Abstract away BLE-capable radio transceivers or SOCs. More...

#include <BLE.h>

Data Structures
struct	InitializationCompleteCallbackContext
	Initialization complete event. More...

struct	OnEventsToProcessCallbackContext
	Events to process event. More...

Public Types
typedef unsigned	InstanceID_t
	Opaque type used to store the ID of a BLE instance. More...

typedef FunctionPointerWithContext< OnEventsToProcessCallbackContext * >	OnEventsToProcessCallback_t
	Events to process event handler. More...

typedef void(*	InitializationCompleteCallback_t) (InitializationCompleteCallbackContext *context)
	Initialization complete event handler. More...

Public Member Functions
InstanceID_t	getInstanceID (void) const
	Fetch the ID of a BLE instance. More...

void	onEventsToProcess (const OnEventsToProcessCallback_t &on_event_cb)
	Register a callback called when the BLE stack has pending work. More...

void	processEvents ()
	Process ALL pending events living in the BLE stack and return once all events have been consumed. More...

ble_error_t	init (InitializationCompleteCallback_t completion_cb=NULL)
	Initialize the BLE controller/stack. More...

template<typename T >
ble_error_t	init (T object, void(T::completion_cb)(InitializationCompleteCallbackContext *context))
	Initialize the BLE controller/stack. More...

bool	hasInitialized (void) const
	Indicate if the BLE instance has been initialized. More...

ble_error_t	shutdown (void)
	Shut down the underlying stack, and reset state of this BLE instance. More...

const char *	getVersion (void)
	This call allows the application to get the BLE stack version information. More...

Gap &	gap ()
	Accessor to Gap. More...

const Gap &	gap () const
	A const alternative to gap(). More...

GattServer &	gattServer ()
	Accessor to GattServer. More...

const GattServer &	gattServer () const
	A const alternative to gattServer(). More...

GattClient &	gattClient ()
	Accessors to GattClient. More...

const GattClient &	gattClient () const
	A const alternative to gattClient(). More...

SecurityManager &	securityManager ()
	Accessors to SecurityManager. More...

const SecurityManager &	securityManager () const
	A const alternative to securityManager(). More...

Static Public Member Functions
static BLE &	Instance (InstanceID_t id=DEFAULT_INSTANCE)
	Get a reference to the BLE singleton corresponding to a given interface. More...

static const char *	errorToString (ble_error_t error)
	Translate error code into a printable string. More...

Static Public Attributes
static const InstanceID_t	DEFAULT_INSTANCE = 0
	The value of the BLE::InstanceID_t for the default BLE instance. More...

static const InstanceID_t	NUM_INSTANCES = 1
	The number of permitted BLE instances for the application. More...

Detailed Description

Abstract away BLE-capable radio transceivers or SOCs.

Instances of this class have three responsibilities:

Initialize the inner BLE subsystem.
Signal user code that BLE events are available and an API to process them.
Manage access to the instances abstracting each BLE layer:
- GAP: Handle advertising and scan, as well as connection and disconnection.
- GATTServer: API to construct and manage a GATT server, which connected peers can access.
- GATTClient: API to interact with a peer GATT server.
- SecurityManager: API to manage security.

The user should not create BLE instances directly but rather access to the singleton(s) holding the BLE interfaces present in the system by using the static function Instance().

#include "ble/BLE.h"
BLE& ble_interface = BLE::Instance();

Next, the signal handling/process mechanism should be set up. By design, Mbed BLE does not impose to the user an event handling/processing mechanism; however, it exposes APIs, which allows an application to compose its own:

onEventsToProcess(), which registers a callback that the BLE subsystem will call when there is an event ready to be processed.
processEvents(), which processes all the events present in the BLE subsystem.

It is common to bind BLE event mechanism with Mbed EventQueue:

#include <events/mbed_events.h>
#include "ble/BLE.h"
// declare the event queue, which the whole application will share.
static EventQueue event_queue(4 * EVENTS_EVENT_SIZE);
// Function invoked when there is a BLE event available.
// Event processing is put into the event queue.
void schedule_ble_processing(BLE::OnEventsToProcessCallbackContext* context) {
  event_queue.call(callback(&(context->ble), &BLE::processEvents));
}
int main()
{
  BLE &ble_interface = BLE::Instance();
  // Bind event signaling to schedule_ble_processing
  ble_interface.onEventsToProcess(schedule_ble_processing);
  // Launch BLE initialisation
  // Dispatch events in the event queue
  event_queue.dispatch_forever();
  return 0;
}

Once the event processing mechanism is in place, the Bluetooth subsystem can be initialized with the init() function. That function accepts in input a callback, which will be invoked once the initialization process has finished.

void on_ble_init_complete(BLE::InitializationCompleteCallbackContext *context)
{
  BLE& ble_interface = context->ble;
  ble_error_t initialization_error = context->error;
  if (initialization_error) {
    // handle error
    return;
  }
  // The BLE interface can be accessed now.
}
int main() {
  BLE &ble_interface = BLE::Instance();
  ble_interface.onEventsToProcess(schedule_ble_processing);
  // Initialize the BLE interface
  ble_interface.init(on_ble_init_complete);
  event_queue.dispatch_forever();
  return 0;
}

Definition at line 139 of file BLE.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef void(* InitializationCompleteCallback_t) (InitializationCompleteCallbackContext *context)

Initialization complete event handler.

Note: There are two versions of init(). In addition to the function-pointer, init() can also take an <Object, member> tuple as its callback target. In case of the latter, the following declaration doesn't apply.

