ALModuleCore is the superclass of user modules. More...

#include <alcommon/almodulecore.h>

Public Types
enum	ModuleType { CPP = 0, PYTHON = 1, RUBY = 2, LUA = 3, MATLAB = 4, URBI }
	Module type (Ruby, lua, and matlab are not currently used) More...
typedef boost::shared_ptr < ALModuleCore >	Ptr
	Shared pointer to ALModuleCore.
typedef boost::weak_ptr < ALModuleCore >	WeakPtr
	Weak pointer to ALModuleCore.
Public Member Functions
	ALModuleCore (boost::shared_ptr< ALBroker > pBroker, const std::string &pName)
	Constructor.
virtual	~ALModuleCore ()
	Destructor.
ALMethodInfo &	getCurrentMethodDescription ()
	Get a reference to a temporary object used to construct method help.
boost::shared_ptr< ALModuleCore >	getThis ()
	Getter to the class.
boost::shared_ptr< const ALModuleCore >	getThis () const
	Getter to class.
bool	isClosing ()
	Check if someone want to exit the module.
void	initModule (void)
	Register a module to a broker.
boost::shared_ptr< AL::ALProxy >	getProxy (const std::string &pModuleName)
	Get access to a module.
std::string	getBrokerName ()
	Get the name of the registered broker.
ModuleType	getModuleType (void)
	Get the type of the module.
void	setModuleType (ModuleType pType)
	Set the type of the module.
virtual ALMethodInfo *	execute (const std::string &pMethod, const AL::ALValue &pParams, AL::ALValue &pResult)
	Execute a method with some arguments and store the result.
std::vector< std::string >	getMethodList ()
	Get the module method list.
AL::ALValue	getMethodHelp (const std::string &pMethodName)
	Get a method's description string.
ALMethodInfo	getMethodHelpObject (const std::string &pMethodName)
	Get a method's description string.
AL::ALValue	moduleHelp ()
	Get the module's description.
bool	ping (void)
	Just a ping. Used to test connectivity to a module.
virtual std::string	version ()
	Get module's version.
virtual void	exit ()
	Exit the module and unregister it.
const std::string &	getName () const
	Get the name of the module given when constructing.
boost::shared_ptr< ALModuleInfo >	getModuleInfo ()
	Get information about the module.
virtual std::string	httpGet ()
	Called by the broker webpage to detail the module.
ALMethodInfo *	getMethodInfoByNameMember (const std::string &pName, const std::vector< std::string > &paramType, bool softCompare=true)
	Find method information by name and argument type not only by map key.
ALMethodInfo *	getMethodInfo (const std::string &pName)
	Call by a proxy to check function's parameter.
ALMethodInfo *	getMethodInfo (const std::string &pName, std::vector< std::string > pParamsType)
	Call by a proxy to check function's parameter.
ALMethodInfo *	getMethodInfo (const std::string &pName, const AL::ALValue &pParams)
	Call by a proxy to check function's parameter.
ALMethodInfo *	getFunctionDesc (const std::string &pName)
	deprecated
ALMethodInfo *	getFunctionDesc (const std::string &pName, std::vector< std::string > pParamsType)
	deprecated
ALMethodInfo *	getFunctionDesc (const std::string &pName, const AL::ALValue &pParams)
	deprecated
ALMethodInfo *	getFunctionDescByNameMember (const std::string &pName, const std::vector< std::string > &paramType, bool softCompare=true)
	deprecated
boost::shared_ptr< ALBroker >	getParentBroker () const
	Get a pointer to the broker context.
void	functionStop (int pTaskID)
	Local stop. Use stop(id) for remote/local compatibility.
void	setModuleDescription (const std::string &pDesc)
	Set the description of the module.
std::string	getUsage (const std::string &methodName)
	Get the usage of a method as a string.
bool	isModuleStopped ()
	Know if program or module termination is asked.
void	setModuleID (int id)
	Set the id of the module used to determine the shutdown order.
int	getModuleID ()
	Get the module id given to it be the broker.
Static Public Member Functions
template<class T >
static boost::shared_ptr< T >	createModuleCore (boost::shared_ptr< ALBroker > pBroker)
	Create a module core link to a broker.
template<class T >
static boost::shared_ptr< T >	createModuleCore (boost::shared_ptr< ALBroker > pBroker, const std::string &name)
	Create a module core link to a broker.
template<class T >
static boost::shared_ptr< T >	createUrbiModule (boost::shared_ptr< ALBroker > pBroker, const std::string &name)
	Create a URBI module core link to a broker.
Protected Member Functions
virtual void	init (void)
	Call at every module creation.
void	bindMethod (boost::shared_ptr< ALFunctorBase > pFunctor)
	Bind a method.
void	bindMethod (boost::shared_ptr< ALFunctorBase > pFunctor, const std::string &pName, const std::string &pClass, const std::string &pFunctionDescription, const ALMethodInfo &pMethodDescription)
	Bind a method.
void	bindMethodOverload (boost::shared_ptr< ALFunctorBase > pFunctor)
	Use to define a bound method.
void	functionName (const std::string &pName, const std::string &pClass, const std::string &pFunctionDescription, int pMask=0)
	Define the name of a bound method.
void	addParam (const std::string &pName, const std::string &pDesc)
	Add a documented parameter to a method.
void	addModuleExample (const std::string &pLanguage, const std::string &pExample)
	Add a module example.
void	addMethodExample (const std::string &pLanguage, const std::string &pExample)
	Add a method example.
void	setReturn (const std::string &pName, const std::string &pDesc)
	Sets the description of the return value.
Friends
class	baseModule

