backoff

Go package for implementing a generic backoff policy.

Usage

package main
import (
"log""github/vidsy/backoff"
)
funcmain() {
bp:= backoff.Policy{
Intervals: []int{0, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, 8000},
LogMessageHandler: func(messagestring) {
log.Printf("Log message from backoff.Policy: %s", message)
}
}
anon:=func() (bool, error) {
attemptConnection()
}
ok, err:=bp.Perform(anon)
iferr!=nil {
log.Fatalf("Error in anon function: %s", err)
}
if!ok {
log.Fatal("Failed to connect...")
}
log.Println("Success!")
}
funcattemptConnection() bool {
// Do something here...returnfalse
}

Tests

$ go test -v

Notes

MIT License (MIT)