Peshala,
Thanks for the feedback. You're exactly right. The wiki xml parsing was stripping all the colons out of the display. I have changed it to render as text and opened a ticket for it.
Tully
I managed to solve the problem.
In "http://www.ros.org/wiki/filters/Tutorials/Implementing a simple filter" it says that something similar to
<class name="IncrementFilterInt" type="filtersIncrementFilter<int>"
base_class_type="filtersFilterBase<int>"> should be included in the plugin_description_file.
However, according to http://www.ros.org/wiki/pluginlib/PluginDescriptionFile it should be
<class name="MyPlugin" type="my_namespace::MyPlugin" base_class_type="interface_namespace::PluginInterface">
so the filtersIncrementFilter part should be filters::IncrementFilter and filtersFilterBase should be filters::FilterBase
Please correct me if I am wrong.
Now I can load my plugin inside the node scan_to_scan_filter_chain
Thanks
Peshala
From: Peshala Jayasekara <peshala_24@yahoo.com>Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2010 18:53:28
Subject: Re: [ros-users] FiltersTully,
Thank you very much for your reply.
I have already added a plugin description file.
Its contents are as follows:
<class_libraries>
<library path="lib/libbackgroundsubtraction">
<class name="LaserBackgroundSubtractionFilter" type="beginner_tutorials::LaserBackgroundSubtractionFilter"
base_class_type="filtersFilterBase<sensor_msgs::LaserScan>">
<description>
This is a background subtraction filter.
</description>
</class>
</library>
</class_libraries>
Also, I have edited the manifest file as follows:
<depend package="filters"/>
<depend package="sensor_msgs"/>
<depend package="pluginlib"/>
<export><filters plugin="${prefix}/plugin_description_file.xml"/>
</export>
and
PLUGINLIB_REGISTER_CLASS(LaserBackgroundSubtractionFilter, beginner_tutorials::LaserBackgroundSubtractionFilter, filters::FilterBase<sensor_msgs::LaserScan>)
in the .cpp file
I am confused with adding the node configuration parameters.
Because I am running a launch file
<launch>
<node pkg="laser_filters" type="scan_to_scan_filter_chain" output="screen" name="background_subtraction_filter">
<rosparam command="load" file="$(find beginner_tutorials)/launch/background_subtraction_filter.yaml" />
</node>
</launch>
So when I run the launch file it says
According to the loaded plugin descriptions the class LaserBackgroundSubtractionFilter with base class type filters::FilterBase<sensor_msgs::LaserScan> does not exist.
On the other hand, when I tried putting my .h and .cpp files inside laser_filters and using laser_filter namespace and editing its CMakeLists and laser_filters_plugins I could run the scan_to_scan_filter_chain node without problem; however I know this is not the recommended way.
Also, in http://www.ros.org/wiki/pluginlib
it says PLUGINLIB_DECLARE_CLASS which is not to be found in <pluginlib/class_list_macros.h>
Need some advice how I can run scan_to_scan_filter_chain node using my libbackground_subtraction_filter.so outside the laser_filters package
Thanks in advance
Peshala
From: Tully Foote <tfoote@willowgarage.com>
To: ros-users@code.ros.org
Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2010 4:49:23
Subject: Re: [ros-users] Filters
Peshala,
For question 1 you need to add a plugin description file. See http://www.ros.org/wiki/pluginlib linked from here http://www.ros.org/wiki/filters You will both need to add this file and export it in the manifest.
To run it inside the scan_to_scan_filter_chain node you just need to add your filter to the nodes configuration parameters. See 3.2.2 in http://www.ros.org/wiki/filters#Steps_to_create_a_filter There is specific documentation on scan_to_scan_filter_chain node at http://www.ros.org/wiki/laser_filters
For question 2, filters can be run in any node. The filters::FilterChain class is the recommended way to instantiate filters in code. However for your purposes the scan_to_scan_filter_chain node is likely the easiest.
TullyOn Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Peshala Jayasekara <peshala_24@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Ros-Users,According to the loaded plugin descriptions the class LaserBackgroundSubtractionFilter with base class type filters::FilterBase<sensor_msgs::LaserScan> does not exist.
I am thinking of writing a background subtraction filter for my incoming laser data through hokoyo_node.
Here are my problems.
1) After going through the examples of laser_filters, I thought I can use scan_to_scan_filter_chain node to run "background_subtraction_filter-which is the one I am writing, inside it. However, it gave an error msg saying
Is there a way to run a user's filter inside scan_to_scan_filter_chain node?
2) On the other hand, once you write your own filter according to the "Implementing a simple filter" tutorial how do you run it - what node should it be associated with ?
Thank you in advance
Peshala
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