Subscriber callback not triggering while in a while loop

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Hi,

I would like to create a subscriber that uses the callback to get the data, but that is also able to do things with that data in the main loop (where the node is declared).

Here is a simple example of the code: (using rclcpp_info as an example)

uint16_t message;

void chatterCallback(const std_msgs::msg::UInt16::SharedPtr msg)
{
    message = msg->data;
}

int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
   // creating node + subscriber

    rclcpp::init(argc, argv);
    auto node = rclcpp::Node::make_shared("listener");
    auto sub = node->create_subscription<std_msgs::msg::UInt16>
    ( "chatter", chatterCallback, rmw_qos_profile_sensor_data);

   // using the message of the callback

    while (rclcpp::ok())
{
      RCLCPP_INFO(rclcpp::get_logger("rclcpp"), message);
}
   rclcpp::spin(node);

return 0;
}

The problem is that the callback is not triggering because I'm in a while loop. But if I remove the while loop, the main program is only running once. How could I solve this issue ?

I see 2 possible solution:

• I need to be able to create a loop in the main function that doesn't interrupts with the callback function.

• Or is it possible to create a node class and everytime there is a callback, this would call a method in the node class. Something simular as in this question (https://answers.ros.org/question/3488...), but where the method is called directly from the callback function

Thanks !