fsfw/doc/README-localpools.md

Local Data Pools

The local data pools can be used to store data like sensor values so they can be used by other software objects like controllers as well. If a class should have a local pool which can be used by other software objects as well, following steps have to be performed:

1. Create a LocalDataPoolManager member class
2. Implement the HasLocalDataPoolIF

The local data pool manager is also able to process housekeeping service requests in form of messages, generate periodic housekeeping packet, generate notification and snapshots of changed variables and datasets and process notifications and snapshots coming from other objects. Two important framework classes already perform the two steps shown above so the steps required are altered slightly.

Storing and Accessing pool data

The pool manager is responsible for thread-safe access of the pool data, but the actual access to the pool data is done via proxy classes like pool variable classes or dataset classes. Generally, a user will create a dataset class which in turn groups all cohesive pool variables.

The user can then use this set class to read the variables and commit changed variables back into the pool.

Using the local data pools of the DeviceHandlerBase

It is very common to store data generated by devices like a sensor into a pool which can then be used by other objects. Therefore, the DeviceHandlerBase already has a local pool. The