Add state_interfaces_broadcaster

doc/controllers_index.rst

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ In the sense of ros2_control, broadcasters are still controllers using the same
 
    Force Torque Sensor Broadcaster <../force_torque_sensor_broadcaster/doc/userdoc.rst>
    IMU Sensor Broadcaster <../imu_sensor_broadcaster/doc/userdoc.rst>
+   Interfaces State Broadcaster <../interfaces_state_broadcaster/doc/userdoc.rst>
    Joint State Broadcaster <../joint_state_broadcaster/doc/userdoc.rst>
    Range Sensor Broadcaster <../range_sensor_broadcaster/doc/userdoc.rst>
    Pose Broadcaster <../pose_broadcaster/doc/userdoc.rst>

doc/release_notes.rst

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ Release Notes: Kilted Kaiju to Lyrical Luth
 
 This list summarizes important changes between Kilted Kaiju (previous) and Lyrical Luth (current) releases.
 
+interfaces_state_broadcaster
+*********************************
+* 🚀 The interfaces_state_broadcaster was added 🎉 (`#2006 <https://github.com/ros-controls/ros2_controllers/pull/2006>`_).
+
 force_torque_sensor_broadcaster
 *******************************
 * Added support for transforming Wrench messages to a given list of target frames. This is useful when applications need force/torque data in their preferred coordinate frames. (`#2021 <https://github.com/ros-controls/ros2_controllers/pull/2021/files>`__).

interfaces_state_broadcaster/CMakeLists.txt

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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+project(interfaces_state_broadcaster)
+
+find_package(ros2_control_cmake REQUIRED)
+set_compiler_options()
+export_windows_symbols()
+
+set(THIS_PACKAGE_INCLUDE_DEPENDS
+  builtin_interfaces
+  control_msgs
+  controller_interface
+  generate_parameter_library
+  pluginlib
+  rclcpp_lifecycle
+  realtime_tools
+)
+
+find_package(ament_cmake REQUIRED)
+find_package(backward_ros REQUIRED)
+foreach(Dependency IN ITEMS ${THIS_PACKAGE_INCLUDE_DEPENDS})
+  find_package(${Dependency} REQUIRED)
+endforeach()
+
+generate_parameter_library(interfaces_state_broadcaster_parameters
+  src/interfaces_state_broadcaster_parameters.yaml
+)
+
+add_library(interfaces_state_broadcaster SHARED
+  src/interfaces_state_broadcaster.cpp
+)
+target_compile_features(interfaces_state_broadcaster PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
+target_include_directories(interfaces_state_broadcaster PUBLIC
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/interfaces_state_broadcaster>
+)
+target_link_libraries(interfaces_state_broadcaster PUBLIC
+                      interfaces_state_broadcaster_parameters
+                      controller_interface::controller_interface
+                      pluginlib::pluginlib
+                      rclcpp::rclcpp
+                      rclcpp_lifecycle::rclcpp_lifecycle
+                      realtime_tools::realtime_tools
+                      ${control_msgs_TARGETS}
+                      ${builtin_interfaces_TARGETS})
+pluginlib_export_plugin_description_file(controller_interface interfaces_state_broadcaster_plugin.xml)
+
+if(BUILD_TESTING)
+  find_package(ament_cmake_gmock REQUIRED)
+  find_package(controller_manager REQUIRED)
+  find_package(hardware_interface REQUIRED)
+  find_package(rclcpp REQUIRED)
+  find_package(ros2_control_test_assets REQUIRED)
+
+  ament_add_gmock(test_load_interfaces_state_broadcaster
+    test/test_load_interfaces_state_broadcaster.cpp
+  )
+  target_link_libraries(test_load_interfaces_state_broadcaster
+    interfaces_state_broadcaster
+    controller_manager::controller_manager
+    hardware_interface::hardware_interface
+    rclcpp::rclcpp
+    ros2_control_test_assets::ros2_control_test_assets)
+  target_compile_definitions(
+    test_load_interfaces_state_broadcaster
+    PRIVATE PARAMETERS_FILE_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/test/test_interfaces_state_broadcaster_params.yaml")
+
+  ament_add_gmock(test_interfaces_state_broadcaster
+    test/test_interfaces_state_broadcaster.cpp
+  )
+  target_link_libraries(test_interfaces_state_broadcaster
+    interfaces_state_broadcaster
+    ros2_control_test_assets::ros2_control_test_assets
+    rclcpp::rclcpp
+    ${control_msgs_TARGETS})
+endif()
+
+install(
+  DIRECTORY include/
+  DESTINATION include/interfaces_state_broadcaster
+)
+install(
+  TARGETS
+    interfaces_state_broadcaster
+    interfaces_state_broadcaster_parameters
+  EXPORT export_interfaces_state_broadcaster
+  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+)
+
+ament_export_targets(export_interfaces_state_broadcaster HAS_LIBRARY_TARGET)
+ament_export_dependencies(${THIS_PACKAGE_INCLUDE_DEPENDS})
+ament_package()

