed in this forum where there was an incomplete code that has 2 node_handlers in a single code. Though i see its wrong in that particular code. i am curious to know if any such situation would arise where this possibility comes. As for as i know 1 node should have 1 node_handler. Correct me if i am wrong.

Thanks, Karthik

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answered 2011-12-16 07:29:16 -0500

DimitriProsser gravatar image

If, for example, you had:

ros::NodeHandle nh;
ros::NodeHandle private_nh("~");

Then, nh.getParam() would look in the global namespace for a parameter, whereas private_nh.getParam() would look in a private namespace.

This configuration (one global, one private) is most common situation in which I use multiple NodeHandles.

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Thanks!! That makes it clear.
karthik gravatar image karthik  ( 2011-12-16 07:42:45 -0500 )edit
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answered 2011-12-16 07:04:07 -0500

dornhege gravatar image

You can have as many node handles as you want, but they will all represent the same node.

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can you quote an example where i may have many instead of just one. Thanks
karthik gravatar image karthik  ( 2011-12-16 07:06:03 -0500 )edit
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answered 2011-12-17 04:03:15 -0500

updated 2012-02-08 21:25:21 -0500

One node <-> one system process. In any case you could use nodelets: many nodelets (threads) in a node in a process.

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