check for proper name in ViewSelection::commitGazeTarget

source/armarx/view_selection/client/ViewSelection.cpp

@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ namespace armarx::view_selection::client
                               "ViewSelection::connect() in onConnectComponent()?";
             return;
         }
+        if (target.name == "")
+        {
+            ARMARX_WARNING << "The target name is empty. Did you forget to initialize it?";
+            return;
+        }
 
         gaze_targets::arondto::GazeTarget dto;
         toAron(dto, target);

source/armarx/view_selection/gaze_targets/GazeTarget.cpp

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ namespace armarx::view_selection::gaze_targets
 {
     GazeTarget::GazeTarget()
     {
-        creationTimestamp = core::time::DateTime::Now();
     }
 
     GazeTarget::GazeTarget(std::string name,

source/armarx/view_selection/gaze_targets/GazeTarget.h

@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 namespace armarx::view_selection::gaze_targets
 {
     /**
- * @brief Business Object (BO) class of GazeTarget.
- */
+    * @brief Business Object (BO) class of GazeTarget.
+    */
     class GazeTarget
     {
     public:
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace armarx::view_selection::gaze_targets
         FramedPosition position;
         // Scheduler values
         TargetPriority priority = TargetPriority(AttentionType::RandomEvent, 0.0);
-        armarx::core::time::Duration duration;
+        armarx::core::time::Duration duration = armarx::Duration::MicroSeconds(0);
         bool keepInQueue = false;
         // Event logging
         TargetStatus status = TargetStatus::Requested;
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ namespace armarx::view_selection::gaze_targets
                             armarx::core::time::Duration duration,
                             const bool keepInQueue);
 
+        bool
+        isActive() const
+        {
+            return activationTimestamp.toMicroSecondsSinceEpoch() > 0;
+        }
         bool
         isReached() const
         {