add example for advertise_service and fix documentation

examples/simple.html

@@ -108,6 +108,24 @@
     console.log('Result for service call on ' + addTwoIntsClient.name + ': ' + result.sum);
   });
 
+  // Advertising a Service
+  // ---------------------
+
+  // The Service object does double duty for both calling and advertising services
+  var setBoolServer = new ROSLIB.Service({
+    ros : ros,
+    name : '/set_bool',
+    serviceType : 'std_srvs/SetBool'
+  });
+
+  // Use the advertise() method to indicate that we want to provide this service
+  setBoolServer.advertise(function(request, response) {
+    console.log('Received service request on ' + setBoolServer.name + ': ' + request.data);
+    response['success'] = true;
+    response['message'] = 'Set successfully';
+    return true;
+  });
+
   // Setting a param value
   // ---------------------
 

src/core/Service.js

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ function Service(options) {
 }
 Service.prototype.__proto__ = EventEmitter2.prototype;
 /**
- * Calls the service. Returns the service response in the callback.
+ * Calls the service. Returns the service response in the
+ * callback. Does nothing if this service is currently advertised.
  *
  * @param request - the ROSLIB.ServiceRequest to send
  * @param callback - function with params:
@@ -64,11 +65,15 @@ Service.prototype.callService = function(request, callback, failedCallback) {
 };
 
 /**
- * Every time a message is published for the given topic, the callback
- * will be called with the message object.
+ * Advertise the service. This turns the Service object from a client
+ * into a server. The callback will be called with every request
+ * that's made on this service.
  *
- * @param callback - function with the following params:
- *   * message - the published message
+ * @param callback - This works similarly to the callback for a C++ service and should take the following params:
+ *   * request - the service request
+ *   * response - an empty dictionary. Take care not to overwrite this. Instead, only modify the values within.
+ *   It should return true if the service has finished successfully,
+ *   i.e. without any fatal errors.
  */
 Service.prototype.advertise = function(callback) {
   if (this.isAdvertised || typeof callback !== 'function') {
@@ -114,4 +119,4 @@ Service.prototype._serviceResponse = function(rosbridgeRequest) {
   this.ros.callOnConnection(call);
 };
 
-module.exports = Service;
+module.exports = Service;