Detailed Description

ALModuleCore is the superclass of user modules.

It implements basic functions that enables communication with naoqi brokers, so that the distributed approach is painless for users who just want to come up with a simple module quickly, compile it and have it work, without having to deal with interprocess communication.

Definition at line 61 of file almodulecore.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

AL::ALModuleCore::Ptr

Shared pointer to ALModuleCore.

Deprecated:: Use boost::shared_ptr<ALModuleCore> instead

Definition at line 74 of file almodulecore.h.

AL::ALModuleCore::WeakPtr

Weak pointer to ALModuleCore.

Deprecated:: Use boost::weak_ptr<ALModuleCore> instead

Definition at line 80 of file almodulecore.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum AL::ALModuleCore::ModuleType

Module type (Ruby, lua, and matlab are not currently used)

Enumerator:

CPP	C++ type
PYTHON	python type
RUBY	ruby type (unused)
LUA	lua type (unused)
MATLAB	matlab type (unused)
URBI	urbi type

Definition at line 86 of file almodulecore.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

AL::ALModuleCore::ALModuleCore	(	boost::shared_ptr< ALBroker >	pBroker,
		const std::string &	pName
	)

Constructor.

An ALModule has a name, and is registered in a broker, so that its methods can be called by other modules, via a proxy constructed with module's name

Parameters:

pBroker	a pointer to the broker
pName	name of the module

Member Function Documentation

void AL::ALModuleCore::addMethodExample	(	const std::string &	pLanguage,
		const std::string &	pExample
	)		`[protected]`

Add a method example.

Parameters:

pLanguage	the language of the example (c++, python, .net, etc)
pExample	the example

void AL::ALModuleCore::addModuleExample	(	const std::string &	pLanguage,
		const std::string &	pExample
	)		`[protected]`

Add a module example.

Parameters:

pLanguage	the language of the example (c++, python, .net, etc)
pExample	the example

void AL::ALModuleCore::addParam	(	const std::string &	pName,
		const std::string &	pDesc
	)		`[protected]`

Add a documented parameter to a method.

Parameters:

pName	the name of the parameter
pDesc	the description of the parmeter

void AL::ALModuleCore::bindMethod ( boost::shared_ptr< ALFunctorBase > pFunctor ) [protected]

Bind a method.

Parameters:

pFunctor pointer to a generic functor

void AL::ALModuleCore::bindMethod	(	boost::shared_ptr< ALFunctorBase >	pFunctor,
		const std::string &	pName,
		const std::string &	pClass,
		const std::string &	pFunctionDescription,
		const ALMethodInfo &	pMethodDescription
	)		`[protected]`

Bind a method.

Parameters:

pFunctor	pointer to a generic functor
pName	the name of the method
pClass	the name of your class
pFunctionDescription	the description of the method
pMethodDescription	the description method.

void AL::ALModuleCore::bindMethodOverload ( boost::shared_ptr< ALFunctorBase > pFunctor ) [protected]

Use to define a bound method.

