port_power/ex0101_sender.cpp

Part of a series of examples on the different ways of using ports.

Part of a series of examples on the different ways of using ports. See Port power tutorial.

/*
 * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2006-2021 Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
 * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2006-2010 RobotCub Consortium
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 */
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <yarp/os/all.h>
using namespace yarp::os;
 
int main() {
    Network yarp;
 
    int ct = 0;
    BufferedPort<Bottle> p; // Create a port.
    p.open("/out");         // Give it a name on the network.
    while (true) {
        Bottle& b = p.prepare(); // Get a place to store things.
        b.clear();  // clear is important - b might be a reused object
        b.addString("hello");
        b.addString("world");
        b.addInt32(ct);
        ct++;
        printf("Sending %s\n", b.toString().c_str());
        p.write();            // Send the data.
        // after write() is called, user should not touch b.
        Time::delay(1);
    }
 
    return 0;
}