Clock publisher in Player

Add a `rosgraph_msgs/Clock` publisher to the `Player` - that uses `PlayerClock::now()` to publish current time.

Signed-off-by: Emerson Knapp <eknapp@amazon.com>

rosbag2_transport/include/rosbag2_transport/play_options.hpp

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ struct PlayOptions
   std::unordered_map<std::string, rclcpp::QoS> topic_qos_profile_overrides = {};
   bool loop = false;
   std::vector<std::string> topic_remapping_options = {};
+
+  // Rate in Hz at which to publish to /clock.
+  // 0 (or negative) means that no publisher will be created
+  float clock_publish_frequency = 0.f;
 };
 
 }  // namespace rosbag2_transport

rosbag2_transport/src/rosbag2_transport/player.cpp

@@ -93,25 +93,7 @@ bool Player::is_storage_completely_loaded() const
 
 void Player::play(const PlayOptions & options)
 {
-  // Initialize Clock
-  {
-    rosbag2_cpp::PlayerClock::ROSTimePoint time_first_message;
-    float rate = 1.0;
-
-    if (options.rate > 0.0) {
-      rate = options.rate;
-    }
-    if (reader_->has_next()) {
-      auto message = reader_->read_next();
-      time_first_message = message->time_stamp;
-      // Could not peek, so need to enqueue this popped first message to be played.
-      message_queue_.enqueue(message);
-    } else {
-      // There are no messages in the storage at all
-      return;
-    }
-    clock_ = std::make_unique<rosbag2_cpp::PlayerClock>(time_first_message, rate);
-  }
+  prepare_clock(options);
 
   topic_qos_profile_overrides_ = options.topic_qos_profile_overrides;
   prepare_publishers(options);
@@ -178,6 +160,7 @@ void Player::play_messages_until_queue_empty()
 {
   rosbag2_storage::SerializedBagMessagePtr message;
   while (message_queue_.try_dequeue(message) && rclcpp::ok()) {
+    rclcpp::spin_some(rosbag2_transport_);
     clock_->sleep_until(message->time_stamp);
     if (rclcpp::ok()) {
       auto publisher_iter = publishers_.find(message->topic_name);
@@ -220,4 +203,49 @@ void Player::prepare_publishers(const PlayOptions & options)
   }
 }
 
+void Player::prepare_clock(const PlayOptions & options)
+{
+  // Initialize Clock
+  rosbag2_cpp::PlayerClock::ROSTimePoint time_first_message;
+  float rate = 1.0;
+
+  if (options.rate > 0.0) {
+    rate = options.rate;
+  }
+  if (reader_->has_next()) {
+    auto message = reader_->read_next();
+    time_first_message = message->time_stamp;
+    // Could not peek, so need to enqueue this popped first message to be played.
+    message_queue_.enqueue(message);
+  } else {
+    // There are no messages in the storage at all
+    return;
+  }
+  clock_ = std::make_unique<rosbag2_cpp::PlayerClock>(time_first_message, rate);
+
+  // Create /clock publisher
+  if (options.clock_publish_frequency > 0.f) {
+    // NOTE: PlayerClock does not own this publisher because rosbag2_cpp
+    // should not own transport-based functionality
+    std::chrono::duration<double> clock_period{1.0 / options.clock_publish_frequency};
+    auto nanos = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(clock_period);
+    ROSBAG2_TRANSPORT_LOG_WARN("Nanos is %lu", nanos.count());
+    rclcpp::QoS clock_qos = rclcpp::QoS(1)
+      // offer as strict as possible, will match if only best_effort requested
+      .reliable()
+      // new joiner can get a clock sample immediately no matter when it was published
+      .transient_local()
+      // offer a deadline based on the current rate so that subscriptions can use it if wanted
+      .deadline(clock_period);
+    clock_publisher_ = rosbag2_transport_->create_publisher<rosgraph_msgs::msg::Clock>(
+      "/clock", clock_qos);
+    clock_publish_timer_ = rosbag2_transport_->create_wall_timer(
+      nanos, [this]() {
+        auto msg = rosgraph_msgs::msg::Clock();
+        msg.clock = rclcpp::Time(clock_->now());
+        clock_publisher_->publish(msg);
+      });
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace rosbag2_transport

rosbag2_transport/src/rosbag2_transport/player.hpp

@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
+#include "rosgraph_msgs/msg/clock.hpp"
 #include "moodycamel/readerwriterqueue.h"
 
+#include "rclcpp/publisher.hpp"
 #include "rclcpp/qos.hpp"
 
 #include "rosbag2_cpp/player_clock.hpp"
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ class Player
   void play_messages_from_queue();
   void play_messages_until_queue_empty();
   void prepare_publishers(const PlayOptions & options);
+  void prepare_clock(const PlayOptions & options);
   static constexpr double read_ahead_lower_bound_percentage_ = 0.9;
   static const std::chrono::milliseconds queue_read_wait_period_;
 
@@ -68,6 +71,8 @@ class Player
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<GenericPublisher>> publishers_;
   std::unordered_map<std::string, rclcpp::QoS> topic_qos_profile_overrides_;
   std::unique_ptr<rosbag2_cpp::PlayerClock> clock_;
+  rclcpp::Publisher<rosgraph_msgs::msg::Clock>::SharedPtr clock_publisher_;
+  std::shared_ptr<rclcpp::TimerBase> clock_publish_timer_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace rosbag2_transport