Parameters:

pFunctor pointer to a generic functor

template<class T >

static boost::shared_ptr<T> AL::ALModuleCore::createModuleCore ( boost::shared_ptr< ALBroker > pBroker ) [inline, static]

Create a module core link to a broker.

Parameters:

pBroker to pointer the a broker

Returns:: a pointer to the module

Exceptions:

ALError

Definition at line 341 of file almodulecore.h.

template<class T >

static boost::shared_ptr<T> AL::ALModuleCore::createModuleCore	(	boost::shared_ptr< ALBroker >	pBroker,
		const std::string &	name
	)		`[inline, static]`

Create a module core link to a broker.

Parameters:

pBroker	pointer to the a broker
name	module's name

Returns:: a pointer to the module

Exceptions:

ALError

Definition at line 367 of file almodulecore.h.

template<class T >

static boost::shared_ptr<T> AL::ALModuleCore::createUrbiModule	(	boost::shared_ptr< ALBroker >	pBroker,
		const std::string &	name
	)		`[inline, static]`

Create a URBI module core link to a broker.

Parameters:

pBroker	pointer to the a broker
name	module's name

Returns:: a pointer to the module

Definition at line 392 of file almodulecore.h.

virtual ALMethodInfo* AL::ALModuleCore::execute	(	const std::string &	pMethod,
		const AL::ALValue &	pParams,
		AL::ALValue &	pResult
	)		`[virtual]`

Execute a method with some arguments and store the result.

Parameters:

pMethod	method to execute
pParams	set of arguments for the method
pResult	result of the method execution

Returns:: a pointer to the method executed, so it can be used to get information about the method

void AL::ALModuleCore::functionName	(	const std::string &	pName,
		const std::string &	pClass,
		const std::string &	pFunctionDescription,
		int	pMask = `0`
	)		`[protected]`

Define the name of a bound method.

Parameters:

pName	the name of the method
pClass	the name of your class
pFunctionDescription	the description of the method
pMask	optional Mask, default 0. see almethodinfo.h for more information

void AL::ALModuleCore::functionStop ( int pTaskID )

Local stop. Use stop(id) for remote/local compatibility.

Parameters:

pTaskID the ID of the task you want to stop

Reimplemented in AL::ALModule.

std::string AL::ALModuleCore::getBrokerName ( )

Get the name of the registered broker.

Returns:: name of the broker

ALMethodInfo& AL::ALModuleCore::getCurrentMethodDescription ( )

Get a reference to a temporary object used to construct method help.

Returns:: a reference to a temporary ALMethodInfo

ALMethodInfo* AL::ALModuleCore::getFunctionDesc ( const std::string & pName )

deprecated

Deprecated:

ALMethodInfo* AL::ALModuleCore::getFunctionDesc	(	const std::string &	pName,
		std::vector< std::string >	pParamsType
	)

deprecated

Deprecated:

ALMethodInfo* AL::ALModuleCore::getFunctionDesc	(	const std::string &	pName,
		const AL::ALValue &	pParams
	)

deprecated

Deprecated:

ALMethodInfo* AL::ALModuleCore::getFunctionDescByNameMember	(	const std::string &	pName,
		const std::vector< std::string > &	paramType,
		bool	softCompare = `true`
	)

deprecated

Deprecated:

AL::ALValue AL::ALModuleCore::getMethodHelp ( const std::string & pMethodName )

Get a method's description string.

Parameters:

pMethodName method's name.

Returns:: a structured method's description

ALMethodInfo AL::ALModuleCore::getMethodHelpObject ( const std::string & pMethodName )

Get a method's description string.

Parameters:

pMethodName method's name.

Returns:: a structured method's description

ALMethodInfo* AL::ALModuleCore::getMethodInfo ( const std::string & pName )

Call by a proxy to check function's parameter.

Parameters:

pName function Name

Returns:: a poitner to methodInfo

ALMethodInfo* AL::ALModuleCore::getMethodInfo	(	const std::string &	pName,
		std::vector< std::string >	pParamsType
	)

Call by a proxy to check function's parameter.

