Merge pull request 'op divider additional features' (#286) from KSat/fsfw:mueller/op-divider-update into development

Reviewed-on: fsfw/fsfw#286

globalfunctions/PeriodicOperationDivider.cpp

@@ -7,16 +7,26 @@ PeriodicOperationDivider::PeriodicOperationDivider(uint32_t divider,
 }
 
 bool PeriodicOperationDivider::checkAndIncrement() {
-	if(counter >= divider) {
+	bool opNecessary = check();
+	if(opNecessary) {
 		if(resetAutomatically) {
 			counter = 0;
 		}
-		return true;
+		return opNecessary;
 	}
 	counter ++;
+	return opNecessary;
+}
+
+bool PeriodicOperationDivider::check() {
+	if(counter >= divider) {
+		return true;
+	}
 	return false;
 }
 
+
+
 void PeriodicOperationDivider::resetCounter() {
 	counter = 0;
 }

globalfunctions/PeriodicOperationDivider.h

@@ -21,17 +21,27 @@ public:
 	 */
 	PeriodicOperationDivider(uint32_t divider, bool resetAutomatically = true);
 
+
 	/**
 	 * Check whether operation is necessary.
 	 * If an operation is necessary and the class has been
 	 * configured to be reset automatically, the counter will be reset.
-	 * If not, the counter will be incremented.
+	 *
 	 * @return
 	 * -@c true if the counter is larger or equal to the divider
 	 * -@c false otherwise
 	 */
 	bool checkAndIncrement();
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether an operation is necessary.
+	 * This function will not increment the counter!
+	 * @return
+	 * -@c true if the counter is larger or equal to the divider
+	 * -@c false otherwise
+	 */
+	bool check();
+
 	/**
 	 * Can be used to reset the counter to 0 manually.
 	 */