Added rclcpp-like and rclpy-like executor

Author: esteve

examples/minimal_pub_sub/Cargo.toml

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ path = "src/minimal_subscriber.rs"
 name = "minimal_publisher"
 path = "src/minimal_publisher.rs"
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "minimal_two_nodes"
+path = "src/minimal_two_nodes.rs"
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "zero_copy_subscriber"
 path = "src/zero_copy_subscriber.rs"

examples/minimal_pub_sub/src/minimal_two_nodes.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+use std::env;
+use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
+
+use anyhow::{Error, Result};
+
+struct MinimalSubscriberInner {
+    num_messages: u32,
+    node: Arc<rclrs::Node>,
+    subscription: Option<Arc<rclrs::Subscription<std_msgs::msg::String>>>,
+}
+
+struct MinimalSubscriber {
+    inner: RwLock<MinimalSubscriberInner>,
+}
+
+impl MinimalSubscriber {
+    pub fn new(name: &str, topic: &str) -> Result<Arc<Self>, rclrs::RclrsError> {
+        let context = rclrs::Context::new(env::args())?;
+        let node = rclrs::create_node(&context, name)?;
+        let minimal_subscriber = Arc::new(MinimalSubscriber {
+            inner: RwLock::new(MinimalSubscriberInner {
+                num_messages: 0,
+                node: Arc::clone(&node),
+                subscription: None,
+            }),
+        });
+
+        let minimal_subscriber_aux = Arc::clone(&minimal_subscriber);
+        let subscription = node.create_subscription::<std_msgs::msg::String, _>(
+            topic,
+            rclrs::QOS_PROFILE_DEFAULT,
+            move |msg: std_msgs::msg::String| {
+                minimal_subscriber_aux.callback(msg);
+            },
+        )?;
+        minimal_subscriber.inner.write().unwrap().subscription = Some(subscription);
+        Ok(minimal_subscriber)
+    }
+
+    fn callback(&self, msg: std_msgs::msg::String) {
+        self.inner.write().unwrap().num_messages += 1;
+        println!("[{}] I heard: '{}'", self.node().name(), msg.data);
+        println!(
+            "[{}] (Got {} messages so far)",
+            self.node().name(),
+            self.inner.read().unwrap().num_messages
+        );
+    }
+
+    pub fn node(&self) -> Arc<rclrs::Node> {
+        Arc::clone(&self.inner.read().unwrap().node)
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let publisher_context = rclrs::Context::new(env::args())?;
+    let publisher_node = rclrs::create_node(&publisher_context, "minimal_publisher")?;
+
+    let subscriber_node_one = MinimalSubscriber::new("minimal_subscriber_one", "topic")?;
+    let subscriber_node_two = MinimalSubscriber::new("minimal_subscriber_two", "topic")?;
+
+    let publisher = publisher_node
+        .create_publisher::<std_msgs::msg::String>("topic", rclrs::QOS_PROFILE_DEFAULT)?;
+
+    std::thread::spawn(move || -> Result<(), rclrs::RclrsError> {
+        let mut message = std_msgs::msg::String::default();
+        let mut publish_count: u32 = 1;
+        loop {
+            message.data = format!("Hello, world! {}", publish_count);
+            println!("Publishing: [{}]", message.data);
+            publisher.publish(&message)?;
+            publish_count += 1;
+            std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500));
+        }
+    });
+
+    let executor = rclrs::SingleThreadedExecutor::new();
+
+    executor.add_node(&publisher_node)?;
+    executor.add_node(&subscriber_node_one.node())?;
+    executor.add_node(&subscriber_node_two.node())?;
+
+    executor.spin().map_err(|err| err.into())
+}

rclrs/src/executor.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+use crate::rcl_bindings::rcl_context_is_valid;
+use crate::{Node, RclReturnCode, RclrsError, WaitSet};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, Weak};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+/// Single-threaded executor implementation.
+pub struct SingleThreadedExecutor {
+    nodes_mtx: Mutex<Vec<Weak<Node>>>,
+}
+
+impl Default for SingleThreadedExecutor {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+impl SingleThreadedExecutor {
+    /// Creates a new executor.
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        SingleThreadedExecutor {
+            nodes_mtx: Mutex::new(Vec::new()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Add a node to the executor.
+    pub fn add_node(&self, node: &Arc<Node>) -> Result<(), RclrsError> {
+        { self.nodes_mtx.lock().unwrap() }.push(Arc::downgrade(node));
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Remove a node from the executor.
+    pub fn remove_node(&self, node: Arc<Node>) -> Result<(), RclrsError> {
+        { self.nodes_mtx.lock().unwrap() }
+            .retain(|n| !n.upgrade().map(|n| Arc::ptr_eq(&n, &node)).unwrap_or(false));
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Polls the nodes for new messages and executes the corresponding callbacks.
+    pub fn spin_once(&self, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> Result<(), RclrsError> {
+        for node in { self.nodes_mtx.lock().unwrap() }
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(Weak::upgrade)
+            .filter(|node| unsafe { rcl_context_is_valid(&*node.rcl_context_mtx.lock().unwrap()) })
+        {
+            let wait_set = WaitSet::new_for_node(&node)?;
+            let ready_entities = wait_set.wait(timeout)?;
+
+            for ready_subscription in ready_entities.subscriptions {
+                ready_subscription.execute()?;
+            }
+
+            for ready_client in ready_entities.clients {
+                ready_client.execute()?;
+            }
+
+            for ready_service in ready_entities.services {
+                ready_service.execute()?;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Convenience function for calling [`spin_once`] in a loop.
+    pub fn spin(&self) -> Result<(), RclrsError> {
+        while !{ self.nodes_mtx.lock().unwrap() }.is_empty() {
+            match self.spin_once(None) {
+                Ok(_)
+                | Err(RclrsError::RclError {
+                    code: RclReturnCode::Timeout,
+                    ..
+                }) => (),
+                error => return error,
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}

