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Catch use_sim_time bad value types #802

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@hidmic

Feature request

Feature description

Regarding TimeSource's use of the use_sim_time parameter, as per @ivanpauno's comment on #799:

...now that we allow registering multiple parameter callbacks, we should use a on_parameter_set callback for rejecting wrong use_sim_time values, instead of logging an error...

Implementation considerations

Relevant sources can be found here:

// Though this defaults to false, it can be overridden by initial parameter values for the node,
// which may be given by the user at the node's construction or even by command-line arguments.
rclcpp::ParameterValue use_sim_time_param;
const char * use_sim_time_name = "use_sim_time";
if (!node_parameters_->has_parameter(use_sim_time_name)) {
use_sim_time_param = node_parameters_->declare_parameter(
use_sim_time_name,
rclcpp::ParameterValue(false),
rcl_interfaces::msg::ParameterDescriptor());
} else {
use_sim_time_param = node_parameters_->get_parameter(use_sim_time_name).get_parameter_value();
}
if (use_sim_time_param.get_type() == rclcpp::PARAMETER_BOOL) {
if (use_sim_time_param.get<bool>()) {
parameter_state_ = SET_TRUE;
enable_ros_time();
create_clock_sub();
}
} else {
// TODO(wjwwood): use set_on_parameters_set_callback to catch the type mismatch,
// before the use_sim_time parameter can ever be set to an invalid value
RCLCPP_ERROR(logger_, "Invalid type '%s' for parameter 'use_sim_time', should be 'bool'",
rclcpp::to_string(use_sim_time_param.get_type()).c_str());
}

and here:

if (it.second->value.type != ParameterType::PARAMETER_BOOL) {
RCLCPP_ERROR(logger_, "use_sim_time parameter cannot be set to anything but a bool");
continue;
}

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