SerialCommunication.h

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#ifndef SerialCommunication_hpp
#define SerialCommunication_hpp
#include "mbed.h"
#include <cctype>
#include <ratio>
 
 
class SerialCommunication : BufferedSerial {
    private:
        char comdata[6];
        int index = 0;  
    
    public:
        SerialCommunication(PinName TX, PinName RX, int baud) : BufferedSerial(TX, RX, baud) {
 
        }
 
        bool PCRead(char message[]) {
            if (comdata[0] == '\\') { // Clear previous message if backslash was hit
                    int i = 0;
                    while(message[i] != '\0') 
                        message[i++] = '\0';
                }
 
            if (update(comdata, 6, 1)) {
                int z = 0;
                if (comdata[0] == '\\') { // Return true once backslash is hit
                    index = 0;
                    printf("\n");
                    return true;
                } else {
                    while (comdata[z] != '\0') {
                        printf("%s", comdata);
                        fflush(stdout); // Immediately print out what it receieved
                        message[index] = comdata[z];
                        z++;
                        index++;
                    }
                }
            }
            return false;
        }
 
        bool update(char message[], int sizeOfMessage, int sleep_fordelay) {
            if (readable()) {
                for (int i = 0; i < sizeOfMessage; i++)
                    message[i] = 0;
 
                ThisThread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(sleep_fordelay));
                read(message, sizeOfMessage);
                return 1;
            }
            return 0;
        }
 
        int toNum(char message[]) {
            int i = 0;
            if (message[i] == '-')
                i++;
            while(message[i] != '\0') {
                if (!isdigit(message[i]))
                    return -999; // Cannot use NULL because 0 is a number that we may want to return
                i++;
            }
            return std::atoi(message);
        }
 
        bool strCompare(char word1[], char word2[]) {
            int i = 0;
            while (word1[i++] != '\0') {
                if (word1[i] != word2[i])
                    return false;
            }
            return true;
        }
 
};
#endif