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 ====== Structures and Classes ====== ====== Structures and Classes ======
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 Structures and classes present complex data types, definable by the developer. Not all C/C++ programming environments provide support for classes (e.g., STM32 in HAL framework mode does not), but luckily, the Arduino framework supports it. Structures, conversely, are part of the C language definition and are present in almost every implementation of software frameworks for IoT microcontrollers. Structures and classes present complex data types, definable by the developer. Not all C/C++ programming environments provide support for classes (e.g., STM32 in HAL framework mode does not), but luckily, the Arduino framework supports it. Structures, conversely, are part of the C language definition and are present in almost every implementation of software frameworks for IoT microcontrollers.
  
-=== Structures ===+==== Structures ====
  
 In C and C++, a structure is a user-defined data type that allows you to combine different types of variables under a single name. In C and C++, a structure is a user-defined data type that allows you to combine different types of variables under a single name.
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 Classes were introduced in C++ to extend structures encapsulating data and methods (functions) to process this data. A method presented above in the structure context brings an overhead with a need to pass a pointer to the structure for each call. Moreover, it makes access levels tricky, e.g. when you do not want to expose some functions but use them for internal data processing. Thus, classes can be considered as an extension of the structures.\\ Classes were introduced in C++ to extend structures encapsulating data and methods (functions) to process this data. A method presented above in the structure context brings an overhead with a need to pass a pointer to the structure for each call. Moreover, it makes access levels tricky, e.g. when you do not want to expose some functions but use them for internal data processing. Thus, classes can be considered as an extension of the structures.\\
 <note>Classes are an important part of IoT programming as they bring an idea of the digital twin to low-level programming: a class used to represent a single piece of hardware, e.g. a sensor and provide its current state, access to the data it grabs and gives access to the operations on the hardware. Thus, in most IoT projects, each device external to the MCU that composes an IoT device is represented by one or more classes on the software side.</note> <note>Classes are an important part of IoT programming as they bring an idea of the digital twin to low-level programming: a class used to represent a single piece of hardware, e.g. a sensor and provide its current state, access to the data it grabs and gives access to the operations on the hardware. Thus, in most IoT projects, each device external to the MCU that composes an IoT device is represented by one or more classes on the software side.</note>
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