SDF readFile not parsing world file

asked 2018-03-20 09:59:15 -0500

dhindhimathai
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I am using ROS Indigo with Ubuntu 14.04.

I need to parse the elements of a simple_environment.world file using sdf::readFile. The simple_environment.world file is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<sdf version="1.4">
  <world name="default">
    <include>
      <uri>model://ground_plane</uri>
    </include>
    <include>
      <uri>model://sun</uri>
    </include>

    <model name="box">
    <pose>1.4 0.8 0.14 0 0 0</pose>
    <static>true</static>
    <link name='link_box'>
        <pose>0 0 0 0 0 0</pose>
        <collision name="collision_box">
            <pose>0 0 0 0 0 0</pose>
            <geometry>
                  <box>
                    <size>1 2 1.3</size>
                  </box>
                </geometry>
            </collision>

            <visual name="visual_box">
            <geometry>
                  <box>
                    <size>1 2 1.3</size>
                  </box>
                </geometry>
            </visual>

        <self_collide>0</self_collide>      
        <gravity>1</gravity>
    </link>
    </model>

  </world>
</sdf>

In a portion of my C++ code I try to parse the content of the world file as follows:

// Read the sdf
sdf::SDFPtr sdfParsed(new sdf::SDF());
sdf::init(sdfParsed);

const std::string sdfStringPath(argv[1]);

assert(sdf::readFile(sdfStringPath, sdfParsed));

But this does not seem to function as expected because if I try to print sdfParsed with

cout << "THE PARSED SDF IS: " << sdfParsed->ToString() << endl;

the output is the following:

THE PARSED SDF IS: <?xml version='1.0'?> <sdf version='1.5'/>

The argv[1] is clearly the path to the above mentioned .world file. What's wrong with my code?

Thanks in advance.

answered 2018-03-21 09:16:16 -0500

nkoenig
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I'm trying to reproduce your problem, but have been unsuccessful so far. Below are the steps I followed. Can you try this, and see if it works for you?

Wrote a simple test program:

#include <iostream>
#include <sdf/sdf.hh>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{ 
  sdf::SDFPtr sdf(new sdf::SDF());
  if (!sdf::init(sdf))
  { 
    std::cerr << "Error: SDF init failed" << std::endl;
    return 1;
  }

  if (!sdf::readFile(argv[1], sdf))
  {
    std::cerr << "Error: SDF parsing the xml failed" << std::endl;
    return 1;
  }

  std::cout << sdf->ToString() << std::endl;

  return 0;
}

Compiled the above using (your paths may be different):

g++ main.cc -I /usr/local/include/sdformat-6.0 -I /usr/local/include/ignition/math5 -L /usr/local/lib/ -lsdformat -lignition-math4 -std=c++11

Ran it against your world file:

./a.out ~/test.world

This is the output (there are a few errors since I haven't setup the mechanism to find the URIs in the SDF file):

Error [SDF.cc:142] Tried to use callback in sdf::findFile(), but the callback is empty.  Did you call sdf::setFindCallback()?Error [SDF.cc:142] Tried to use callback in sdf::findFile(), but the callback is empty.  Did you call sdf::setFindCallback()?Error Code 11 Msg: Unable to find uri[model://ground_plane]
Error Code 11 Msg: Unable to find uri[model://sun]
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<sdf version='1.6'>
  <world name='default'>
    <model name='box'>
      <pose frame=''>1.4 0.8 0.14 0 -0 0</pose>
      <static>1</static>
      <link name='link_box'>
        <pose frame=''>0 0 0 0 -0 0</pose>
        <collision name='collision_box'>
          <pose frame=''>0 0 0 0 -0 0</pose>
          <geometry>
            <box>
              <size>1 2 1.3</size>
            </box>
          </geometry>
        </collision>
        <visual name='visual_box'>
          <geometry>
            <box>
              <size>1 2 1.3</size>
            </box>
          </geometry>
        </visual>
        <self_collide>0</self_collide>
        <gravity>1</gravity>
      </link>
    </model>
    <gravity>0 0 -9.8</gravity>
    <magnetic_field>6e-06 2.3e-05 -4.2e-05</magnetic_field>
    <atmosphere type='adiabatic'/>
    <physics name='default_physics' default='0' type='ode'>
      <max_step_size>0.001</max_step_size>
      <real_time_factor>1</real_time_factor>
      <real_time_update_rate>1000</real_time_update_rate>
    </physics>
    <scene>
      <ambient>0.4 0.4 0.4 1</ambient>
      <background>0.7 0.7 0.7 1</background>
      <shadows>1</shadows>
    </scene>
  </world>
</sdf>

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