this implements accessing array members in an ArduinoJSON object
following the FirebaseJson syntax. the FirebaseJson lib was previously
removed to save flash memory, and logic was implemented to find a JSON
node using the FirebaseJson path syntax, restoring the functionality.
however, array access was not implemented.
this change also addresses leading and trailing and double forward
slashes in the path expression.
moreover, much more expressive error messages are now generated in case
the path could not be resolved.
this implements accessing array members in an ArduinoJSON object
following the FirebaseJson syntax. the FirebaseJson lib was previously
removed to save flash memory, and logic was implemented to find a JSON
node using the FirebaseJson path syntax, restoring the functionality.
however, array access was not implemented.
this change also addresses leading and trailing and double forward
slashes in the path expression.
moreover, much more expressive error messages are now generated in case
the path could not be resolved.
mbedtls is already integral part of the firmware. use it in favor of
rweather/Crypto library to calculate a sha256 checksum of a string, as
used in the HTTP power meter implementation.
we used this library solely to interpret the answer of an HTTP web
server as JSON and find a particular value using a path expression in
the HTTP power meter implementation.
since we ran out of flash memory on non-S3 ESP32, we need to cut some
corners. removing FirebaseJson is the last low-hanging fruit that we
currently know of. we can get rid of it by using ArduinoJson (which is
already integral part of the firmware) and implementing a custom logic
to extract a value based on a path expression.
other than the FirebaseJson path "finder", the new implementation
only knows how to access sub-keys delimited by a forward slash. in
particular, accessing array members is not supported any more. I am
hoping that this is simply not an issue. if so, we will have users
complaining and we can add this functionality in a later release.
when calculating efficiency, we need to take into account that the load
might also sink a significant amount of current and power, which adds to
the total output of the charge controller.
