ROS2 conversion of .msg files into .idl files

asked 2018-06-04 04:44:29 -0500

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I have currently a faint understanding of the ROS2 system. I read that in ROS2 the msg files are converted into idl files before publishing and then these idl files are used for publishing and subscribing. In this image, how can i understand the circled part, ROS to DDS conversion functions...shouldnt there be an arrow as shown ? e.g. with help of these conversion functions, idl files are generated from msg files ?

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I need to somehow access these idl or msg files and perform read and write operations ? Is there a possibility that i can do that ? Are there some examples ?

answered 2018-07-05 17:48:18 -0500

Dirk Thomas
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The diagram only indicates how the information flows. The conversion functions mapping ROS messages to DDS messages are being generated for each DDS implementation (using their native vendor-specific DDS types). As input these templates only need the message definitions - it doesn't need any information from the .idl files - since those are generated from the message definitions themselves they don't contain any more information.

For the generated source code there is a dependency from the conversion functions on the DDS message classes as they are in e.g. C++ being included.

I am not sure what "read and write operations" you are intending to do. You will find the .idl files after building a package under <install>/share/<pkgname>/msg|srv/dds_connext|dds_opensplice. They are being generated and installed by the rosidl_generator_dds_idl package.

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Could explain how can I use rosidl_generator_dds_idl packages? I want to convert image.msg to image.idl Thanks and look forward to hearing from you

golizheh_66 ( 2019-11-01 08:15:30 -0500 )edit

You don't need to invoke rosidl_generator_dds_idl directly. It is being trigger implicitly when your message package calls rosidl_generate_interfaces().

Dirk Thomas ( 2019-11-03 00:11:36 -0500 )edit

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