moved canceling of context, and comments

example/toShip1-CLICommandRequest1.json

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
     {
         
         "toNode": "ship1",
-        "data": ["bash","-c","sleep 5 & echo 'apekatt'"],
+        "data": ["bash","-c","sleep 3 & echo 'apekatt'"],
         "method":"CLICommandRequest",
         "timeout":10,
         "retries":3,
-        "MethodTimeout": 3
+        "MethodTimeout": 7
     }
 ]

subscriber_method_types.go

@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ func (m methodCLICommand) getKind() CommandOrEvent {
 	return m.commandOrEvent
 }
 
+// handler to run a CLI command with timeout context. The handler will
+// return the output of the command run back to the calling publisher
+// in the ack message.
 func (m methodCLICommand) handler(proc process, message Message, node string) ([]byte, error) {
 	out := []byte{}
 
@@ -204,7 +207,6 @@ func (m methodCLICommand) handler(proc process, message Message, node string) ([
 	a := message.Data[1:]
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*time.Duration(message.MethodTimeout))
-	defer cancel()
 
 	outCh := make(chan []byte)
 
@@ -219,11 +221,11 @@ func (m methodCLICommand) handler(proc process, message Message, node string) ([
 
 	select {
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		fmt.Printf(" ** Before\n")
+		cancel()
-		er := fmt.Errorf("error: method timed out %v", proc)
+		er := fmt.Errorf("error: method timed out %v", message)
 		sendErrorLogMessage(proc.newMessagesCh, proc.node, er)
-		fmt.Printf(" ** After\n")
 	case out = <-outCh:
+		cancel()
 	}
 
 	ackMsg := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("confirmed from node: %v: messageID: %v\n---\n%s---", node, message.ID, out))
@@ -365,15 +367,21 @@ func (m methodCLICommandRequest) getKind() CommandOrEvent {
 	return m.commandOrEvent
 }
 
+// handler to run a CLI command with timeout context. The handler will
+// return the output of the command run back to the calling publisher
+// as a new message.
 func (m methodCLICommandRequest) handler(proc process, message Message, node string) ([]byte, error) {
-	log.Printf("<--- CLICommand REQUEST received from: %v, containing: %v", message.FromNode, message.Data)
+	log.Printf("<--- CLICommandREQUEST received from: %v, containing: %v", message.FromNode, message.Data)
 
+	// Execute the CLI command in it's own go routine, so we are able
+	// to return immediately with an ack reply that the messag was
+	// received, and we create a new message to send back to the calling
+	// node for the out put of the actual command.
 	go func() {
 		c := message.Data[0]
 		a := message.Data[1:]
 
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*time.Duration(message.MethodTimeout))
-		defer cancel()
 
 		outCh := make(chan []byte)
 
@@ -388,11 +396,11 @@ func (m methodCLICommandRequest) handler(proc process, message Message, node str
 
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
-			fmt.Printf(" ** Before\n")
+			cancel()
-			er := fmt.Errorf("error: method timed out %v", proc)
+			er := fmt.Errorf("error: method timed out %v", message)
 			sendErrorLogMessage(proc.newMessagesCh, proc.node, er)
-			fmt.Printf(" ** After\n")
 		case out := <-outCh:
+			cancel()
 
 			// Create a new message for the reply, and put it on the
 			// ringbuffer to be published.
@@ -429,18 +437,24 @@ func (m methodCLICommandRequestNOSEQ) getKind() CommandOrEvent {
 	return m.commandOrEvent
 }
 
+// handler to run a CLI command with timeout context. The handler will
+// return the output of the command run back to the calling publisher
+// as a new message.
 // The NOSEQ method will process messages as they are recived,
 // and the reply back will be sent as soon as the process is
 // done. No order are preserved.
 func (m methodCLICommandRequestNOSEQ) handler(proc process, message Message, node string) ([]byte, error) {
 	log.Printf("<--- CLICommand REQUEST received from: %v, containing: %v", message.FromNode, message.Data)
 
+	// Execute the CLI command in it's own go routine, so we are able
+	// to return immediately with an ack reply that the messag was
+	// received, and we create a new message to send back to the calling
+	// node for the out put of the actual command.
 	go func() {
 		c := message.Data[0]
 		a := message.Data[1:]
 
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*time.Duration(message.MethodTimeout))
-		defer cancel()
 
 		outCh := make(chan []byte)
 
@@ -455,11 +469,11 @@ func (m methodCLICommandRequestNOSEQ) handler(proc process, message Message, nod
 
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
-			fmt.Printf(" ** Before\n")
+			cancel()
-			er := fmt.Errorf("error: method timed out %v", proc)
+			er := fmt.Errorf("error: method timed out %v", message)
 			sendErrorLogMessage(proc.newMessagesCh, proc.node, er)
-			fmt.Printf(" ** After\n")
 		case out := <-outCh:
+			cancel()
 
 			// Create a new message for the reply, and put it on the
 			// ringbuffer to be published.