orogen_transports::TypelibMarshallerBase* orogen_transports::getMarshallerFor(std::string const& type)
{
RTT::types::TypeInfoRepository::shared_ptr type_registry =
RTT::types::TypeInfoRepository::Instance();
RTT::types::TypeInfo* ti = type_registry->type(type);
if (!ti)
{
// Try harder. Some base types don't have a
// typelib-normalized name, so we should look
// for the type without the leading slash
ti = type_registry->type(type.substr(1));
if (!ti)
throw std::runtime_error("type " + type + " is not registered in the RTT type system");
}
if (!ti->hasProtocol(orogen_transports::TYPELIB_MARSHALLER_ID))
throw std::runtime_error("type " + type + " is registered in the RTT type system, but does not have a typelib transport");
orogen_transports::TypelibMarshallerBase* typelib_marshaller =
dynamic_cast<orogen_transports::TypelibMarshallerBase*>(ti->getProtocol(orogen_transports::TYPELIB_MARSHALLER_ID));
if (!typelib_marshaller)
throw std::runtime_error("the transport object registered as typelib transport for type " + type + " is not a TypelibMarshallerBase");
return typelib_marshaller;
}
