org.ros.message
Interface MessageDefinitionProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

MessageDefinitionFileProvider, MessageDefinitionProviderChain, MessageDefinitionReflectionProvider, ServiceDefinitionFileProvider, ServiceDefinitionResourceProvider, TopicDefinitionFileProvider, TopicDefinitionResourceProvider

public interface MessageDefinitionProvider

Method Summary

java.lang.String	get(java.lang.String messageType)
java.util.Collection<MessageIdentifier>	getMessageIdentifiersByPackage(java.lang.String pkg)
java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getPackages()
boolean	has(java.lang.String messageType)

Method Detail

get

java.lang.String get(java.lang.String messageType)

Parameters:

messageType - the type of message definition to provide

Returns:

the message definition for the specified type

has

boolean has(java.lang.String messageType)

Parameters:

messageType - the type of message definition to provide

Returns:

true if the definition for the specified type is available, false otherwise

getPackages

java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getPackages()

getMessageIdentifiersByPackage

java.util.Collection<MessageIdentifier> getMessageIdentifiersByPackage(java.lang.String pkg)

Parameters:

pkg - the name of the package to filter on

Returns:

the MessageIdentifiers for all messages defined in the specified package