refactor and cleanup some router code

router/default.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package router
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"sort"
@@ -16,8 +17,6 @@ import (
 var (
 	// AdvertiseEventsTick is time interval in which the router advertises route updates
 	AdvertiseEventsTick = 10 * time.Second
-	// AdvertiseTableTick is time interval in which router advertises all routes found in routing table
-	AdvertiseTableTick = 2 * time.Minute
 	// DefaultAdvertTTL is default advertisement TTL
 	DefaultAdvertTTL = 2 * time.Minute
 	// AdvertSuppress is advert suppression threshold
@@ -37,14 +36,12 @@ var (
 // router implements default router
 type router struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
-	options   Options
+
-	status    Status
+	running   bool
 	table     *table
-	exit      chan struct{}
+	options   Options
-	errChan   chan error
+	exit      chan bool
 	eventChan chan *Event
-	advertWg  *sync.WaitGroup
-	wg        *sync.WaitGroup
 
 	// advert subscribers
 	sub         sync.RWMutex
@@ -61,15 +58,9 @@ func newRouter(opts ...Option) Router {
 		o(&options)
 	}
 
-	// set initial status to Stopped
-	status := Status{Code: Stopped, Error: nil}
-
 	return &router{
 		options:     options,
-		status:      status,
 		table:       newTable(),
-		advertWg:    &sync.WaitGroup{},
-		wg:          &sync.WaitGroup{},
 		subscribers: make(map[string]chan *Advert),
 	}
 }
@@ -125,7 +116,7 @@ func (r *router) manageRoute(route Route, action string) error {
 
 // manageServiceRoutes applies action to all routes of the service.
 // It returns error of the action fails with error.
-func (r *router) manageServiceRoutes(service *registry.Service, action string) error {
+func (r *router) manageRoutes(service *registry.Service, action string) error {
 	// action is the routing table action
 	action = strings.ToLower(action)
 
@@ -166,7 +157,7 @@ func (r *router) manageRegistryRoutes(reg registry.Registry, action string) erro
 		}
 		// manage the routes for all returned services
 		for _, srv := range srvs {
-			if err := r.manageServiceRoutes(srv, action); err != nil {
+			if err := r.manageRoutes(srv, action); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
@@ -181,42 +172,35 @@ func (r *router) watchRegistry(w registry.Watcher) error {
 	exit := make(chan bool)
 
 	defer func() {
-		// close the exit channel when the go routine finishes
 		close(exit)
 	}()
 
-	// wait in the background for the router to stop
-	// when the router stops, stop the watcher and exit
-	r.wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer w.Stop()
-		defer r.wg.Done()
 
 		select {
-		case <-r.exit:
-			return
 		case <-exit:
 			return
+		case <-r.exit:
+			return
 		}
 	}()
 
-	var watchErr error
-
 	for {
 		res, err := w.Next()
 		if err != nil {
 			if err != registry.ErrWatcherStopped {
-				watchErr = err
+				return err
 			}
 			break
 		}
 
-		if err := r.manageServiceRoutes(res.Service, res.Action); err != nil {
+		if err := r.manageRoutes(res.Service, res.Action); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 
-	return watchErr
+	return nil
 }
 
 // watchTable watches routing table entries and either adds or deletes locally registered service to/from network registry
@@ -225,16 +209,13 @@ func (r *router) watchTable(w Watcher) error {
 	exit := make(chan bool)
 
 	defer func() {
-		// close the exit channel when the go routine finishes
 		close(exit)
 	}()
 
 	// wait in the background for the router to stop
 	// when the router stops, stop the watcher and exit
-	r.wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer w.Stop()
-		defer r.wg.Done()
 
 		select {
 		case <-r.exit:
@@ -244,13 +225,11 @@ func (r *router) watchTable(w Watcher) error {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	var watchErr error
-
 	for {
 		event, err := w.Next()
 		if err != nil {
 			if err != ErrWatcherStopped {
-				watchErr = err
+				return err
 			}
 			break
 		}
@@ -260,13 +239,11 @@ func (r *router) watchTable(w Watcher) error {
 			close(r.eventChan)
 			return nil
 		case r.eventChan <- event:
+			// process event
 		}
 	}
 
-	// close event channel on error
+	return nil
-	close(r.eventChan)
-
-	return watchErr
 }
 
 // publishAdvert publishes router advert to advert channel
@@ -292,36 +269,6 @@ func (r *router) publishAdvert(advType AdvertType, events []*Event) {
 	r.sub.RUnlock()
 }
 
