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Can I Run a nodelet as a regular C++ class

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asked 2014-02-03 02:34:44 -0500

Woodrow Douglass
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If i load up a nodelet, from a reguler c++ program, call it's init function, and then call ros::spin(), will it function as a regular node?

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answered 2014-02-03 02:47:06 -0500

dornhege

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Yes, you can make a node out of a nodelet. In fact that's somehow what the nodelet manager does. This might be a very good idea if you have code that might be used/combined somewhere as a nodelet, but also can provide standalone functionality easily.

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