removed the values field from flagslice

configuration_flags.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 
 	toml "github.com/pelletier/go-toml"
 )
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 type flagNodeSlice struct {
 	value string
 	OK    bool
-	Values []Node
 }
 
 // String method
@@ -50,28 +48,6 @@ func (f *flagNodeSlice) Set(s string) error {
 // be reflected in values stored in the config file, since the
 // config file is written after the flags have been parsed.
 func (f *flagNodeSlice) Parse() error {
-	if len(f.value) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	split := strings.Split(f.value, ",")
-
-	// Reset values if RST was the flag value.
-	if split[0] == "RST" {
-		f.OK = false
-		f.value = ""
-		f.Values = []Node{}
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	fv := f.value
-	sp := strings.Split(fv, ",")
-	f.OK = true
-	f.Values = []Node{}
-
-	for _, v := range sp {
-		f.Values = append(f.Values, Node(v))
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -171,18 +147,18 @@ func newConfigurationDefaults() Configuration {
 		ErrorMessageTimeout:      60,
 		ErrorMessageRetries:      10,
 
-		StartSubREQErrorLog:        flagNodeSlice{Values: []Node{}},
+		StartSubREQErrorLog:        flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQHello:           flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQHello:           flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQToFileAppend:    flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQToFileAppend:    flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQToFile:          flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQToFile:          flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQPing:            flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQPing:            flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQPong:            flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQPong:            flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQCliCommand:      flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQCliCommand:      flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQnCliCommand:     flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQnCliCommand:     flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQToConsole:       flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQToConsole:       flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQHttpGet:         flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQHttpGet:         flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQTailFile:        flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQTailFile:        flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQnCliCommandCont: flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQnCliCommandCont: flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
 	}
 	return c
 }

process.go

@@ -79,16 +79,10 @@ type process struct {
 
 // prepareNewProcess will set the the provided values and the default
 // values for a process.
-func newProcess(ctx context.Context, metrics *metrics, natsConn *nats.Conn, processes *processes, toRingbufferCh chan<- []subjectAndMessage, configuration *Configuration, subject Subject, errCh chan errProcess, processKind processKind, allowedReceivers []Node, procFunc func() error) process {
+func newProcess(ctx context.Context, metrics *metrics, natsConn *nats.Conn, processes *processes, toRingbufferCh chan<- []subjectAndMessage, configuration *Configuration, subject Subject, errCh chan errProcess, processKind processKind, procFunc func() error) process {
 	// create the initial configuration for a sessions communicating with 1 host process.
 	processes.lastProcessID++
 
-	// make the slice of allowedReceivers into a map value for easy lookup.
-	m := make(map[Node]struct{})
-	for _, a := range allowedReceivers {
-		m[a] = struct{}{}
-	}
-
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 
 	var method Method
@@ -100,7 +94,6 @@ func newProcess(ctx context.Context, metrics *metrics, natsConn *nats.Conn, proc
 		processID:        processes.lastProcessID,
 		errorCh:          errCh,
 		processKind:      processKind,
-		allowedReceivers: m,
 		methodsAvailable: method.GetMethodsAvailable(),
 		toRingbufferCh:   toRingbufferCh,
 		configuration:    configuration,

processes.go

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (p *processes) Start(proc process) {
 	{
 		log.Printf("Starting REQOpCommand subscriber: %#v\n", proc.node)
 		sub := newSubject(REQOpCommand, string(proc.node))
-		proc := newProcess(proc.ctx, p.metrics, proc.natsConn, p, proc.toRingbufferCh, proc.configuration, sub, proc.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, []Node{Node(proc.configuration.CentralNodeName)}, nil)
+		proc := newProcess(proc.ctx, p.metrics, proc.natsConn, p, proc.toRingbufferCh, proc.configuration, sub, proc.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 		go proc.spawnWorker(proc.processes, proc.natsConn)
 	}
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (s startup) subREQHttpGet(p process) {
 
 	log.Printf("Starting Http Get subscriber: %#v\n", p.node)
 	sub := newSubject(REQHttpGet, string(p.node))
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, p.configuration.StartSubREQHttpGet.Values, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 	// fmt.Printf("*** %#v\n", proc)
 	go proc.spawnWorker(p.processes, p.natsConn)
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (s startup) pubREQHello(p process) {
 	log.Printf("Starting Hello Publisher: %#v\n", p.node)
 
 	sub := newSubject(REQHello, p.configuration.CentralNodeName)
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindPublisher, []Node{}, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindPublisher, nil)
 
