Statically type EventEmitter events

src/actionlib/ActionClient.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import Ros from "../core/Ros.js";
 import Topic from "../core/Topic.js";
 import { EventEmitter } from "eventemitter3";
 import { actionlib_msgs } from "../types/actionlib_msgs.js";
+import Goal from "./Goal.js";
 
 /**
  * An actionlib action client.
@@ -22,8 +23,10 @@ export default class ActionClient<
   TGoal = unknown,
   TFeedback = unknown,
   TResult = unknown,
-> extends EventEmitter {
-  goals = {};
+> extends EventEmitter<{
+  timeout: void;
+}> {
+  goals: Record<string, Goal<TGoal>> = {};
   /** flag to check if a status has been received */
   receivedStatus = false;
   ros: Ros;

src/actionlib/ActionListener.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ export default class ActionListener<
   TGoal,
   TFeedback,
   TResult,
-> extends EventEmitter {
+> extends EventEmitter<{
+  status: actionlib_msgs.GoalStatus;
+  feedback: [TFeedback];
+  result: [TResult];
+  goal: [TGoal];
+}> {
   ros: Ros;
   serverName: string;
   actionName: string;

src/actionlib/Goal.ts

@@ -13,15 +13,24 @@ import { actionlib_msgs } from "../types/actionlib_msgs";
  * Emits the following events:
  *  * 'timeout' - If a timeout occurred while sending a goal.
  */
-export default class Goal<T> extends EventEmitter {
+export default class Goal<
+  TGoal,
+  TFeedback = unknown,
+  TResult = unknown,
+> extends EventEmitter<{
+  timeout: void;
+  status: actionlib_msgs.GoalStatus;
+  feedback: [TFeedback];
+  result: [TResult];
+}> {
   isFinished = false;
   status = undefined;
-  result = undefined;
-  feedback = undefined;
+  result?: TResult = undefined;
+  feedback?: TFeedback = undefined;
   // Create a random ID
   goalID = "goal_" + Math.random() + "_" + new Date().getTime();
-  actionClient: ActionClient<T>;
-  goalMessage: { goal: T; goal_id: actionlib_msgs.GoalID };
+  actionClient: ActionClient<TGoal, TFeedback, TResult>;
+  goalMessage: { goal: TGoal; goal_id: actionlib_msgs.GoalID };
   /**
    * @param options
    * @param options.actionClient - The ROSLIB.ActionClient to use with this goal.
@@ -31,8 +40,8 @@ export default class Goal<T> extends EventEmitter {
     actionClient,
     goalMessage,
   }: {
-    actionClient: ActionClient<T>;
-    goalMessage: T;
+    actionClient: ActionClient<TGoal, TFeedback, TResult>;
+    goalMessage: TGoal;
   }) {
     super();
     this.actionClient = actionClient;

src/actionlib/SimpleActionServer.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ export default class SimpleActionServer<
   TGoal = unknown,
   TFeedback = unknown,
   TResult = unknown,
-> extends EventEmitter {
+> extends EventEmitter<{
+  goal: [TGoal];
+  cancel: void;
+}> {
   // needed for handling preemption prompted by a new goal being received
   currentGoal: { goal: TGoal; goal_id: actionlib_msgs.GoalID } | null = null; // currently tracked goal
   nextGoal: { goal: TGoal; goal_id: actionlib_msgs.GoalID } | null = null; // the one this'll be preempting

src/core/Action.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  * @author Sebastian Castro - [email protected]
  */
 
-import { EventEmitter } from "eventemitter3";
 import { GoalStatus } from "./GoalStatus.ts";
 import {
   isRosbridgeActionFeedbackMessage,
@@ -14,13 +13,12 @@ import Ros from "./Ros.js";
 
