ROS

v0.1.0

ROS v0.1.0 ROS.Message View Source

Functions for serializing and deserializing ROS Messages sent over the wire.

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Functions

deserialize(binary, type_module)

Deserialize a binary message from a publisher into an Elixir struct

serialize(msg)

Serialize an Elixir struct to a binary transmittable over the wire

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Link to this function deserialize(binary, type_module) View Source 
deserialize(binary(), module() | String.t()) :: struct()

Deserialize a binary message from a publisher into an Elixir struct.

Examples 

iex> data = <<0, 0, 176, 65, 0, 0, 4, 66, 0, 0, 48, 66, 0, 0, 0, 0>>
iex> ROS.Message.deserialize(data, "std_msgs/ColorRGBA")
%StdMsgs.ColorRGBA{r: 22.0, g: 33.0, b: 44.0, a: 0.0}
iex> ROS.Message.deserialize(data, StdMsgs.ColorRGBA)
%StdMsgs.ColorRGBA{r: 22.0, g: 33.0, b: 44.0, a: 0.0}
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serialize(struct()) :: binary()

Serialize an Elixir struct to a binary transmittable over the wire.

Examples 

iex> data = %StdMsgs.ColorRGBA{r: 22.0, g: 33.0, b: 44.0, a: 0.0}
iex> ROS.Message.serialize(data)
<<16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 176, 65, 0, 0, 4, 66, 0, 0, 48, 66, 0, 0, 0, 0>>