rclrs/src/lib.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ mod arguments;
 mod client;
 mod context;
 mod error;
+mod executor;
 mod node;
 mod parameter;
 mod publisher;
@@ -30,11 +31,11 @@ pub use arguments::*;
 pub use client::*;
 pub use context::*;
 pub use error::*;
+pub use executor::*;
 pub use node::*;
 pub use parameter::*;
 pub use publisher::*;
 pub use qos::*;
-use rcl_bindings::rcl_context_is_valid;
 pub use rcl_bindings::rmw_request_id_t;
 pub use service::*;
 pub use subscription::*;
@@ -51,46 +52,19 @@ pub use wait::*;
 ///
 /// [1]: crate::RclReturnCode
 pub fn spin_once(node: Arc<Node>, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> Result<(), RclrsError> {
-    let wait_set = WaitSet::new_for_node(&node)?;
-    let ready_entities = wait_set.wait(timeout)?;
-
-    for ready_subscription in ready_entities.subscriptions {
-        ready_subscription.execute()?;
-    }
-
-    for ready_client in ready_entities.clients {
-        ready_client.execute()?;
-    }
-
-    for ready_service in ready_entities.services {
-        ready_service.execute()?;
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
+    let executor = SingleThreadedExecutor::new();
+    executor.add_node(&node)?;
+    executor.spin_once(timeout)
 }
 
 /// Convenience function for calling [`spin_once`] in a loop.
 ///
 /// This function additionally checks that the context is still valid.
 pub fn spin(node: Arc<Node>) -> Result<(), RclrsError> {
-    // The context_is_valid functions exists only to abstract away ROS distro differences
     // SAFETY: No preconditions for this function.
-    let context_is_valid = {
-        let node = Arc::clone(&node);
-        move || unsafe { rcl_context_is_valid(&*node.rcl_context_mtx.lock().unwrap()) }
-    };
-
-    while context_is_valid() {
-        match spin_once(Arc::clone(&node), None) {
-            Ok(_)
-            | Err(RclrsError::RclError {
-                code: RclReturnCode::Timeout,
-                ..
-            }) => (),
-            error => return error,
-        }
-    }
-    Ok(())
+    let executor = SingleThreadedExecutor::new();
+    executor.add_node(&node)?;
+    executor.spin()
 }
 
 /// Creates a new node in the empty namespace.

rclrs/src/node.rs

@@ -238,11 +238,16 @@ impl Node {
         &self,
         topic: &str,
         qos: QoSProfile,
-    ) -> Result<Publisher<T>, RclrsError>
+    ) -> Result<Arc<Publisher<T>>, RclrsError>
     where
         T: Message,
     {
-        Publisher::<T>::new(Arc::clone(&self.rcl_node_mtx), topic, qos)
+        let publisher = Arc::new(Publisher::<T>::new(
+            Arc::clone(&self.rcl_node_mtx),
+            topic,
+            qos,
+        )?);
+        Ok(publisher)
     }
 
     /// Creates a [`Service`][1].

rclrs/src/wait.rs

@@ -337,7 +337,16 @@ impl WaitSet {
         // We cannot currently guarantee that the wait sets may not share content, but it is
         // mentioned in the doc comment for `add_subscription`.
         // Also, the rcl_wait_set is obviously valid.
-        unsafe { rcl_wait(&mut self.rcl_wait_set, timeout_ns) }.ok()?;
+        match unsafe { rcl_wait(&mut self.rcl_wait_set, timeout_ns) }.ok() {
+            Ok(_) => (),
+            Err(error) => match error {
+                RclrsError::RclError { code, msg } => match code {
+                    RclReturnCode::WaitSetEmpty => (),
+                    _ => return Err(RclrsError::RclError { code, msg }),
+                },
+                _ => return Err(error),
+            },
+        }
         let mut ready_entities = ReadyEntities {
             subscriptions: Vec::new(),
             clients: Vec::new(),