 	// Define the procFunc to be used for the process.
 	proc.procFunc = procFunc(
@@ -210,49 +210,49 @@ func (s startup) pubREQHello(p process) {
 func (s startup) subREQToConsole(p process) {
 	log.Printf("Starting Text To Console subscriber: %#v\n", p.node)
 	sub := newSubject(REQToConsole, string(p.node))
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, p.configuration.StartSubREQToConsole.Values, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 	go proc.spawnWorker(p.processes, p.natsConn)
 }
 
 func (s startup) subREQnCliCommand(p process) {
 	log.Printf("Starting CLICommand Not Sequential Request subscriber: %#v\n", p.node)
 	sub := newSubject(REQnCliCommand, string(p.node))
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, p.configuration.StartSubREQnCliCommand.Values, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 	go proc.spawnWorker(p.processes, p.natsConn)
 }
 
 func (s startup) subREQCliCommand(p process) {
 	log.Printf("Starting CLICommand Request subscriber: %#v\n", p.node)
 	sub := newSubject(REQCliCommand, string(p.node))
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, p.configuration.StartSubREQCliCommand.Values, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 	go proc.spawnWorker(p.processes, p.natsConn)
 }
 
 func (s startup) subREQPong(p process) {
 	log.Printf("Starting Pong subscriber: %#v\n", p.node)
 	sub := newSubject(REQPong, string(p.node))
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, p.configuration.StartSubREQPong.Values, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 	go proc.spawnWorker(p.processes, p.natsConn)
 }
 
 func (s startup) subREQPing(p process) {
 	log.Printf("Starting Ping Request subscriber: %#v\n", p.node)
 	sub := newSubject(REQPing, string(p.node))
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, p.configuration.StartSubREQPing.Values, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 	go proc.spawnWorker(p.processes, p.natsConn)
 }
 
 func (s startup) subREQErrorLog(p process) {
 	log.Printf("Starting REQErrorLog subscriber: %#v\n", p.node)
 	sub := newSubject(REQErrorLog, "errorCentral")
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, p.configuration.StartSubREQErrorLog.Values, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 	go proc.spawnWorker(p.processes, p.natsConn)
 }
 
 func (s startup) subREQHello(p process) {
 	log.Printf("Starting Hello subscriber: %#v\n", p.node)
 	sub := newSubject(REQHello, string(p.node))
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, p.configuration.StartSubREQHello.Values, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 	proc.procFuncCh = make(chan Message)
 
 	// The reason for running the say hello subscriber as a procFunc is that
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func (s startup) subREQHello(p process) {
 func (s startup) subREQToFile(p process) {
 	log.Printf("Starting text to file subscriber: %#v\n", p.node)
 	sub := newSubject(REQToFile, string(p.node))
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, p.configuration.StartSubREQToFile.Values, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 	// fmt.Printf("*** %#v\n", proc)
 	go proc.spawnWorker(p.processes, p.natsConn)
 }
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func (s startup) subREQToFile(p process) {
 func (s startup) subREQToFileAppend(p process) {
 	log.Printf("Starting text logging subscriber: %#v\n", p.node)
 	sub := newSubject(REQToFileAppend, string(p.node))
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, p.configuration.StartSubREQToFileAppend.Values, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 	// fmt.Printf("*** %#v\n", proc)
 	go proc.spawnWorker(p.processes, p.natsConn)
 }
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func (s startup) subREQToFileAppend(p process) {
 func (s startup) subREQTailFile(p process) {
 	log.Printf("Starting tail log files subscriber: %#v\n", p.node)
 	sub := newSubject(REQTailFile, string(p.node))
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, p.configuration.StartSubREQTailFile.Values, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 	// fmt.Printf("*** %#v\n", proc)
 	go proc.spawnWorker(p.processes, p.natsConn)
 }
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func (s startup) subREQTailFile(p process) {
 func (s startup) subREQnCliCommandCont(p process) {
 	log.Printf("Starting cli command with continous delivery: %#v\n", p.node)
 	sub := newSubject(REQnCliCommandCont, string(p.node))
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, p.configuration.StartSubREQTailFile.Values, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 	// fmt.Printf("*** %#v\n", proc)
 	go proc.spawnWorker(p.processes, p.natsConn)
 }
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func (s startup) subREQnCliCommandCont(p process) {
 func (s startup) subREQToSocket(p process) {
 	log.Printf("Starting write to socket subscriber: %#v\n", p.node)
 	sub := newSubject(REQToSocket, string(p.node))
-	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, []Node{"*"}, nil)
+	proc := newProcess(p.ctx, s.metrics, p.natsConn, p.processes, p.toRingbufferCh, p.configuration, sub, p.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 	// fmt.Printf("*** %#v\n", proc)
 	go proc.spawnWorker(p.processes, p.natsConn)
 }

