initial scheduler implementation

message_and_subject.go

@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ type Message struct {
 	// generated and we also need a copy of  the details of the the
 	// initial request message.
 	PreviousMessage *Message
+	// Schedule
+	Schedule []int `json:"schedule" yaml:"schedule"`
 
 	// done is used to signal when a message is fully processed.
 	// This is used for signaling back to the ringbuffer that we are

process.go

@@ -542,12 +542,12 @@ func (p process) messageSubscriberHandler(natsConn *nats.Conn, thisNode string,
 
 		//var err error
 
-		out := p.callHandler(message, thisNode)
+		_ = p.callHandler(message, thisNode)
 
 		// Send a confirmation message back to the publisher to ACK that the
 		// message was received by the subscriber. The reply should be sent
 		//no matter if the handler was executed successfully or not
-		natsConn.Publish(msg.Reply, out)
+		natsConn.Publish(msg.Reply, []byte{})
 
 	case p.subject.Event == EventNACK:
 		// When spawning sub processes we can directly assign handlers to the process upon
@@ -577,25 +577,82 @@ func (p process) messageSubscriberHandler(natsConn *nats.Conn, thisNode string,
 // If checking signatures and/or acl's are enabled the signatures they will be
 // verified, and if OK the handler is called.
 func (p process) callHandler(message Message, thisNode string) []byte {
-	out := []byte{}
+	//out := []byte{}
 	var err error
 
-	switch p.verifySigOrAclFlag(message) {
-	case true:
-		log.Printf("info: subscriberHandler: doHandler=true: %v\n", true)
-		out, err = p.handler(p, message, thisNode)
-		if err != nil {
-			er := fmt.Errorf("error: subscriberHandler: handler method failed: %v", err)
+	// Check if it is a message to run scheduled.
+	var interval int
+	var totalTime int
+	var runAsScheduled bool
+	switch {
+	case len(message.Schedule) < 2:
+		// Not at scheduled message,
+	case len(message.Schedule) == 2:
+		interval = message.Schedule[0]
+		totalTime = message.Schedule[1]
+		fallthrough
+
+	case interval > 0 && totalTime > 0:
+		runAsScheduled = true
+	}
+
+	// Call the handler if ACL/signature checking returns true.
+	// If the handler is to be called in a scheduled manner, we we take care of that too.
+	go func() {
+		switch p.verifySigOrAclFlag(message) {
+
+		case true:
+			// Either ACL were verified OK, or ACL/Signature check was not enabled, so we call the handler.
+			er := fmt.Errorf("info: subscriberHandler: Either ACL were verified OK, or ACL/Signature check was not enabled, so we call the handler: %v", true)
+			p.errorKernel.logConsoleOnlyIfDebug(er, p.configuration)
+
+			switch {
+			case !runAsScheduled:
+
+				go func() {
+					_, err = p.handler(p, message, thisNode)
+					if err != nil {
+						er := fmt.Errorf("error: subscriberHandler: handler method failed: %v", err)
+						p.errorKernel.errSend(p, message, er)
+						p.errorKernel.logConsoleOnlyIfDebug(er, p.configuration)
+					}
+				}()
+
+			case runAsScheduled:
+				// Create two tickers to use for the scheduling.
+				intervalTicker := time.NewTicker(time.Second * time.Duration(interval))
+				totalTimeTicker := time.NewTicker(time.Second * time.Duration(totalTime))
+
+				for {
+					select {
+					case <-p.ctx.Done():
+						return
+					case <-totalTimeTicker.C:
+						// Total time reached. End the process and return.
+						p.ctxCancel()
+						return
+					case <-intervalTicker.C:
+						go func() {
+							_, err := p.handler(p, message, thisNode)
+							if err != nil {
+								er := fmt.Errorf("error: subscriberHandler: handler method failed: %v", err)
+								p.errorKernel.errSend(p, message, er)
+								p.errorKernel.logConsoleOnlyIfDebug(er, p.configuration)
+							}
+						}()
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+		case false:
+			// ACL/Signature checking failed.
+			er := fmt.Errorf("error: subscriberHandler: ACL were verified not-OK, doing nothing")
 			p.errorKernel.errSend(p, message, er)
 			log.Printf("%v\n", er)
 		}
-	default:
-		er := fmt.Errorf("error: subscriberHandler: doHandler=false, doing nothing")
-		p.errorKernel.errSend(p, message, er)
-		log.Printf("%v\n", er)
-	}
+	}()
 
-	return out
+	return []byte{}
 }
 
 // verifySigOrAclFlag will do signature and/or acl checking based on which of
@@ -610,7 +667,7 @@ func (p process) verifySigOrAclFlag(message Message) bool {
 
 	// If no checking enabled we should just allow the message.
 	case !p.nodeAuth.configuration.EnableSignatureCheck && !p.nodeAuth.configuration.EnableAclCheck:
-		log.Printf(" * DEBUG: verify acl/sig: no acl or signature checking at all is enabled, ALLOW the message, method=%v\n", message.Method)
+		//log.Printf(" * DEBUG: verify acl/sig: no acl or signature checking at all is enabled, ALLOW the message, method=%v\n", message.Method)
 		doHandler = true
 
 	// If only sig check enabled, and sig OK, we should allow the message.