-// advertiseTable advertises the whole routing table to the network
-func (r *router) advertiseTable() error {
-	// create table advertisement ticker
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(AdvertiseTableTick)
-	defer ticker.Stop()
-
-	for {
-		select {
-		case <-ticker.C:
-			// do full table flush
-			events, err := r.flushRouteEvents(Update)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed flushing routes: %s", err)
-			}
-
-			// advertise routes to subscribers
-			if len(events) > 0 {
-				log.Debugf("Router flushing table with %d events: %s", len(events), r.options.Id)
-				r.advertWg.Add(1)
-				go func() {
-					defer r.advertWg.Done()
-					r.publishAdvert(RouteUpdate, events)
-				}()
-			}
-		case <-r.exit:
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // advert contains a route event to be advertised
 type advert struct {
 	// event received from routing table
@@ -392,17 +339,39 @@ func (r *router) advertiseEvents() error {
 	adverts := make(adverts)
 
 	// routing table watcher
-	tableWatcher, err := r.Watch()
+	w, err := r.Watch()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed creating routing table watcher: %v", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	defer w.Stop()
+
+	go func() {
+		var err error
+
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-r.exit:
+				return
+			default:
+				if w == nil {
+					// routing table watcher
+					w, err = r.Watch()
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Logf("Error creating watcher: %v", err)
+						time.Sleep(time.Second)
+						continue
+					}
 				}
 
-	r.wg.Add(1)
+				if err := r.watchTable(w); err != nil {
-	go func() {
+					log.Logf("Error watching table: %v", err)
-		defer r.wg.Done()
+					time.Sleep(time.Second)
-		select {
+				}
-		case r.errChan <- r.watchTable(tableWatcher):
+
-		case <-r.exit:
+				// reset
+				w.Stop()
+				w = nil
+			}
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -446,11 +415,7 @@ func (r *router) advertiseEvents() error {
 			// advertise events to subscribers
 			if len(events) > 0 {
 				log.Debugf("Router publishing %d events", len(events))
-				r.advertWg.Add(1)
+				go r.publishAdvert(RouteUpdate, events)
-				go func() {
-					defer r.advertWg.Done()
-					r.publishAdvert(RouteUpdate, events)
-				}()
 			}
 		case e := <-r.eventChan:
 			// if event is nil, continue
@@ -502,65 +467,19 @@ func (r *router) advertiseEvents() error {
 			a.penalty += Penalty
 			log.Debugf("Router advert %d for route %s %s event penalty: %f", hash, a.event.Route.Service, a.event.Route.Address, a.penalty)
 		case <-r.exit:
-			// first wait for the advertiser to finish
+			w.Stop()
-			r.advertWg.Wait()
 			return nil
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-// close closes exit channels
+// drain all the events, only called on Stop
-func (r *router) close() {
+func (r *router) drain() {
-	log.Debugf("Router closing remaining channels")
+	for {
-	// drain the advertise channel only if advertising
-	if r.status.Code == Advertising {
-		// drain the event channel
-		for range r.eventChan {
-		}
-
-		// close advert subscribers
-		for id, sub := range r.subscribers {
 		select {
-			case <-sub:
+		case <-r.eventChan:
 		default:
-			}
-
-			// close the channel
-			close(sub)
-
-			// delete the subscriber
-			r.sub.Lock()
-			delete(r.subscribers, id)
-			r.sub.Unlock()
-		}
-	}
-
-	// mark the router as Stopped and set its Error to nil
-	r.status = Status{Code: Stopped, Error: nil}
-}
-
-// watchErrors watches router errors and takes appropriate actions
-func (r *router) watchErrors() {
-	var err error
-
-	select {
-	case <-r.exit:
 			return
-	case err = <-r.errChan:
-	}
-
-	r.Lock()
-	defer r.Unlock()
-	// if the router is not stopped, stop it
-	if r.status.Code != Stopped {
-		// notify all goroutines to finish
-		close(r.exit)
-
-		// close all the channels
-		r.close()
-		// set the status error
-		if err != nil {
-			r.status.Error = err
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -570,16 +489,13 @@ func (r *router) Start() error {
 	r.Lock()
 	defer r.Unlock()
 
-	// only start if we're stopped
+	if r.running {
-	if r.status.Code != Stopped {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	// add all local service routes into the routing table
 	if err := r.manageRegistryRoutes(r.options.Registry, "create"); err != nil {
-		e := fmt.Errorf("failed adding registry routes: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed adding registry routes: %s", err)
-		r.status = Status{Code: Error, Error: e}
-		return e
 	}
 
 	// add default gateway into routing table
@@ -595,42 +511,49 @@ func (r *router) Start() error {
 			Metric:  DefaultLocalMetric,
 		}
 		if err := r.table.Create(route); err != nil {
-			e := fmt.Errorf("failed adding default gateway route: %s", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed adding default gateway route: %s", err)
-			r.status = Status{Code: Error, Error: e}
-			return e
 		}
 	}
 
