Allows TempBuffer to be initialized by concatenation of multiple existing buffers.
Constructor contains pairs of (T *buf), nElements, where last argument MUST BE NULL to signify end of variable argument list.
Will work with any type T, and nElements is in units of elements of type T.
Checks that iterator exists (i.e. does not equal end()) and returns length, else returns -1. Can be used for checking for both the presence, and length, of a TLV record
Stylistic only. Cannot remove .get() when a TempBuffer is being re-cast. Also can't remove .get() when cast can't be determined, such as when used in Serial.printf() [potential to do: explore if this can be addressed, though this is stylistic only and has no impact on code]
Reduces NVS consumption by from 3 to only 1 records when storing numerical values.
Also: Fixed memory problem in getCharacteristics by replacing dynamically-sized stack buffers with TempBuffer (must do this everywhere), which was causing stack probllem when combination number of Accessories and number of Characteristics got very large.
Added logic to sequentially transmit chunks of the HTML response String whenever it grows beyond 1024 bytes. This ensures the number of WebLog entries does not create a very large HTML String that eats up all the free heap space. WebLog entries are now only limited by storage of the entries themselves. Tested successfully with 500 entries.
Forces all heap requests to be drawn from PSRAM, unless the device does not contain PSRAM.
To do: Provide easy-to-use NEW() macro; add custom allocator to unordered sets; auto-shrink vectors after updateDatabase()
Rather than use a large temporary buffer to store all encrypted frames to transmit all at once, each encrypted frame is transmitted as soon as created, which means the temporary buffer only needs to be large enough to store a single encrypted frame.
For a device with a large number of Accessories, this can save 15-20 KB of temporary storage, allowing for more Accessories.
Note this change does not reduce the size of the unencrypted message that is initially produced and can also be quite large. Potential for future project.
Allows extension of initial table produced in WebLog, where f is a function that returns a String. The returned String is copied into the WebLog HTML just before the </table> tag is printed in the initial table.
Changed fixed-size array `struct Controller[MAX_CONTROLLERS]` to a dynamic linked-list of Controllers. Re-coded all related functions. MAX_CONTROLLERS no sets the size of any buffers but is only used to limit the ultimate size of the linked-list.
Saved about 1K of RAM since most of the time there are only 2 Controllers defined (as opposed to the 16 allowed).
* Added support for zero-length TLV
* Added SEPARATOR as a formal kTLVType (and updated listControllers() to use)
* Added `uint8_t *buf(tagType tag, uint8_t *src, int len);` to load buffer needing external memcpy (and updated listControllers() to use)
Optimized use of heap memory instead of stack memory for temporary variables, and makes code easier to read, provided all heap usage is free() at end of each function.
Also removed char *hostName as a member variable of homeSpan. It's never actually used since MDNS constructs its own copy of hostName as needed.
Allows user to define a custom style sheet to change the webLog output. Style sheet is based on pre-defined class:
bod1 = main body of web page, including header (in format of <h2>)
tabl1 = top table showing general status
tab2 = bottom table showing all weblog entries
Gregg