Document NT4 table-specific listener pattern #3131
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Adds explanation of how to achieve table-specific listening in NT4 using NetworkTableInstance.addListener() with topic name prefix filters, since NetworkTable-level listeners were removed in NT4. Fixes wpilibsuite#2314
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Summary
Adds explanation of how to achieve table-specific listening in NetworkTables 4, since NetworkTable-level listeners were removed. Documents the pattern of using
NetworkTableInstance.addListener()with topic name prefix filters.Changes
["/datatable/"]array to listen only to a specific tableFixes #2314