ALBroker serves methods advertised by connected modules to clients participating in the network. All executables create at least one broker in main.cpp. A broker will wait for http request, remote C++ request from PC application... More...

#include "alcommon/albroker.h"

Public Types
typedef boost::shared_ptr < ALBroker >	Ptr
	Shared pointer to ALBroker. More...

typedef boost::weak_ptr< ALBroker >	WeakPtr
	Weak pointer to ALBroker. More...

Public Member Functions
boost::shared_ptr< ALBroker >	getThis ()
	Getter to this. More...

boost::shared_ptr< const ALBroker >	getThis () const
	Getter to this. More...

	ALBroker ()
	Default Constructor. More...

virtual	~ALBroker (void)
	Destructor. More...

void	setBrokerManagerInstance (boost::shared_ptr< ALBrokerManager > pBrokerManager)
	Sets the brokerManager instance. More...

boost::shared_ptr< ALModuleCore >	getModuleByName (const std::string &pModuleName)
	Another way to get module by name. More...

int	unregisterModule (const std::string &pModuleName)
	Called when a module, belonging to this broker, quits. More...

bool	isModulePresent (const std::string &pModuleName)
	Call to know if a module is present. More...

int	getModuleList (boost::shared_ptr< std::vector< ALModuleInfo > > pModuleList)
	Return the registered module list. More...

int	getBrokerList (std::vector< ALModuleInfo > &pBrokerList)
	Return the list of registered Brokers. More...

int	getGlobalModuleList (boost::shared_ptr< std::vector< ALModuleInfo > > pModuleList)
	Return the registered module list in every broker (global). More...

bool	isExiting () const
	Check if the application is existing. More...

bool	isConnected ()
	Return whether the broker is connected or not. More...

int	shutdown ()
	shutdown, close all modules and send exit command to child broker. More...

std::string	getName () const
	Get the name of the broker. More...

std::string	getIP () const
	Get the IP address of the broker. More...

int	getPort () const
	fBorkerPort getter. More...

std::string	getParentIP () const
	Return the parent IP if any. More...

int	getParentPort () const
	Return the parent Port if any. More...

boost::shared_ptr< ALProxy >	getProxy (const std::string &pProxyName, int deprecated=0)
	Get an existing proxy if it exists, create a proxy with option otherwise. More...

template<typename T >
boost::shared_ptr< T >	getSpecialisedProxy (const std::string &name=std::string())

qi::SessionPtr	session ()

Static Public Member Functions
static boost::shared_ptr < ALBroker >	createBroker (const std::string &pName, const std::string &pIP, int pPort, const std::string &pParentIP, int pParentPort, int pKeepAlive=0, std::string pPath="", bool pLoadLib=true)
	CreateBroker helps to broker creation. More...

static boost::shared_ptr < ALBroker >	createBroker (const std::string &name, qi::SessionPtr session)

Public Attributes
boost::weak_ptr< ALBrokerManager >	fBrokerManager

ALBrokerPrivate *	_p

Detailed Description

ALBroker serves methods advertised by connected modules to clients participating in the network. All executables create at least one broker in main.cpp. A broker will wait for http request, remote C++ request from PC application...

Brokers can be connected to each other to form a tree where each broker has parent broker until the base of the tree. Typically there is one broker for each process and any number of attached modules, each with any number of advertised methods.

Brokers transparently handle directory services so that clients need not know if the module that provides a service is in the same process, on the same machine, or on the same tcp network.

Within the same process, direct method calls are used to provide optimal speed without having to change your method signatures.

Remote communication is currently handled by SOAP

In most practical usage, you will never need to explicitly create a broker. The main NAOqi process has one, and module that is compiled as 'remote' and that uses ALToolsMain, will create a broker for you if required.

Definition at line 73 of file albroker.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

AL::ALBroker::Ptr

Shared pointer to ALBroker.

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

Definition at line 81 of file albroker.h.

AL::ALBroker::WeakPtr

Weak pointer to ALBroker.

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

Definition at line 87 of file albroker.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

AL::ALBroker::ALBroker ( )

Default Constructor.

virtual AL::ALBroker::~ALBroker ( void )

virtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

static boost::shared_ptr<ALBroker> AL::ALBroker::createBroker	(	const std::string &	pName,
		const std::string &	pIP,
		int	pPort,
		const std::string &	pParentIP,
		int	pParentPort,
		int	pKeepAlive = `0`,
		std::string	pPath = `""`,
		bool	pLoadLib = `true`
	)

static

CreateBroker helps to broker creation.

