async_components.hpp

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#ifndef HARDWARE_INTERFACE__ASYNC_COMPONENTS_HPP_
#define HARDWARE_INTERFACE__ASYNC_COMPONENTS_HPP_
 
#include <atomic>
#include <thread>
#include <variant>
 
#include "hardware_interface/actuator.hpp"
#include "hardware_interface/sensor.hpp"
#include "hardware_interface/system.hpp"
#include "lifecycle_msgs/msg/state.hpp"
#include "rclcpp/duration.hpp"
#include "rclcpp/node.hpp"
#include "rclcpp/time.hpp"
 
namespace hardware_interface
{
 
class AsyncComponentThread
{
public:
  explicit AsyncComponentThread(
    Actuator * component, unsigned int update_rate,
    rclcpp::node_interfaces::NodeClockInterface::SharedPtr clock_interface)
  : hardware_component_(component), cm_update_rate_(update_rate), clock_interface_(clock_interface)
  {
  }
 
  explicit AsyncComponentThread(
    System * component, unsigned int update_rate,
    rclcpp::node_interfaces::NodeClockInterface::SharedPtr clock_interface)
  : hardware_component_(component), cm_update_rate_(update_rate), clock_interface_(clock_interface)
  {
  }
 
  explicit AsyncComponentThread(
    Sensor * component, unsigned int update_rate,
    rclcpp::node_interfaces::NodeClockInterface::SharedPtr clock_interface)
  : hardware_component_(component), cm_update_rate_(update_rate), clock_interface_(clock_interface)
  {
  }
 
  AsyncComponentThread(const AsyncComponentThread & t) = delete;
  AsyncComponentThread(AsyncComponentThread && t) = default;
 
  ~AsyncComponentThread()
  {
    terminated_.store(true, std::memory_order_seq_cst);
    if (write_and_read_.joinable())
    {
      write_and_read_.join();
    }
  }
 
  void activate() { write_and_read_ = std::thread(&AsyncComponentThread::write_and_read, this); }
 
  void write_and_read()
  {
    using TimePoint = std::chrono::system_clock::time_point;
 
    std::visit(
      [this](auto & component)
      {
        auto previous_time = clock_interface_->get_clock()->now();
        while (!terminated_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed))
        {
          auto const period = std::chrono::nanoseconds(1'000'000'000 / cm_update_rate_);
          TimePoint next_iteration_time =
            TimePoint(std::chrono::nanoseconds(clock_interface_->get_clock()->now().nanoseconds()));
 
          if (component->get_state().id() == lifecycle_msgs::msg::State::PRIMARY_STATE_ACTIVE)
          {
            auto current_time = clock_interface_->get_clock()->now();
            auto measured_period = current_time - previous_time;
            previous_time = current_time;
 
            // write
            // read
          }
          next_iteration_time += period;
          std::this_thread::sleep_until(next_iteration_time);
        }
      },
      hardware_component_);
  }
 
private:
  std::atomic<bool> terminated_{false};
  std::variant<Actuator *, System *, Sensor *> hardware_component_;
  std::thread write_and_read_{};
 
  unsigned int cm_update_rate_;
  rclcpp::node_interfaces::NodeClockInterface::SharedPtr clock_interface_;
};
 
};  // namespace hardware_interface
 
#endif  // HARDWARE_INTERFACE__ASYNC_COMPONENTS_HPP_