 /**
  * A ROS 2 action client.
- * @template TGoal, TFeedback, TResult
  */
 export default class Action<
   TGoal = unknown,
   TFeedback = unknown,
   TResult = unknown,
-> extends EventEmitter {
+> {
   isAdvertised = false;
   #actionCallback: ((goal: TGoal, id: string) => void) | null = null;
   #cancelCallback: ((id: string) => void) | null = null;
@@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ export default class Action<
     name: string;
     actionType: string;
   }) {
-    super();
     this.ros = ros;
     this.name = name;
     this.actionType = actionType;
@@ -73,22 +70,14 @@ export default class Action<
 
     if (resultCallback || failedCallback) {
       this.ros.on(actionGoalId, function (message) {
-        if (message.result !== undefined && message.result === false) {
-          if (typeof failedCallback === "function") {
-            failedCallback(message.values);
+        if (isRosbridgeActionResultMessage<TResult>(message)) {
+          if (!message.result) {
+            failedCallback?.(message.values ?? "");
+          } else {
+            resultCallback?.(message.values);
           }
-        } else if (
-          isRosbridgeActionFeedbackMessage(message) &&
-          typeof feedbackCallback === "function"
-        ) {
-          // @ts-expect-error -- can't do generic type guards in this file until it's migrated to typescript
-          feedbackCallback(message.values);
-        } else if (
-          isRosbridgeActionResultMessage(message) &&
-          typeof resultCallback === "function"
-        ) {
-          // @ts-expect-error -- can't do generic type guards in this file until it's migrated to typescript
-          resultCallback(message.values);
+        } else if (isRosbridgeActionFeedbackMessage<TFeedback>(message)) {
+          feedbackCallback?.(message.values);
         }
       });
     }

src/core/Ros.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,14 @@ import { rosapi } from "../types/rosapi.ts";
  *  * <topicName> - A message came from rosbridge with the given topic name.
  *  * <serviceID> - A service response came from rosbridge with the given ID.
  */
-export default class Ros extends EventEmitter {
+export default class Ros extends EventEmitter<
+  {
+    error: [string];
+    connection: [Event];
+    close: [Event];
+    // Any dynamically-named event should correspond to a rosbridge protocol message
+  } & Record<string, [RosbridgeMessage]>
+> {
   /** @type {import('./SocketAdapter.js').default | null} */
   socket: import("./SocketAdapter.js").default | null = null;
   idCounter = 0;
@@ -131,7 +138,7 @@ export default class Ros extends EventEmitter {
         this.emit("close", event);
       },
       onError: (event) => {
-        this.emit("error", event);
+        this.emit("error", String(event));
       },
       onMessage: (message) => {
         this.#handleMessage(message);
@@ -146,7 +153,7 @@ export default class Ros extends EventEmitter {
    */
   #handleMessage(message: RosbridgeMessage) {
     if (isRosbridgePublishMessage(message)) {
-      this.emit(message.topic, message.msg);
+      this.emit(message.topic, message);
     } else if (isRosbridgeServiceResponseMessage(message)) {
       if (message.id) {
         this.emit(message.id, message);

src/core/Service.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import { EventEmitter } from "eventemitter3";
 import {
+  isRosbridgeServiceResponseMessage,
   RosbridgeCallServiceMessage,
   RosbridgeServiceResponseMessage,
 } from "../types/protocol.ts";
@@ -79,12 +80,12 @@ export default class Service<TRequest, TResponse> extends EventEmitter {
 
     if (callback || failedCallback) {
       this.ros.once(serviceCallId, function (message) {
-        if (message.result !== undefined && message.result === false) {
-          if (typeof failedCallback === "function") {
-            failedCallback(message.values);
+        if (isRosbridgeServiceResponseMessage<TResponse>(message)) {
+          if (!message.result) {
+            failedCallback?.(message.values ?? "");
+          } else {
+            callback?.(message.values);
           }
-        } else if (typeof callback === "function") {
-          callback(message.values);
         }
       });
     }