Parameters

pName	broker name
pIP	broker IP
pPort	broker port
pParentIP	parent broker IP
pParentPort	parent broker port
pKeepAlive	true => broker will not be destroyed if parent broker is destroyed
pPath	deprecated, do not use, will have no effect
pLoadLib	boolean to know if the module is loaded

Returns: pointer on broker

static boost::shared_ptr<ALBroker> AL::ALBroker::createBroker	(	const std::string &	name,
		qi::SessionPtr	session
	)

static

int AL::ALBroker::getBrokerList ( std::vector< ALModuleInfo > & pBrokerList )

Return the list of registered Brokers.

Parameters

pBrokerList [out] list of Broker information

Returns: 0 on success

int AL::ALBroker::getGlobalModuleList ( boost::shared_ptr< std::vector< ALModuleInfo > > pModuleList )

Return the registered module list in every broker (global).

Parameters

pModuleList list of module information

Returns: 0 on success

std::string AL::ALBroker::getIP ( ) const

Get the IP address of the broker.

Returns: A string containing the broker IP.

boost::shared_ptr<ALModuleCore> AL::ALBroker::getModuleByName ( const std::string & pModuleName )

Another way to get module by name.

Parameters

pModuleName name of the module

Returns: A pointer to the module.

int AL::ALBroker::getModuleList ( boost::shared_ptr< std::vector< ALModuleInfo > > pModuleList )

Return the registered module list.

Parameters

pModuleList list of module information

Returns: 0 on success

std::string AL::ALBroker::getName ( ) const

Get the name of the broker.

Returns: A string containing the module name.

std::string AL::ALBroker::getParentIP ( ) const

Return the parent IP if any.

int AL::ALBroker::getParentPort ( ) const

Return the parent Port if any.

int AL::ALBroker::getPort ( ) const

fBorkerPort getter.

Returns: A integer contain broker port.

boost::shared_ptr<ALProxy> AL::ALBroker::getProxy	(	const std::string &	pProxyName,
		int	deprecated = `0`
	)

Get an existing proxy if it exists, create a proxy with option otherwise.

Parameters

	pProxyName	proxy's name
[in]	deprecated	deprecated option for the new proxy.

Returns: ALProxy.

template<typename T >

boost::shared_ptr<T> AL::ALBroker::getSpecialisedProxy ( const std::string & name = std::string() )

inline

Definition at line 218 of file albroker.h.

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

Getter to this.

Returns: A pointer to this

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

Getter to this.

Returns: A const pointer to this

bool AL::ALBroker::isConnected ( )

Return whether the broker is connected or not.

Returns: true if connected

bool AL::ALBroker::isExiting ( ) const

Check if the application is existing.

Returns: true if application is exiting, false otherwise.

bool AL::ALBroker::isModulePresent ( const std::string & pModuleName )

Call to know if a module is present.

Parameters

pModuleName name of the module to search

Returns: true if the module is local or if the module is present in a broker connected.

qi::SessionPtr AL::ALBroker::session ( )

void AL::ALBroker::setBrokerManagerInstance ( boost::shared_ptr< ALBrokerManager > pBrokerManager )

Sets the brokerManager instance.

Parameters

pBrokerManager A pointer to the broker manager.

int AL::ALBroker::shutdown ( )

shutdown, close all modules and send exit command to child broker.

Returns: 0 on succes

int AL::ALBroker::unregisterModule ( const std::string & pModuleName )

Called when a module, belonging to this broker, quits.

References to the module (proxies, subscriptions to ALMemory, ...) will be deleted

Parameters

pModuleName name of the module exiting

Returns: 0 on success

Member Data Documentation

ALBrokerPrivate* AL::ALBroker::_p

Private implementation of ALBroker.

Definition at line 309 of file albroker.h.

boost::weak_ptr<ALBrokerManager> AL::ALBroker::fBrokerManager

for compat only, useless

Definition at line 306 of file albroker.h.

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

/home/opennao/work/release-2.8/sdk/libnaoqi/libalcommon/alcommon/albroker.h

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Public Attributes

Detailed Description

Member Typedef Documentation

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

Member Data Documentation