Parameters:

pName	function Name
pParamsType	parameters type

Returns:: a poitner to methodInfo

ALMethodInfo* AL::ALModuleCore::getMethodInfo	(	const std::string &	pName,
		const AL::ALValue &	pParams
	)

Call by a proxy to check function's parameter.

Parameters:

pName	function Name
pParams	method parameters

Returns:: a poitner to methodInfo

ALMethodInfo* AL::ALModuleCore::getMethodInfoByNameMember	(	const std::string &	pName,
		const std::vector< std::string > &	paramType,
		bool	softCompare = `true`
	)

Find method information by name and argument type not only by map key.

Parameters:

pName	method name
paramType	list of parameters
softCompare	true mean ALValue can be anyType (use it for all type compare except local call)

Returns:: a poitner to methodInfo

std::vector<std::string> AL::ALModuleCore::getMethodList ( )

Get the module method list.

Returns:: vector of string module name

int AL::ALModuleCore::getModuleID ( )

Get the module id given to it be the broker.

Returns:: an int module id

boost::shared_ptr<ALModuleInfo> AL::ALModuleCore::getModuleInfo ( )

Get information about the module.

Returns:: a pointer to ALModuleInfo

ModuleType AL::ALModuleCore::getModuleType ( void )

Get the type of the module.

Returns:: type of the module

const std::string& AL::ALModuleCore::getName ( ) const

Get the name of the module given when constructing.

Returns:: The name of the module

boost::shared_ptr<ALBroker> AL::ALModuleCore::getParentBroker ( ) const

Get a pointer to the broker context.

Returns:: a shared pointer to the broker context

boost::shared_ptr<AL::ALProxy> AL::ALModuleCore::getProxy ( const std::string & pModuleName )

Get access to a module.

ex: getProxy("ALMotion")

Parameters:

pModuleName module name

Returns:: a pointer to ALProxy

boost::shared_ptr<ALModuleCore> AL::ALModuleCore::getThis ( )

Getter to the class.

Returns:: a pointer to this

boost::shared_ptr<const ALModuleCore> AL::ALModuleCore::getThis ( ) const

Getter to class.

Returns:: a const pointer to this

std::string AL::ALModuleCore::getUsage ( const std::string & methodName )

Get the usage of a method as a string.

Parameters:

methodName the name of the method

Returns:: the usage as a string

virtual std::string AL::ALModuleCore::httpGet ( ) [virtual]

Called by the broker webpage to detail the module.

Returns:: an optional extra description of the module

Reimplemented in AL::ALModule.

virtual void AL::ALModuleCore::init ( void ) [inline, protected, virtual]

Call at every module creation.

User can overload it

Reimplemented in AL::ALModule.

Definition at line 424 of file almodulecore.h.

void AL::ALModuleCore::initModule ( void )

Register a module to a broker.

Automatically called when loading a module from autoload.ini

bool AL::ALModuleCore::isClosing ( )

Check if someone want to exit the module.

Returns:: true if someone ask to exit the module, false othewise

bool AL::ALModuleCore::isModuleStopped ( )

Know if program or module termination is asked.

Returns:: true if module termination is asked, false otherwise

AL::ALValue AL::ALModuleCore::moduleHelp ( )

Get the module's description.

Returns:: a string describing the module

bool AL::ALModuleCore::ping ( void )

Just a ping. Used to test connectivity to a module.

Returns:: always returns true

void AL::ALModuleCore::setModuleDescription ( const std::string & pDesc )

Set the description of the module.

Parameters:

pDesc a description of the module

void AL::ALModuleCore::setModuleID ( int id )

Set the id of the module used to determine the shutdown order.

Parameters:

id	the id given to it by the broker

void AL::ALModuleCore::setModuleType ( ModuleType pType )

Set the type of the module.

Parameters:

pType type of the module

void AL::ALModuleCore::setReturn	(	const std::string &	pName,
		const std::string &	pDesc
	)		`[protected]`

Sets the description of the return value.

Parameters:

pName	the name of the return item (used in autogeneration)
pDesc	the description of the return item

virtual std::string AL::ALModuleCore::version ( ) [virtual]

Get module's version.

Returns:: The version as a string

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

alcommon/almodulecore.h

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Detailed Description

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

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