Load plugin where base class exists in another project

[jlack1987]

I'm having some trouble loading a plugin and decided to open an issue to see if it's even possible. I am creating package_B where i'm creating a class that implements a plugin base class that exists in package_A.

Also, somewhere in package_A, they call loader->createInstance(plugin_type). When plugin_type equals the plugin i've created in package_B, it fails saying the plugin doesn't exist. But when the plugin type is one of the plugins created/exported from package_A, it works just fine. I feel like maybe pluginlib isn't built to do what i'm trying to make it do. Thoughts?

[dirk-thomas]

I am not sure if you have seen the ROS support guidelines but we kindly ask to raise questions like this on answers.ros.org instead.

The rational for asking all kind of questions in a single place is:

• There are many more people reading questions there so your chances on getting an answer and in a timely manner are much higher.
• In the future other users will search there for similar problems and can find your question and the potential answers.
• The issue tracker in this repo is used to track bugs, feature requests, etc. But your question is not such an action item.

Therefore I will close this ticket here for now. If you have asked your question on answers.ros.org please feel free to add a link to the question to this ticket so that future readers can find the related question.