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Three types of nodes
- Sink nodes (XxxxSink.h, [XxxxSink.cxx])
- Leaves in the graph and receive their data values from external sources, such as Polaris optraciking system, and send put the data into NaviTrack data flow graph.
- Source nodes (XxxxSource.h, [XxxxSource.cxx])
- Leaves to propagate their data values received from other nodes to external outputs.
- Filter nodes (we don't use this in the tutorial)
- Intermediate nodes and modify the values received from other nodes.
Classes for module "MyTutorialModule"
Module class (MyTutorialModule.h, MyTutorialModule.cxx)
This class is used to configure and manage source and sink nodes.
The following example class contains only essential functions for a NaviTrack module.
MyTutorialModule.h:
#ifndef __MY_TUTORIAL_MODULE_H__ #define __MY_TUTORIAL_MODULE_H__ #include <OpenTracker/OpenTracker.h> #include <OpenTracker/dllinclude.h> #include <OpenTracker/input/SPLModules.h> #include <OpenTracker/input/MyTutorialSink.h> #include <OpenTracker/input/MyTutorialSource.h> #include <string> namespace ot { class OPENTRACKER_API MyTutorialModule : public Module, public NodeFactory { public: // Constructor and destructor MyTutorialModule(); virtual ~MyTutorialModule(); Node* createNode( const std::string& name, ot::StringTable& attributes); void pushEvent(); void pullEvent() {}; void init(StringTable&, ConfigNode *); private: MyTutorialSink* sink; MyTutorialSource* source; friend class MyTutorialSink; friend class MyTutorialSource; }; OT_MODULE(MyTutorialModule); } // end of namespace ot #endif // __MY_TUTORIAL_MODULE_H__
init()
Function init() is called when the NaviTrack detects MyTutorialConfig in configuration section of the XML file, during starting up. You can put codes to initialize the module into this function.
createNode()
When the NaviTrack detects either MyTutorialSource or MyTutorialSink in the XML file, function createNode is called. The code for this function might be as following:
ot::Node * MyTutorialModule::createNode( const std::string& name, ot::StringTable& attributes) { if( name.compare("MyTutorialSink") == 0 ) { sink = new MyTutorialSink(); return sink; } if(name.compare("MyTutorialSource") == 0 ) { std::string name=attributes.get("name"); source = new MyTutorialSource(); return source; } return NULL; }
Note that the class in above example can have only one sink node and one source node. But you can manage more than two nodes with same type, by using array or vector, since createNode is called each time the NaviTrack detects the corresponding type of node.
You can get any parameters specified for a certain node in XML configuration file, by using ot::StringTable::get() function, as shown in above code.
pushEvent() and pullEvent()
These are a sort of event handling function. These are called whenever a push or pull event occurs.
Sink class (MyTutorialSink.h, MyTutorialSink.cxx)
This class is for a Sink node itself. The following example class contains only essential functions for a Sink node.
MyTutorialSink.h:
#ifndef __MY_TUTORIAL_SINK_H__ #define __MY_TUTORIAL_SINK_H__ #include <OpenTracker/OpenTracker.h> namespace ot { class MyTutorialSink : public ot::Node { public: MyTutorialSink(); ~MyTutorialSink(); public: virtual int isEventGenerator() {return 1;}; virtual void onEventGenerated(Event&, Node&); }; } // end of namespace ot
- endif // end of __MY_TUTORIAL_SINK_H
isEventGenerator()
This function lets NaviTrack know whether the node is event generating node.
It returns 1, if the node has event generator.
onEventGenerated()
This is an event handler for generated event.
Source class (MyTutorialSource.h, MyTutorialSource.cxx)
This class is a Source node itself. The following example class contains only essential functions for a Source node.
MyTutorialSource.h:
#ifndef __MY_TUTORIAL_SOURCE_H__ #define __MY_TUTORIAL_SOURCE_H__ #include <OpenTracker/OpenTracker.h> #include <string> namespace ot { class MyTutorialSource : public Node { private: public: std::string StationName; public: MyTutorialSource(std::string stationName) {}; virtual int isEventGenerator() {return 1;}; int changed; Event event; }; } // end of namespace ot #endif // __MYTUTORIAL_SOURCE_H__
isEventGenerator()
This is same as isEventGenerator() in Sink class.
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