Chargepoint.Stop does not return an error and crashes if provider is not available

[lorenzodonini]

Chargepoint.Stop does not return an error and crashes if provider is not available

[lorenzodonini]

Hey @bhatanku1,

I'm aware that invoking Stop on a client on which the Start method was never invoked before crashes the client. This is actually by design (the same way you cannot close a TCP connection if it was never opened in the first place).

In general, I wouldn't suggest invoking any methods on the client, as long as the Start method hasn't returned. It simply doesn't make sense to attempt any message exchange, if the initial connection wasn't established. That should be easy to check on your side.

If there's more upvotes, I can definitely prevent the crash with a nil check, but I thought it was intuitive as it is. Will definitely document this detail though.