From 73f342616e275ca726d70807212a733f9971bf66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Gubler <thomasgubler@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:16:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add better accessor

---
 src/examples/subscriber/subscriber_example.cpp |  2 +-
 src/platforms/px4_subscriber.h                 | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/examples/subscriber/subscriber_example.cpp b/src/examples/subscriber/subscriber_example.cpp
index 215336c174..781dde486c 100644
--- a/src/examples/subscriber/subscriber_example.cpp
+++ b/src/examples/subscriber/subscriber_example.cpp
@@ -81,5 +81,5 @@ void SubscriberExample::rc_channels_callback(const px4_rc_channels &msg) {
 	PX4_INFO("Callback (method): [%llu]",
 			msg.data().timestamp_last_valid);
 	PX4_INFO("Callback (method): value of _sub_rc_chan: [%llu]",
-			_sub_rc_chan->get().data().timestamp_last_valid);
+			_sub_rc_chan->data().timestamp_last_valid);
 }
diff --git a/src/platforms/px4_subscriber.h b/src/platforms/px4_subscriber.h
index 6a81ef8d22..6ca35b173f 100644
--- a/src/platforms/px4_subscriber.h
+++ b/src/platforms/px4_subscriber.h
@@ -84,7 +84,15 @@ public:
 	/**
 	 * Get the last message value
 	 */
-	virtual T get() {return _msg_current;}
+	virtual T& get() {return _msg_current;}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the last native message value
+	 */
+	virtual decltype(((T*)nullptr)->data()) data()
+	{
+		return _msg_current.data();
+	}
 
 protected:
 	T _msg_current;				/**< Current Message value */