OutputPort.hpp

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  tag: Peter Soetens  Thu Oct 22 11:59:08 CEST 2009  OutputPort.hpp

                        OutputPort.hpp -  description
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    begin                : Thu October 22 2009
    copyright            : (C) 2009 Sylvain Joyeux
    email                : sylvain.joyeux@m4x.org

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#ifndef ORO_OUTPUT_PORT_HPP
#define ORO_OUTPUT_PORT_HPP

#include "base/OutputPortInterface.hpp"
#include "base/DataObject.hpp"
#include "internal/DataObjectDataSource.hpp"
#include "internal/Channels.hpp"
#include "internal/ConnFactory.hpp"
#include "Service.hpp"
#include "OperationCaller.hpp"

#include "InputPort.hpp"

namespace RTT
{
    template<typename T>
    class OutputPort : public base::OutputPortInterface
    {
        friend class internal::ConnInputEndpoint<T>;

        bool do_write(typename base::ChannelElement<T>::param_t sample, const internal::ConnectionManager::ChannelDescriptor& descriptor)
        {
            typename base::ChannelElement<T>::shared_ptr output
                = boost::static_pointer_cast< base::ChannelElement<T> >(descriptor.get<1>());
            if (output->write(sample))
                return false;
            else
            {
                log(Error) << "A channel of port " << getName() << " has been invalidated during write(), it will be removed" << endlog();
                return true;
            }
        }

        bool do_init(typename base::ChannelElement<T>::param_t sample, const internal::ConnectionManager::ChannelDescriptor& descriptor)
        {
            typename base::ChannelElement<T>::shared_ptr output
                = boost::static_pointer_cast< base::ChannelElement<T> >(descriptor.get<1>());
            if (output->data_sample(sample))
                return false;
            else
            {
                log(Error) << "A channel of port " << getName() << " has been invalidated during setDataSample(), it will be removed" << endlog();
                return true;
            }
        }

        virtual bool connectionAdded( base::ChannelElementBase::shared_ptr channel_input, ConnPolicy const& policy ) {
            // Initialize the new channel with last written data if requested
            // (and available)

            // This this the input channel element of the whole connection
            typename base::ChannelElement<T>::shared_ptr channel_el_input =
                static_cast< base::ChannelElement<T>* >(channel_input.get());

            if (has_initial_sample)
            {
                T const& initial_sample = sample->Get();
                if ( channel_el_input->data_sample(initial_sample) ) {
                    if ( has_last_written_value && policy.init )
                        return channel_el_input->write(initial_sample);
                    return true;
                } else {
                    Logger::In in("OutputPort");
                    log(Error) << "Failed to pass data sample to data channel. Aborting connection."<<endlog();
                    return false;
                }
            }
            // even if we're not written, test the connection with a default sample.
            return channel_el_input->data_sample( T() );
        }

        bool has_last_written_value;
        // data_sample or by calling write() with keeps_next_written_value or
        // keeps_last_written_value to true
        bool has_initial_sample;
        // This is used to initialize connections with a known sample
        bool keeps_next_written_value;
        // This is used to allow the use of the 'init' connection policy option
        bool keeps_last_written_value;
        typename base::DataObjectInterface<T>::shared_ptr sample;

        OutputPort( OutputPort const& orig );
        OutputPort& operator=(OutputPort const& orig);

    public:
        OutputPort(std::string const& name = "unnamed", bool keep_last_written_value = true)
            : base::OutputPortInterface(name)
            , has_last_written_value(false)
            , has_initial_sample(false)
            , keeps_next_written_value(false)
            , keeps_last_written_value(false)
            , sample( new base::DataObject<T>() )
        {
            if (keep_last_written_value)
                keepLastWrittenValue(true);
        }

        void keepNextWrittenValue(bool keep)
        {
            keeps_next_written_value = keep;
        }

        void keepLastWrittenValue(bool keep)
        {
            keeps_last_written_value = keep;
        }

        bool keepsLastWrittenValue() const { return keeps_last_written_value; }

        T getLastWrittenValue() const
        {
            return sample->Get();
        }

        bool getLastWrittenValue(T& sample) const
        {
            if (has_last_written_value)
            {
                this->sample->Get(sample);
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }

        virtual base::DataSourceBase::shared_ptr getDataSource() const
        {
            // we create this on the fly.
            return new internal::DataObjectDataSource<T>( sample );
        }

        void setDataSample(const T& sample)
        {
            this->sample->Set(sample);
            has_initial_sample = true;
            has_last_written_value = false;

            cmanager.delete_if( boost::bind(
                        &OutputPort<T>::do_init, this, boost::ref(sample), _1 )
                    );
        }

        void write(const T& sample)
        {
            if (keeps_last_written_value || keeps_next_written_value)
            {
                keeps_next_written_value = false;
                has_initial_sample = true;
                this->sample->Set(sample);
            }
            has_last_written_value = keeps_last_written_value;

            cmanager.delete_if( boost::bind(
                        &OutputPort<T>::do_write, this, boost::ref(sample), _1 )
                    );
        }

        void write(base::DataSourceBase::shared_ptr source)
        {
            typename internal::AssignableDataSource<T>::shared_ptr ds =
                boost::dynamic_pointer_cast< internal::AssignableDataSource<T> >(source);
            if (ds)
                write(ds->rvalue());
            else
            {
                typename internal::DataSource<T>::shared_ptr ds =
                    boost::dynamic_pointer_cast< internal::DataSource<T> >(source);
                if (ds)
                    write(ds->get());
                else
                    log(Error) << "trying to write from an incompatible data source" << endlog();
            }
        }

        virtual const types::TypeInfo* getTypeInfo() const
        { return internal::DataSourceTypeInfo<T>::getTypeInfo(); }

        virtual base::PortInterface* clone() const
        { return new OutputPort<T>(this->getName()); }

        virtual base::PortInterface* antiClone() const
        { return new InputPort<T>(this->getName()); }

        using base::OutputPortInterface::createConnection;

        virtual bool createConnection(base::InputPortInterface& input_port, ConnPolicy const& policy)
        {
            return internal::ConnFactory::createConnection(*this, input_port, policy);
        }

        virtual bool createStream(ConnPolicy const& policy)
        {
            return internal::ConnFactory::createStream(*this, policy);
        }

#ifndef ORO_DISABLE_PORT_DATA_SCRIPTING

        virtual Service* createPortObject()
        {
            Service* object = base::OutputPortInterface::createPortObject();
            // Force resolution on the overloaded write method
            typedef void (OutputPort<T>::*WriteSample)(T const&);
            WriteSample write_m = &OutputPort::write;
            typedef T (OutputPort<T>::*LastSample)() const;
            LastSample last_m = &OutputPort::getLastWrittenValue;
            object->addSynchronousOperation("write", write_m, this).doc("Writes a sample on the port.").arg("sample", "");
            object->addSynchronousOperation("last", last_m, this).doc("Returns last written value to this port.");
            return object;
        }
#endif
    };

}

#endif