allow changing the public name of controlsystem-type nodes

include/VariableNetworkNode.h

@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ namespace ChimeraTK {
       size_t getNumberOfElements() const;
       ChimeraTK::TransferElementAbstractor& getAppAccessorNoType();
 
+      void setPublicName(const std::string& name) const;
+
       template<typename UserType>
       ChimeraTK::NDRegisterAccessorAbstractor<UserType>& getAppAccessor() const;
 

src/VariableNetworkNode.cc

@@ -425,4 +425,11 @@ namespace ChimeraTK {
     pdata->owningModule = newOwner;
   }
 
+  /*********************************************************************************************************************/
+
+  void VariableNetworkNode::setPublicName(const std::string& name) const {
+    pdata->publicName = name;
+  }
+
+
 }