package gotelem import "fmt" type BrokerRequest struct { Source string // the name of the sender Msg Frame // the message to send } type BrokerClient struct { Name string // the name of the client Ch chan Frame // the channel to send frames to this client } type Broker struct { subs map[string]chan Frame publishCh chan BrokerRequest subsCh chan BrokerClient unsubCh chan BrokerClient } func NewBroker(bufsize int) *Broker { b := &Broker{ subs: make(map[string]chan Frame), publishCh: make(chan BrokerRequest, 3), subsCh: make(chan BrokerClient, 3), unsubCh: make(chan BrokerClient, 3), } return b } // Start runs the broker and sends messages to the subscribers (but not the sender) func (b *Broker) Start() { for { select { case newClient := <-b.subsCh: b.subs[newClient.Name] = newClient.Ch case req := <-b.publishCh: for name, ch := range b.subs { if name == req.Source { continue // don't send to ourselves. } // a kinda-inelegant non-blocking push. // if we can't do it, we just drop it. this should ideally never happen. select { case ch <- req.Msg: default: fmt.Printf("we dropped a packet to dest %s", name) } } case clientToRemove := <-b.unsubCh: close(b.subs[clientToRemove.Name]) delete(b.subs, clientToRemove.Name) } } } func (b *Broker) Publish(name string, msg Frame) { breq := BrokerRequest{ Source: name, Msg: msg, } b.publishCh <- breq } func (b *Broker) Subscribe(name string) <-chan Frame { ch := make(chan Frame, 3) bc := BrokerClient{ Name: name, Ch: ch, } b.subsCh <- bc return ch } func (b *Broker) Unsubscribe(name string) { bc := BrokerClient{ Name: name, } b.unsubCh <- bc } // TODO: don't use channels for everything to avoid using a mutex