This does not deprecate any current functionality, but prepares the way for future deprecation.
The drive classes now accept void(double) functions, which makes them more flexible.
The C++ API ended up a bit more verbose, but the Java API is really concise with method references, which is >80% of our userbase. For example:
`DifferentialDrive drive = new DifferentialDrive(m_leftMotor::set, m_rightMotor::set);`
Lambdas can be passed to interoperate with vendor motor controller APIs that don't have e.g., set(double), so CTRE doesn't have to maintain their WPI_ classes anymore.
MotorControllerGroup was replaced with PWMMotorController.addFollower() for PWM motor controllers. Users of CAN motor controllers should use their vendor's follower functionality.
The non-NT portion has been moved to wpiutil.
The NT portion has been moved to ntcore (as NTSendable).
SendableBuilder similarly split and moved.
SendableRegistry moved to wpiutil.
In C++, SendableHelper also moved to wpiutil.
This enables use of Sendable from wpimath and also enables
moving several classes from wpilib to wpimath.
The command and shuffleboard integration tests were removed because
their unit tests counterparts already provide adequate coverage. Java
already removed these.
Also deprecate SpeedController in favor of motorcontrol.MotorController and
SpeedControllerGroup in favor of motorcontrol.MotorControllerGroup.
The MotorController interface is derived from the SpeedController interface
so that code such as SpeedController x = new VictorSP(1) continues to
compile (just with a warning).
SpeedControllerGroup and MotorControllerGroup are independent classes;
both implement the MotorController interface.
The wpimath library is a new library designed to separate the reusable math functionality
from the common utility library (wpiutil) and the hardware-dependent library (wpilibc/j).
Package names / include file names were NOT changed to minimize breakage. In a future year
it would be good to revamp these for a more uniform user experience and to reduce the risk
of accidental naming conflicts.
While theoretically all of this functionality could be placed into wpiutil, several pieces
of this library (e.g. DARE) are very time-consuming to compile, so it's nice to avoid this
expense for users who only want cscore or ntcore. It also allows for easy future separation
of build tasks vs number of workers on memory-constrained machines.
This moves the following functionality from wpiutil into wpimath:
- Eigen
- ejml
- Drake
- DARE
- wpiutil.math package (Matrix etc)
- units
And the following functionality from wpilibc/j into wpimath:
- Geometry
- Kinematics
- Spline
- Trajectory
- LinearFilter
- MedianFilter
- Feed-forward controllers
This removes the name and subsystem from individual objects, and instead
puts this data into a new singleton class, SendableRegistry. Much of
LiveWindow has been refactored into SendableRegistry.
In C++, a new CRTP helper class, SendableHelper, has been added to provide
move and destruction functionality.
Shims for GetName, SetName, GetSubsystem, and SetSubsystem have been added
to Command and Subsystem (both old and new), and also to SendableHelper to
prevent code breakage.
This deprecates SendableBase in preparation for future removal.
