* Add BACnet authentication factor support with comparison functions and text strings and parsing
* Fix MyReadPropertyAckHandler to allow zero length for empty property list
* Fix rp_ack_fully_decode_service_request to handle empty recipient list
* Enhance PrintReadPropertyArray to handle empty lists with improved output formatting
* Refactor command line argument handling for target-address to accept dotted IP if offered.
* This commit introduces the inclusion of `authentication_factor.c` and `authentication_factor_format.c` in the CMakeLists.txt files for multiple BACnet tests to fix the broken test builds.
* Refactor bacapp.c for improved readability and documentation; streamline code formatting and enhance function comments.
* Fix return value assignment in bacapp_snprintf_value for authentication format
* Enhance help message to clarify target MAC or IP address format and improve readability
* Implement memory management for ReadProperty ACK service requests and improve error handling in decoding
Fixes the CreateObject service list-of-initial-values encoding and decoding by refactoring the data structure to be similar to WriteProperty. The implementation changes from using a linked list of property values to using a flat buffer approach with delayed decoding.
Changes:
* Refactored BACNET_CREATE_OBJECT_DATA structure to use an application_data buffer instead of a linked list for initial values
* Added a new create_object_process() and create_object_initializer_list_process() functions to centralize object creation logic and error reporting
* Updated all device implementations to use the new centralized creation functions
* Enhanced the create-object example application to support command-line specification of initial property values
* Added comprehensive test coverage for the new encoding/decoding and processing functions
* Refactored BACnetShedLevel encoding, decoding, and printing into separate file. Added unit testing.
* Added API to load control object for shed-level, start-time, duty-window, full-duty-baseline, and enable.
* Fixed bacapp sprintf for shed level and host-n-port found in scan build.
* Added ListElement service callback for storing data.
* Added Audit Log and Time Value objects to basic device.
* Added Audit Log object to Makefile and CMake builds.
* Added basic timer object, internal state machine, and unit tests
* Added BACnetTimerStateChangeValue encode, decode, parse, print, and diff with unit tests
* Changed handler of add/remove list element to check if the property is a BACnetLIST
* Added BACnetLIST utility for handling WriteProperty to a list.
* Fixed outlier ReadProperty object handlers to return zero when the RP parameter is NULL.
* Converted device object test to use common read-write property test. Extended the basic BACnet device object example API.
* Created BACnet/IP and COV test mocks to enable device object testing with less dependencies.
Steve Karg