server.go

@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func (s *server) Start() {
 	//
 	// NB: The context of the initial process are set in processes.Start.
 	sub := newSubject(REQInitial, s.nodeName)
-	p := newProcess(context.TODO(), s.metrics, s.natsConn, s.processes, s.newMessagesCh, s.configuration, sub, s.errorKernel.errorCh, "", []Node{}, nil)
+	p := newProcess(context.TODO(), s.metrics, s.natsConn, s.processes, s.newMessagesCh, s.configuration, sub, s.errorKernel.errorCh, "", nil)
 	// Start all wanted subscriber processes.
 	s.processes.Start(p)
 
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ func (s *server) routeMessagesToProcess(dbFileName string) {
 				log.Printf("info: processNewMessages: did not find that specific subject, starting new process for subject: %v\n", subjName)
 
 				sub := newSubject(sam.Subject.Method, sam.Subject.ToNode)
-				proc := newProcess(s.ctx, s.metrics, s.natsConn, s.processes, s.newMessagesCh, s.configuration, sub, s.errorKernel.errorCh, processKindPublisher, nil, nil)
+				proc := newProcess(s.ctx, s.metrics, s.natsConn, s.processes, s.newMessagesCh, s.configuration, sub, s.errorKernel.errorCh, processKindPublisher, nil)
 				// fmt.Printf("*** %#v\n", proc)
 				proc.spawnWorker(s.processes, s.natsConn)
 

steward_test.go

@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ func TestStewardServer(t *testing.T) {
 		DefaultMessageRetries: 1,
 		DefaultMessageTimeout: 3,
 
-		StartSubREQCliCommand:      flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQCliCommand:      flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQnCliCommand:     flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQnCliCommand:     flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQnCliCommandCont: flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQnCliCommandCont: flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQToConsole:       flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQToConsole:       flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQToFileAppend:    flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQToFileAppend:    flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQToFile:          flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQToFile:          flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQHello:           flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQHello:           flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQErrorLog:        flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQErrorLog:        flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQHttpGet:         flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQHttpGet:         flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
-		StartSubREQTailFile:        flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+		StartSubREQTailFile:        flagNodeSlice{OK: true},
 		// StartSubREQToSocket:		flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
 	}
 	stewardServer, err := NewServer(conf)

subscriber_method_types.go

@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ func (m methodREQOpCommand) handler(proc process, message Message, nodeName stri
 
 			// Create the process and start it.
 			sub := newSubject(arg.Method, proc.configuration.NodeName)
-			procNew := newProcess(proc.ctx, proc.processes.metrics, proc.natsConn, proc.processes, proc.toRingbufferCh, proc.configuration, sub, proc.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, arg.AllowedNodes, nil)
+			procNew := newProcess(proc.ctx, proc.processes.metrics, proc.natsConn, proc.processes, proc.toRingbufferCh, proc.configuration, sub, proc.errorCh, processKindSubscriber, nil)
 			go procNew.spawnWorker(proc.processes, proc.natsConn)
 
 			er := fmt.Errorf("info: startProc: started id: %v, subject: %v: node: %v", procNew.processID, sub, message.ToNode)