generate_msgs Namespace Reference

Classes
class	generator
	Generates random ROS values and message attributes. More...
class	rosapi
	Generic interface for accessing ROS1 / ROS2 API. More...

Functions
	make_argparser ()
	Returns a populated ArgumentParser instance.
	plural (word, items)
	Returns "N words" or "1 word".
	process_args (args)
	Converts or combines arguments where necessary, returns args.
	run (args)
	Generates messages until Ctrl-C or end condition reached.
	take_sample (population, k)
	Returns a list of k randomly chosen elements from population.
	wildcard_to_regex (text, end=True)
	Returns plain wildcard like "foo*bar" as re.Pattern("foo.*bar", re.I).

Variables
dict	ARGUMENTS
	Configuration for argparse, as {description, epilog, args: [..], groups: {name: [..]}}.
str	NAME = "generate_msgs"
	Name used for node.
	rospy = None
	runargs = process_args(make_argparser().parse_args())

Function Documentation

make_argparser()

make_argparser

(

)

Returns a populated ArgumentParser instance.

Definition at line 396 of file generate_msgs.py.

plural()

plural	(		word,
			items
	)

Returns "N words" or "1 word".

Definition at line 405 of file generate_msgs.py.

process_args()

process_args

(

args

)

Converts or combines arguments where necessary, returns args.

Parameters

args	arguments object like argparse.Namespace

Definition at line 435 of file generate_msgs.py.

run()

run

(

args

)

Generates messages until Ctrl-C or end condition reached.

Definition at line 464 of file generate_msgs.py.

take_sample()

take_sample	(		population,
			k
	)

Returns a list of k randomly chosen elements from population.

Definition at line 411 of file generate_msgs.py.

wildcard_to_regex()

wildcard_to_regex	(		text,
			end = True
	)

Returns plain wildcard like "foo*bar" as re.Pattern("foo.*bar", re.I).

Parameters

end	whether pattern should match until end (adds $)

Definition at line 425 of file generate_msgs.py.

Variable Documentation

ARGUMENTS

dict ARGUMENTS

Configuration for argparse, as {description, epilog, args: [..], groups: {name: [..]}}.

Definition at line 67 of file generate_msgs.py.

NAME

str NAME = "generate_msgs"

Name used for node.

Definition at line 131 of file generate_msgs.py.

rospy

rospy = None

Definition at line 53 of file generate_msgs.py.

runargs

runargs = process_args(make_argparser().parse_args())

Definition at line 565 of file generate_msgs.py.