feat(AdvDevice): Add convenience operator to NimBLEAddress

src/NimBLEAdvertisedDevice.cpp

@@ -780,6 +780,16 @@ bool NimBLEAdvertisedDevice::isLegacyAdvertisement() const {
 # endif
 } // isLegacyAdvertisement
 
+/**
+ * @brief Convenience operator to convert this NimBLEAdvertisedDevice to NimBLEAddress representation.
+ * @details This allows passing NimBLEAdvertisedDevice to functions
+ * that accept NimBLEAddress and/or or it's methods as a parameter.
+ */
+NimBLEAdvertisedDevice::operator NimBLEAddress() const {
+    NimBLEAddress address(getAddress());
+    return address;
+} // operator NimBLEAddress
+
 /**
  * @brief Get the payload advertised by the device.
  * @return The advertisement payload.

src/NimBLEAdvertisedDevice.h

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class NimBLEAdvertisedDevice {
     uint8_t  getSecondaryPhy() const;
     uint16_t getPeriodicInterval() const;
 # endif
+    operator NimBLEAddress() const;
 
     const std::vector<uint8_t>&                getPayload() const;
     const std::vector<uint8_t>::const_iterator begin() const;

src/NimBLEClient.cpp

@@ -141,22 +141,6 @@ bool NimBLEClient::connect(bool deleteAttributes, bool asyncConnect, bool exchan
     return connect(m_peerAddress, deleteAttributes, asyncConnect, exchangeMTU);
 } // connect
 
-/**
- * @brief Connect to an advertising device.
- * @param [in] device The device to connect to.
- * @param [in] deleteAttributes If true this will delete any attribute objects this client may already\n
- * have created when last connected.
- * @param [in] asyncConnect If true, the connection will be made asynchronously and this function will return immediately.\n
- * If false, this function will block until the connection is established or the connection attempt times out.
- * @param [in] exchangeMTU If true, the client will attempt to exchange MTU with the server after connection.\n
- * If false, the client will use the default MTU size and the application will need to call exchangeMTU() later.
- * @return true on success.
- */
-bool NimBLEClient::connect(const NimBLEAdvertisedDevice* device, bool deleteAttributes, bool asyncConnect, bool exchangeMTU) {
-    NimBLEAddress address(device->getAddress());
-    return connect(address, deleteAttributes, asyncConnect, exchangeMTU);
-} // connect
-
 /**
  * @brief Connect to a BLE Server by address.
  * @param [in] address The address of the server.

src/NimBLEClient.h

@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ struct NimBLETaskData;
  */
 class NimBLEClient {
   public:
-    bool connect(const NimBLEAdvertisedDevice* device,
-                 bool                          deleteAttributes = true,
-                 bool                          asyncConnect     = false,
-                 bool                          exchangeMTU      = true);
     bool connect(const NimBLEAddress& address, bool deleteAttributes = true, bool asyncConnect = false, bool exchangeMTU = true);
     bool           connect(bool deleteAttributes = true, bool asyncConnect = false, bool exchangeMTU = true);
     bool           disconnect(uint8_t reason = BLE_ERR_REM_USER_CONN_TERM);