src/core/Topic.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import Service from "./Service.js";
 import Ros from "./Ros.js";
 import {
   RosbridgeAdvertiseMessage,
+  RosbridgePublishMessage,
   RosbridgeSubscribeMessage,
 } from "../types/protocol.ts";
 import { rosapi } from "../types/rosapi.ts";
@@ -19,7 +20,12 @@ import { rosapi } from "../types/rosapi.ts";
  *  * 'warning' - If there are any warning during the Topic creation.
  *  * 'message' - The message data from rosbridge.
  */
-export default class Topic<T> extends EventEmitter {
+export default class Topic<T> extends EventEmitter<{
+  message: [T];
+  warning: [string];
+  unsubscribe: void;
+  unadvertise: void;
+}> {
   waitForReconnect: boolean | undefined = undefined;
   reconnectFunc: (() => void) | undefined = undefined;
   isAdvertised = false;
@@ -125,8 +131,8 @@ export default class Topic<T> extends EventEmitter {
     }
   }
 
-  #messageCallback = (data: T) => {
-    this.emit("message", data);
+  #messageCallback = (data: RosbridgePublishMessage<T>) => {
+    this.emit("message", data.msg);
   };
   /**
    * Every time a message is published for the given topic, the callback

src/tf/BaseTFClient.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import Transform from "../math/Transform.js";
-import { EventEmitter } from "eventemitter3";
 import Ros from "../core/Ros.js";
 import { tf2_msgs } from "../types/tf2_msgs.js";
 
 /**
  * Base class for TF Clients that provides common functionality.
  */
-export default class BaseTFClient extends EventEmitter {
+export default class BaseTFClient {
   frameInfos: Record<
     string,
     { transform?: Transform; cbs: ((tf: Transform) => void)[] }
@@ -55,8 +54,6 @@ export default class BaseTFClient extends EventEmitter {
     topicTimeout?: number;
     serverName?: string;
   }) {
-    super();
-
     this.ros = ros;
     this.fixedFrame = fixedFrame;
     this.angularThres = angularThres;

src/types/protocol.ts

@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ export type RosbridgeServiceResponseMessage<TValues = undefined> =
   | FailedRosbridgeServiceResponseMessage
   | SuccessfulRosbridgeServiceResponseMessage<TValues>;
 
-export function isRosbridgeServiceResponseMessage(
+export function isRosbridgeServiceResponseMessage<T>(
   message: RosbridgeMessage,
-): message is RosbridgeServiceResponseMessage {
+): message is RosbridgeServiceResponseMessage<T> {
   return message.op === "service_response";
 }
 
@@ -260,19 +260,32 @@ export function isRosbridgeActionFeedbackMessage<TFeedback = unknown>(
   return message.op === "action_feedback";
 }
 
-export interface RosbridgeActionResultMessage<TResultValues = unknown>
-  extends RosbridgeMessage {
+interface RosbridgeActionResultMessageBase extends RosbridgeMessage {
   op: "action_result";
   id: string;
   action: string;
-  values: TResultValues;
   status: number;
-  result: boolean;
 }
 
-export function isRosbridgeActionResultMessage(
+interface FailedRosbridgeActionResultMessage
+  extends RosbridgeActionResultMessageBase {
+  result: false;
+  values?: string;
+}
+
+interface SuccessfulRosbridgeActionResultMessage<TResultValues = unknown>
+  extends RosbridgeActionResultMessageBase {
+  values: TResultValues;
+  result: true;
+}
+
+export type RosbridgeActionResultMessage<TResultValues = unknown> =
+  | FailedRosbridgeActionResultMessage
+  | SuccessfulRosbridgeActionResultMessage<TResultValues>;
+
+export function isRosbridgeActionResultMessage<TResultValues = unknown>(
   message: RosbridgeMessage,
-): message is RosbridgeActionResultMessage {
+): message is RosbridgeActionResultMessage<TResultValues> {
   return message.op === "action_result";
 }