Set peer address of client when creating the instance.

* Adds new client connect method that will connect to the address already set.

Co-authored-by: wakwak-koba <wakwak-koba@users.noreply.github.com>

src/NimBLEClient.cpp

@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ size_t NimBLEClient::deleteService(const NimBLEUUID &uuid) {
 } // deleteServices
 
 
+bool NimBLEClient::connect(bool refreshServices) {
+    return connect(m_peerAddress, 0, refreshServices);
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Connect to an advertising device.
  * @param [in] device The device to connect to.
@@ -348,7 +352,23 @@ uint16_t NimBLEClient::getConnId() {
  */
 NimBLEAddress NimBLEClient::getPeerAddress() {
     return m_peerAddress;
-} // getAddress
+} // getPeerAddress
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief Set the peer address.
+ * @param [in] address The address of the peer that this client is
+ * connected or should connect to.
+ */
+void NimBLEClient::setPeerAddress(const NimBLEAddress &address) {
+    if(isConnected()) {
+        NIMBLE_LOGE(LOG_TAG, "Cannot set peer address while connected");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    m_peerAddress = address;
+    NIMBLE_LOGE(LOG_TAG, "Peer address set: %s", std::string(m_peerAddress).c_str());
+} // setPeerAddress
 
 
 /**

src/NimBLEClient.h

@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ public:
     bool                                        connect(NimBLEAdvertisedDevice* device, bool refreshServices = true);
     bool                                        connect(const NimBLEAddress &address, uint8_t type = BLE_ADDR_PUBLIC,
                                                         bool refreshServices = true);
+    bool                                        connect(bool refreshServices = true);
     int                                         disconnect(uint8_t reason = BLE_ERR_REM_USER_CONN_TERM);
     NimBLEAddress                               getPeerAddress();
+    void                                        setPeerAddress(const NimBLEAddress &address);
     int                                         getRssi();
     std::vector<NimBLERemoteService*>*          getServices(bool refresh = false);
     std::vector<NimBLERemoteService*>::iterator begin();

src/NimBLEDevice.cpp

@@ -140,13 +140,16 @@ void NimBLEDevice::stopAdvertising() {
  * @return A reference to the new client object.
  */
 #if defined(CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ROLE_CENTRAL)
-/* STATIC */ NimBLEClient* NimBLEDevice::createClient() {
+/* STATIC */ NimBLEClient* NimBLEDevice::createClient(NimBLEAddress peerAddress) {
     if(m_cList.size() >= NIMBLE_MAX_CONNECTIONS) {
         NIMBLE_LOGW("Number of clients exceeds Max connections. Max=(%d)",
                                             NIMBLE_MAX_CONNECTIONS);
     }
 
     NimBLEClient* pClient = new NimBLEClient();
+    if(peerAddress != NimBLEAddress("")) {
+        pClient->setPeerAddress(peerAddress);
+    }
     m_cList.push_back(pClient);
 
     return pClient;

src/NimBLEDevice.h

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public:
 #endif
 
 #if defined( CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ROLE_CENTRAL)
-    static NimBLEClient*    createClient();
+    static NimBLEClient*    createClient(NimBLEAddress peerAddress = NimBLEAddress(""));
     static bool             deleteClient(NimBLEClient* pClient);
     static NimBLEClient*    getClientByID(uint16_t conn_id);
     static NimBLEClient*    getClientByPeerAddress(const NimBLEAddress &peer_addr);