interfaces_state_broadcaster/doc/userdoc.rst

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+:github_url: https://github.com/ros-controls/ros2_controllers/blob/{REPOS_FILE_BRANCH}/interfaces_state_broadcaster/doc/userdoc.rst
+
+.. _interfaces_state_broadcaster_userdoc:
+
+Interfaces State Broadcaster
+--------------------------------
+The Interfaces State Broadcaster publishes the state of specified hardware interfaces that support double data type.
+The broadcaster publishes two topics:
+
+- ``/interfaces_state_broadcaster/names``: Publishes the names of the hardware interfaces being monitored with a message type of ``control_msgs/msg/Keys``.
+- ``/interfaces_state_broadcaster/values``: Publishes the current state values of the specified hardware interfaces with a message type of ``control_msgs/msg/Float64Values``.
+
+Parameters
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+This controller uses the `generate_parameter_library <https://github.com/PickNikRobotics/generate_parameter_library>`_ to handle its parameters. The parameter `definition file located in the src folder <https://github.com/ros-controls/ros2_controllers/blob/{REPOS_FILE_BRANCH}/interfaces_state_broadcaster/src/interfaces_state_broadcaster_parameters.yaml>`_ contains descriptions for all the parameters used by the controller.
+
+List of parameters
+=========================
+.. generate_parameter_library_details:: ../src/interfaces_state_broadcaster_parameters.yaml
+
+
+An example parameter file
+=========================
+
+An example parameter file for this controller can be found in `the test directory <https://github.com/ros-controls/ros2_controllers/blob/{REPOS_FILE_BRANCH}/interfaces_state_broadcaster/test/test_interfaces_state_broadcaster_params.yaml>`_:
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../test/test_interfaces_state_broadcaster_params.yaml
+   :language: yaml

interfaces_state_broadcaster/include/interfaces_state_broadcaster/interfaces_state_broadcaster.hpp

