Check if the ocppj client is connected?

[sbindzau]

By adding handlers for disconnect and reconnect I can find out and store whether or not the client is connected to the server, but wouldn't it be easier if I could ask the client for that information?

If I create the wsClient and give it to the client at creation, I can keep it and check that with wsClient.IsConnected(), but that breaks the encapsulation in an ugly way, IMO.

Is there another way to do it, or wouldn't it be nice to have a IsConnected()-function on the client (just sending the question on to endpoint/wsClient)?

[lorenzodonini]

In my mind, disconnection/reconnection are events that you wish to be notified by, so you don't have to actively poll.
But such a getter can definitely be added. Would you expect to invoke that function from the top level (instead of from the wsClient)?

[sbindzau]

Yes, exactly, I'd prefer a top level function to check the connection. Looking at internal objects seems a bit "unsafe" to me.

The state is not to be polled constantly, but some charger behaviour will be different when offline, so I need to keep track of the connection status.

[lorenzodonini]

I added the suggested accessor method. Feel free to have a look.