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How to specify default arguments in a Service or Action

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asked 2016-05-03 21:33:59 -0500

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Is it possible to define default arguments in a Service or Action message? I want to expose several options in services and actions, but it seems by default, ROS makes all fields required. How do you specify defaults?

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answered 2016-05-04 00:50:27 -0500

ahendrix

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The ROS message, service and action formats do not allow you to specify defaults for any of the fields.

It may be better to expose several services, or you may want to write a C++ or python wrapper class around the service or actionlib client that provides the defaults.

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