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+// Copyright (c) 2025, PAL Robotics
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#ifndef INTERFACES_STATE_BROADCASTER__INTERFACES_STATE_BROADCASTER_HPP_
+#define INTERFACES_STATE_BROADCASTER__INTERFACES_STATE_BROADCASTER_HPP_
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "control_msgs/msg/float64_values.hpp"
+#include "control_msgs/msg/keys.hpp"
+#include "controller_interface/controller_interface.hpp"
+#include "realtime_tools/realtime_publisher.hpp"
+
+// auto-generated by generate_parameter_library
+#include "interfaces_state_broadcaster/interfaces_state_broadcaster_parameters.hpp"
+
+namespace interfaces_state_broadcaster
+{
+/**
+ * \brief Interfaces State Broadcaster for selected state interfaces in a ros2_control system.
+ *
+ * InterfacesStateBroadcaster publishes the selected state interfaces from ros2_control as ROS
+ * messages.
+ *
+ * Publishes to:
+ * - \b ~/names (control_msgs::msg::Keys): The list of the interface names that are selected
+ * to be published by the interfaces state broadcaster. This is published with transient local
+ * durability.
+ * - \b ~/values (control_msgs::msg::Float64Values): The list of the values corresponding to the
+ * interface names that are selected to be published by the interfaces state broadcaster.
+ *
+ * \note The values are published at the same rate as the controller update rate.
+ */
+class InterfacesStateBroadcaster : public controller_interface::ControllerInterface
+{
+public:
+  InterfacesStateBroadcaster();
+
+  controller_interface::InterfaceConfiguration command_interface_configuration() const override;
+
+  controller_interface::InterfaceConfiguration state_interface_configuration() const override;
+
+  controller_interface::return_type update(
+    const rclcpp::Time & time, const rclcpp::Duration & period) override;
+
+  controller_interface::CallbackReturn on_init() override;
+
+  controller_interface::CallbackReturn on_configure(
+    const rclcpp_lifecycle::State & previous_state) override;
+
+  controller_interface::CallbackReturn on_activate(
+    const rclcpp_lifecycle::State & previous_state) override;
+
+protected:
+  // Optional parameters
+  std::shared_ptr<ParamListener> param_listener_;
+  Params params_;
+
+  // publishers and messages
+  std::shared_ptr<rclcpp::Publisher<control_msgs::msg::Keys>> names_publisher_;
+  std::shared_ptr<rclcpp::Publisher<control_msgs::msg::Float64Values>> values_publisher_;
+  std::shared_ptr<realtime_tools::RealtimePublisher<control_msgs::msg::Float64Values>>
+    realtime_values_publisher_;
+  control_msgs::msg::Keys names_msg_;
+  control_msgs::msg::Float64Values values_msg_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace interfaces_state_broadcaster
+
+#endif  // INTERFACES_STATE_BROADCASTER__INTERFACES_STATE_BROADCASTER_HPP_

interfaces_state_broadcaster/interfaces_state_broadcaster_plugin.xml

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+<library path="interfaces_state_broadcaster">
+  <class name="interfaces_state_broadcaster/InterfacesStateBroadcaster" type="interfaces_state_broadcaster::InterfacesStateBroadcaster" base_class_type="controller_interface::ControllerInterface">
+  <description>
+    The interfaces state broadcaster publishes the values of the requested interfaces from ros2_control system.
+  </description>
+  </class>
+</library>

interfaces_state_broadcaster/package.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<package format="3">
+  <name>interfaces_state_broadcaster</name>
+  <version>5.8.0</version>
+  <description>Broadcaster to publish desired hardware interface states that are castable to double</description>
+
+  <maintainer email="[email protected]">Bence Magyar</maintainer>
+  <maintainer email="[email protected]">Denis Štogl</maintainer>
+  <maintainer email="[email protected]">Christoph Froehlich</maintainer>
+  <maintainer email="[email protected]">Sai Kishor Kothakota</maintainer>
+
+  <author email="[email protected]">Sai Kishor Kothakota</author>
+
+  <license>Apache License 2.0</license>
+
+  <url type="website">https://control.ros.org</url>
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/ros-controls/ros2_controllers/issues</url>
+  <url type="repository">https://github.com/ros-controls/ros2_controllers/</url>
+
+  <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>
+
+  <build_depend>ros2_control_cmake</build_depend>
+
+  <depend>backward_ros</depend>
+  <depend>builtin_interfaces</depend>
+  <depend>control_msgs</depend>
+  <depend>controller_interface</depend>
+  <depend>generate_parameter_library</depend>
+  <depend>pluginlib</depend>
+  <depend>rclcpp_lifecycle</depend>
+  <depend>rclcpp</depend>
+  <depend>realtime_tools</depend>
+
+  <test_depend>ament_cmake_gmock</test_depend>
+  <test_depend>controller_manager</test_depend>
+  <test_depend>hardware_interface_testing</test_depend>
+  <test_depend>hardware_interface</test_depend>
+  <test_depend>ros2_control_test_assets</test_depend>
+
+  <export>
+    <build_type>ament_cmake</build_type>
+  </export>
+</package>