Definition at line 255 of file BLE.h.

typedef unsigned InstanceID_t

Opaque type used to store the ID of a BLE instance.

Definition at line 144 of file BLE.h.

typedef FunctionPointerWithContext<OnEventsToProcessCallbackContext *> OnEventsToProcessCallback_t

Events to process event handler.

Definition at line 206 of file BLE.h.

Member Function Documentation

static const char* errorToString ( ble_error_t error )

static

Translate error code into a printable string.

Parameters

[in] error Error code returned by BLE functions.

Returns: A pointer to a const string describing the error.

Gap& gap ( )

Accessor to Gap.

All Gap-related functionality requires going through this accessor.

Returns: A reference to a Gap object associated to this BLE instance.

const Gap& gap ( ) const

A const alternative to gap().

Returns: A const reference to a Gap object associated to this BLE instance.

GattClient& gattClient ( )

Accessors to GattClient.

All GattClient related functionality requires going through this accessor.

Returns: A reference to a GattClient object associated to this BLE instance.

const GattClient& gattClient ( ) const

A const alternative to gattClient().

Returns: A const reference to a GattClient object associated to this BLE instance.

GattServer& gattServer ( )

Accessor to GattServer.

All GattServer related functionality requires going through this accessor.

Returns: A reference to a GattServer object associated to this BLE instance.

const GattServer& gattServer ( ) const

A const alternative to gattServer().

Returns: A const reference to a GattServer object associated to this BLE instance.

InstanceID_t getInstanceID ( void ) const

Fetch the ID of a BLE instance.

Returns: Instance id of this BLE instance.

Definition at line 184 of file BLE.h.

const char* getVersion ( void )

This call allows the application to get the BLE stack version information.

Returns: A pointer to a const string representing the version.

Note: The BLE API owns the string returned.

bool hasInitialized ( void ) const

Indicate if the BLE instance has been initialized.

Returns: true if initialization has completed for the underlying BLE transport.

Note: The application should set up a callback to signal completion of initialization when using init().

ble_error_t init ( InitializationCompleteCallback_t completion_cb = NULL )

Initialize the BLE controller/stack.

init() hands control to the underlying BLE module to accomplish initialization. This initialization may tacitly depend on other hardware setup (such as clocks or power-modes) that happens early on during system startup. It may not be safe to call init() from a global static context where ordering is compiler-specific and can't be guaranteed - it is safe to call BLE::init() from within main().

Parameters

[in] completion_cb A callback for when initialization completes for a BLE instance. This is an optional parameter; if no callback is set up, the application can still determine the status of initialization using BLE::hasInitialized() (see below).

Returns: BLE_ERROR_NONE if the initialization procedure started successfully.

Note: If init() returns BLE_ERROR_NONE, the underlying stack must invoke the initialization completion callback at some point.; Nearly all BLE APIs would return BLE_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_INCOMPLETE if used on an instance before the corresponding transport is initialized.; There are two versions of init(). In addition to the function-pointer, init() can also take an <Object, member> pair as its callback target.

Attention: This should be called before using anything else in the BLE API.

Definition at line 290 of file BLE.h.

ble_error_t init	(	T *	object,
		void(T::)(InitializationCompleteCallbackContext context)	completion_cb
	)

Initialize the BLE controller/stack.

This is an alternate declaration for init(). This one takes an <Object, member> pair as its callback target.

Parameters

[in]	object	Object, which will be used to invoke the completion callback.
[in]	completion_cb	Member function pointer, which will be invoked when initialization is complete.

Definition at line 307 of file BLE.h.

static BLE& Instance ( InstanceID_t id = DEFAULT_INSTANCE )

static

Get a reference to the BLE singleton corresponding to a given interface.

There is a static array of BLE singletons.

Note: Calling Instance() is preferred over constructing a BLE object directly because it returns references to singletons.

Parameters

[in] id BLE Instance ID to get.

Returns: A reference to a single object.

Precondition: id shall be less than NUM_INSTANCES.

void onEventsToProcess ( const OnEventsToProcessCallback_t & on_event_cb )

Register a callback called when the BLE stack has pending work.

By registering a callback, application code can know when event processing has to be scheduled.

Parameters

on_event_cb Callback invoked when there are new events to process.

void processEvents ( )

Process ALL pending events living in the BLE stack and return once all events have been consumed.

See also: onEventsToProcess()

SecurityManager& securityManager ( )

Accessors to SecurityManager.

All SecurityManager-related functionality requires going through this accessor.

Returns: A reference to a SecurityManager object associated to this BLE instance.

const SecurityManager& securityManager ( ) const

A const alternative to securityManager().

Returns: A const reference to a SecurityManager object associated to this BLE instance.

ble_error_t shutdown ( void )

Shut down the underlying stack, and reset state of this BLE instance.

Returns: BLE_ERROR_NONE if the instance was shut down without error or the appropriate error code.

Attention: init() must be called afterward to reinstate services and GAP state. This API offers a way to repopulate the GATT database with new services and characteristics.

Field Documentation

const InstanceID_t DEFAULT_INSTANCE = 0

static

The value of the BLE::InstanceID_t for the default BLE instance.

Definition at line 149 of file BLE.h.

const InstanceID_t NUM_INSTANCES = 1

static

The number of permitted BLE instances for the application.

Definition at line 155 of file BLE.h.

Data Structures

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Static Public Attributes

Detailed Description

Member Typedef Documentation

Member Function Documentation

Field Documentation

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