tf tutorials: static TransformBroadcaster [closed]

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Hi everyone

I'm trying to understand the reasons of using 'static' tf transformBroadcaster (static tf::TransformBroadcaster br;) in the tf tutorials page ( http://wiki.ros.org/tf/Tutorials/Writ... ). I understand what does a static member do, but I really cannot understand the reasons of using it in that example!

Thank you in advance!

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answered 2014-07-03 03:30:06 -0500

Tom Moore

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Without knowing for certain, there may be some initialization procedures in the TransformBroadcaster that require a non-trivial amount of time. In that event, you don't want to initialize the TransformBroadcaster every time poseCallback is called. You therefore can either declare the TransformBroadcaster as a global variable (or a class member, if using a class), or you can just make it static.

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@tom: Thank you for your answer, I was thinking, somehow, similar to what you mentioned. However, I tried to remove the 'static' keyword and declare it as a global object, but I keep getting this error: > [ERROR] [1404402091.015426379]: "turtle2" passed to lookupTransform argument target_frame does not exist.

emacsd ( 2014-07-03 10:46:01 -0500 )edit

It takes time to initialize the ROS topics which is why you don't want it to be dynamically created every time. The recommended pattern is to make the broadcaster a member of a class.

tfoote ( 2014-07-03 12:27:31 -0500 )edit

@tfoote; Thank you very much! I cannot believe it that I didn't think about the initialization time. Thanks again and I really appreciate your answer. I spent so much time to figure it out.

emacsd ( 2014-07-03 12:40:02 -0500 )edit

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