improved performance -> query time decreased to 1/3

src/UserDb.cpp

@@ -1,14 +1,28 @@
 #include "UserDb.h"
-
+#define DEBUG
 using namespace userdb;
 
-UserDb::UserDb()
+UserDb::UserDb(const char *filename) : filename(filename)
 {
 }
 
+bool UserDb::remove_user(User &user)
+{
+    return remove_user_by_line(filename, user.line);
+}
+bool UserDb::add_user(User &user)
+{
+
+    File db = LittleFS.open(filename, "a");
+    db.write("\n" + String(user.uid) + ";" + user.first_name + ";" + user.last_name + ";" + user.rfid_uid + ";" + user.user_pin + ";" + user.enabled ? "1" : "0");
+    db.close();
+    return true;
+}
 User UserDb::user_by_pin(String cmp)
 {
+#ifdef DEBUG
     Serial.println("Searching for user with pin number " + cmp);
+#endif
     Iterator it = begin_with_filter(&cmp, USERATTRIBUTES::USER_PIN);
     do
     {
@@ -21,7 +35,9 @@ User UserDb::user_by_pin(String cmp)
 }
 User UserDb::user_by_rfid(String cmp)
 {
+#ifdef DEBUG
     Serial.println("Searching for user with rfid " + cmp);
+#endif
     Iterator it = begin_with_filter(&cmp, USERATTRIBUTES::RFID_UID);
     do
     {
@@ -33,8 +49,11 @@ User UserDb::user_by_rfid(String cmp)
     return User{.enabled = false};
 }
 
-User UserDb::user_by_uid(unsigned long cmp){
+User UserDb::user_by_uid(unsigned long cmp)
+{
+#ifdef DEBUG
     Serial.println("Searching for user with user id " + String(cmp));
+#endif
     Iterator it = begin();
     do
     {
@@ -48,7 +67,8 @@ User UserDb::user_by_uid(unsigned long cmp){
 void UserDb::print_to_serial()
 {
     Serial.println("Starting UserDB Test Read");
-    for(Iterator it = begin(); it.has_next(); ++it){
+    for (Iterator it = begin(); it.has_next(); ++it)
+    {
         User temp = *it;
         Serial.println(temp.toString());
     }

src/UserDb.h

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace userdb
     struct User
     {
         // User(unsigned long new_uid): uid(new_uid){}
-        unsigned long uid;
+        unsigned long uid = -1;
         uint32_t line;
         mutable String first_name;
         mutable String last_name;
@@ -32,22 +32,24 @@ namespace userdb
         bool operator==(const User &o) const { return uid == o.uid; }
         String toString()
         {
-            return "ID: " + String(uid) + " Name: " + last_name + " " + first_name + " Enabled: " + (enabled ? "Yes" : "No");
+            return "ID: " + String(uid) + " Name: " + last_name + " " + first_name + " Enabled: " + (enabled ? "Yes" : "No") + " LineNo.: " + String(line) + "[RFID/PIN]" + rfid_uid + "//" + user_pin;
         }
     };
 
     class UserDb
     {
     private:
+        const char *filename;
+
     public:
-        UserDb();
+        UserDb(const char *filename);
         void print_to_serial();
         void PrintAll();
         // User find_user();
         User user_by_pin(String);
         User user_by_rfid(String);
         User user_by_uid(unsigned long);
-        static User read_csv_line(String &instring, uint32_t line, String *match, USERATTRIBUTES attr)
+        inline User read_csv_line(String &instring, uint32_t &line, String *match, USERATTRIBUTES attr)
         {
             int locations[5];
             int location_index = 0;
@@ -87,33 +89,26 @@ namespace userdb
             res.line = line;
             return res;
         }
-        static User read_csv_line(String &instring, uint32_t line)
+        static inline User read_csv_line(File &instream, uint32_t &line, String *match, USERATTRIBUTES attr)
         {
-            int locations[5];
-            int location_index = 0;
-            int str_length = instring.length() - 1;
-            for (int i = 0; i < str_length; i++)
-            {
-                if (instring.charAt(i) == ';')
-                {
-                    locations[location_index] = i;
-                    location_index++;
-                }
-            }
             User res;
-            res.rfid_uid = instring.substring(locations[2] + 1, locations[3]);
+            String uid = instream.readStringUntil(';');
-            res.user_pin = instring.substring(locations[3] + 1, locations[4]);
+            if (attr == USER_ID && !uid.equals(*match))
-            res.uid = instring.substring(0, locations[0]).toInt();
+                return res;
-            res.first_name = instring.substring(locations[0] + 1, locations[1]);
+            res.uid = uid.toInt();
-            res.last_name = instring.substring(locations[1] + 1, locations[2]);
+            res.first_name = instream.readStringUntil(';');
-            res.enabled = instring.charAt(locations[4] + 1) == '1' ? true : false;
+            res.last_name = instream.readStringUntil(';');
+            res.rfid_uid = instream.readStringUntil(';');
+            if (attr == RFID_UID && !res.rfid_uid.equals(*match))
+                return res;
+            res.user_pin = instream.readStringUntil(';');
+            if (attr == USER_PIN && !res.user_pin.equals(*match))
+                return res;
+            res.enabled = instream.read() == '1' ? true : false;
             res.line = line;
             return res;
         }
-        static bool remove_user(User &user)
+        bool remove_user(User &user);
-        {
-            return remove_user_by_line("userdb.csv", user.line);
-        }
         static bool remove_user_by_line(const char *file, uint32_t line)
         {
             const char *temp_file = ".tmp.csv";
@@ -146,6 +141,7 @@ namespace userdb
             LittleFS.rename(temp_file, file);
             return false;
         }
+        bool add_user(User &user);
         struct Iterator
         {
             using iterator_category = std::input_iterator_tag;
@@ -159,10 +155,12 @@ namespace userdb
             }
             Iterator(File data, String *m, USERATTRIBUTES attr) : db_file(data), filter_attr(attr), match(m)
             {
+#ifdef DEBUG
                 if (filter_attr == NONE)
                     Serial.println("Started user iterator with ");
                 else
                     Serial.println("Started filtered user iterator with " + String(filter_attr) + " query: " + *match);
+#endif
 
                 if (!data)
                 {
@@ -196,9 +194,18 @@ namespace userdb
             {
                 if (db_file.available())
                 {
-                    String temp = db_file.readStringUntil('\n');
+                    // String temp = db_file.readStringUntil('\n');
-                    current = read_csv_line(temp, line, match, filter_attr);
+                    // current = read_csv_line(temp, line, match, filter_attr);
-                    line++;
+                    // line++;
+                    current = read_csv_line(db_file, line, match, filter_attr);
+                    while (db_file.available())
+                    {
+                        if (db_file.read() == '\n')
+                        {
+                            ++line;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {

src/main.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+//#define DEBUG
 #include <Arduino.h>
 #include <Wire.h>
 #include "Keyboard.h"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "Persistence.h"
 // File persistence
 Persistence persistence;
-userdb::UserDb userdatabase;
+userdb::UserDb userdatabase("userdb.csv");
 // Rfid
 Rfid rfid;
 // i2C Bus