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from rclpy.exceptions import InvalidNamespaceException
from rclpy.impl.implementation_singleton import rclpy_implementation as _rclpy


def validate_namespace(namespace):
    """
    Validate a given namespace, and raise an exception if it is invalid.

    Unlike the node constructor, which allows namespaces without a leading '/'
    and empty namespaces "", this function requires that the namespace be
    absolute and non-empty.

    If the namespace is invalid then rclpy.exceptions.InvalidNamespaceException
    will be raised.

    :param namespace str: namespace to be validated
    :returns: True when it is valid
    :raises: InvalidNamespaceException: when the namespace is invalid
    """
    result = _rclpy.rclpy_get_validation_error_for_namespace(namespace)
    if result is None:
        return True
    error_msg, invalid_index = result
    raise InvalidNamespaceException(namespace, error_msg, invalid_index)
