Fix type name queries for string types. (ros2/rosidl_python#77)

Signed-off-by: Michel Hidalgo <michel@ekumenlabs.com>
ros2 · Sep 19, 2019 · 6ebce88 · 6ebce88
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diff --git a/rosidl_runtime_py/convert.py b/rosidl_runtime_py/convert.py
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 def __get_type_name(value_type):
     if isinstance(value_type, rosidl_parser.definition.BasicType):
         return value_type.typename
+    elif isinstance(value_type, rosidl_parser.definition.AbstractString):
+        return 'string'
+    elif isinstance(value_type, rosidl_parser.definition.AbstractWString):
+        return 'wstring'
     elif isinstance(value_type, rosidl_parser.definition.NamedType):
         return value_type.name
     elif isinstance(value_type, rosidl_parser.definition.NamespacedType):