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Using custom field types in a ROS message

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asked 2015-01-18 21:40:15 -0500

Bidski

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Is it at all possible to construct a message containing fields with an arbitrary type?

For instance, I would like to create a message containing an array of type pcl::Correspondence. Is this possible or would I have to convert this to a group of primitive objects first?

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answered 2015-01-19 02:35:02 -0500

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Since ROS messages generate code for many languages, it isn't possible to use language-specific types within message.

You'll have to convert your types into ROS types.

You can also adapt C++ types for serialization (see: http://wiki.ros.org/roscpp/Overview/M... ), but this still doesn't allow them to be used within other messages.

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