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The most common API routines for getting information about your node and working with names are described below.

Accessing Node Information

See also: ros::this_node namespace API docs

ros::this_node::getName()

• Get the fully-qualified name of this node.

ros::this_node::getNamespace()

• Get the fully-qualified namespace of this node.

Manipulating Names

See also: ros::names namespace API docs, ros::NodeHandle::resolveName() API docs

std::string ros::NodeHandle::resolveName(const std::string& name, bool remap = true);

• Resolve a name using the NodeHandle's namespace.

std::string ros::names::resolve(const std::string& name, bool remap = true);

• Resolve a name using the node's namespace.

std::string ros::names::append(const std::string& left, const std::string& right);

• Append right to left.

std::string ros::names::clean(const std::string& name);

• Remove duplicate / characters.

bool ros::names::validate(const std::string& name, std::string& error);

• Validate a name, returning an error string if invalid.