Add a basic test for the new interface

Signed-off-by: Emerson Knapp <emerson.b.knapp@gmail.com>

rclcpp/src/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_base.cpp

@@ -115,13 +115,6 @@ NodeBase::NodeBase(
     throw_from_rcl_error(ret, "failed to initialize rcl node");
   }
 
-  // To capture all types from builtin topics and services, the type cache needs to be initialized
-  // before any other components are initialized.
-  ret = rcl_node_type_cache_init(rcl_node.get());
-  if (ret != RCL_RET_OK) {
-    throw_from_rcl_error(ret, "failed to initialize type cache");
-  }
-
   node_handle_.reset(
     rcl_node.release(),
     [logging_mutex](rcl_node_t * node) -> void {

rclcpp/test/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ if(TARGET test_node_interfaces__node_topics)
     "test_msgs")
   target_link_libraries(test_node_interfaces__node_topics ${PROJECT_NAME} mimick)
 endif()
+ament_add_gtest(test_node_interfaces__node_type_descriptions
+  node_interfaces/test_node_type_descriptions.cpp)
+if(TARGET test_node_interfaces__node_type_descriptions)
+  target_link_libraries(test_node_interfaces__node_type_descriptions ${PROJECT_NAME} mimick)
+endif()
 ament_add_gtest(test_node_interfaces__node_waitables
   node_interfaces/test_node_waitables.cpp)
 if(TARGET test_node_interfaces__node_waitables)

rclcpp/test/rclcpp/node_interfaces/test_node_type_descriptions.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "rclcpp/node.hpp"
+#include "rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_type_descriptions.hpp"
+
+class TestNodeTypeDescriptions : public ::testing::Test
+{
+public:
+  void SetUp()
+  {
+    rclcpp::init(0, nullptr);
+  }
+
+  void TearDown()
+  {
+    rclcpp::shutdown();
+  }
+};
+
+TEST_F(TestNodeTypeDescriptions, interface_created)
+{
+  rclcpp::Node node{"node", "ns"};
+  ASSERT_NE(nullptr, node.get_node_type_descriptions_interface());
+}
+
+TEST_F(TestNodeTypeDescriptions, disabled_no_service)
+{
+  rclcpp::NodeOptions node_options;
+  node_options.append_parameter_override("start_type_description_service", false);
+  rclcpp::Node node{"node", "ns", node_options};
+
+  rcl_node_t * rcl_node = node.get_node_base_interface()->get_rcl_node_handle();
+  rcl_service_t * srv = nullptr;
+  rcl_ret_t ret = rcl_node_get_type_description_service(rcl_node, &srv);
+  ASSERT_EQ(RCL_RET_NOT_INIT, ret);
+}
+
+TEST_F(TestNodeTypeDescriptions, enabled_creates_service)
+{
+  rclcpp::NodeOptions node_options;
+  node_options.append_parameter_override("start_type_description_service", true);
+  rclcpp::Node node{"node", "ns", node_options};
+
+  rcl_node_t * rcl_node = node.get_node_base_interface()->get_rcl_node_handle();
+  rcl_service_t * srv = nullptr;
+  rcl_ret_t ret = rcl_node_get_type_description_service(rcl_node, &srv);
+  ASSERT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret);
+  ASSERT_NE(nullptr, srv);
+}