edu::wpi::hri::comm::MasterSpinner Class Reference

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
synchronized void	joinOldMasters ()
	MasterSpinner (Logger logger, boolean autoEnd)
synchronized void	startNewMaster ()
synchronized void	stop ()
Private Member Functions
void	createMaster ()
Private Attributes
final Thread	endThread
final Logger	logger
Thread	master
final ArrayList< Thread >	oldMasters

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Detailed Description

The MasterSpinner class is in charge of ensuring that there is always a thread which is waiting for commands from ROS. When a service is called, the MasterSpinner object should be updated to fire off another thread to wait for the service to end.

Author:

aholroyd@wpi.edu

Definition at line 51 of file MasterSpinner.java.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

edu::wpi::hri::comm::MasterSpinner::MasterSpinner	(	Logger	logger,
		boolean	autoEnd
	)			[inline]

Create a new Master Spinner object

Parameters:

	logger	The base logger this object should write to.
	autoEnd	True to start a thread to detect when Ros dies.

Definition at line 66 of file MasterSpinner.java.

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Member Function Documentation

void edu::wpi::hri::comm::MasterSpinner::createMaster

(

)

[inline, private]

This method is used to create a new master thread internally.

Definition at line 97 of file MasterSpinner.java.

synchronized void edu::wpi::hri::comm::MasterSpinner::joinOldMasters

(

)

[inline]

When the node is dying, call the joinOldMasters function in order to ensure that there aren't any stragglers.

Definition at line 121 of file MasterSpinner.java.

synchronized void edu::wpi::hri::comm::MasterSpinner::startNewMaster

(

)

[inline]

Call this function when a service is started in order to ensure we receive all of the service requests in a timely fashion.

Definition at line 89 of file MasterSpinner.java.

synchronized void edu::wpi::hri::comm::MasterSpinner::stop

(

)

[inline]

Stop the Master Spinner from running since we have hit the end of the program.

Definition at line 158 of file MasterSpinner.java.

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Member Data Documentation

final Thread edu::wpi::hri::comm::MasterSpinner::endThread [private]

Definition at line 56 of file MasterSpinner.java.

final Logger edu::wpi::hri::comm::MasterSpinner::logger [private]

Definition at line 54 of file MasterSpinner.java.

Thread edu::wpi::hri::comm::MasterSpinner::master [private]

Definition at line 53 of file MasterSpinner.java.

final ArrayList<Thread> edu::wpi::hri::comm::MasterSpinner::oldMasters [private]

Definition at line 55 of file MasterSpinner.java.

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

• bml_lib/src/edu/wpi/hri/comm/MasterSpinner.java