 	// create error and exit channels
-	r.errChan = make(chan error, 1)
+	r.exit = make(chan bool)
-	r.exit = make(chan struct{})
 
 	// registry watcher
-	regWatcher, err := r.options.Registry.Watch()
+	w, err := r.options.Registry.Watch()
 	if err != nil {
-		e := fmt.Errorf("failed creating registry watcher: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed creating registry watcher: %v", err)
-		r.status = Status{Code: Error, Error: e}
-		return e
 	}
 
-	r.wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
-		defer r.wg.Done()
+		var err error
+
+		for {
 			select {
-		case r.errChan <- r.watchRegistry(regWatcher):
 			case <-r.exit:
+				w.Stop()
+				return
+			default:
+				if w == nil {
+					w, err = r.options.Registry.Watch()
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Logf("failed creating registry watcher: %v", err)
+						time.Sleep(time.Second)
+						continue
+					}
+				}
+
+				if err := r.watchRegistry(w); err != nil {
+					log.Logf("Error watching the registry: %v", err)
+					time.Sleep(time.Second)
+				}
+
+				w.Stop()
+				w = nil
+			}
 		}
 	}()
 
-	// watch for errors and cleanup
+	r.running = true
-	r.wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer r.wg.Done()
-		r.watchErrors()
-	}()
-
-	// mark router as Running
-	r.status = Status{Code: Running, Error: nil}
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -642,12 +565,17 @@ func (r *router) Advertise() (<-chan *Advert, error) {
 	r.Lock()
 	defer r.Unlock()
 
-	switch r.status.Code {
+	if !r.running {
-	case Advertising:
+		return nil, errors.New("not running")
+	}
+
+	// already advertising
+	if r.eventChan != nil {
 		advertChan := make(chan *Advert, 128)
 		r.subscribers[uuid.New().String()] = advertChan
 		return advertChan, nil
-	case Running:
+	}
+
 	// list all the routes and pack them into even slice to advertise
 	events, err := r.flushRouteEvents(Create)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -662,41 +590,21 @@ func (r *router) Advertise() (<-chan *Advert, error) {
 	r.subscribers[uuid.New().String()] = advertChan
 
 	// advertise your presence
-		r.advertWg.Add(1)
+	go r.publishAdvert(Announce, events)
-		go func() {
-			defer r.advertWg.Done()
-			r.publishAdvert(Announce, events)
-		}()
 
-		r.wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
-			defer r.wg.Done()
 		select {
-			case r.errChan <- r.advertiseEvents():
 		case <-r.exit:
+			return
+		default:
+			if err := r.advertiseEvents(); err != nil {
+				log.Logf("Error adveritising events: %v", err)
+			}
 		}
 	}()
 
-		r.advertWg.Add(1)
-		go func() {
-			defer r.advertWg.Done()
-			// advertise the whole routing table
-			select {
-			case r.errChan <- r.advertiseTable():
-			case <-r.exit:
-			}
-		}()
-
-		// mark router as Running and set its Error to nil
-		r.status = Status{Code: Advertising, Error: nil}
-
-		log.Debugf("Router starting to advertise")
 	return advertChan, nil
-	case Stopped:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("not running")
-	}
 
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("error: %s", r.status.Error)
 }
 
 // Process updates the routing table using the advertised values
@@ -774,48 +682,39 @@ func (r *router) Watch(opts ...WatchOption) (Watcher, error) {
 	return r.table.Watch(opts...)
 }
 
-// Status returns router status
-func (r *router) Status() Status {
-	r.RLock()
-	defer r.RUnlock()
-
-	// make a copy of the status
-	status := r.status
-
-	return status
-}
-
 // Stop stops the router
 func (r *router) Stop() error {
 	r.Lock()
+	defer r.Unlock()
 
-	log.Debugf("Router shutting down")
+	select {
-
+	case <-r.exit:
-	switch r.status.Code {
+		return nil
-	case Stopped, Error:
+	default:
-		r.Unlock()
-		return r.status.Error
-	case Running, Advertising:
-		// notify all goroutines to finish
 		close(r.exit)
 
-		// close all the channels
+		// extract the events
-		// NOTE: close marks the router status as Stopped
+		r.drain()
-		r.close()
+
+		// close advert subscribers
+		for id, sub := range r.subscribers {
+			// close the channel
+			close(sub)
+
+			// delete the subscriber
+			r.sub.Lock()
+			delete(r.subscribers, id)
+			r.sub.Unlock()
+		}
 	}
-	r.Unlock()
 
-	log.Tracef("Router waiting for all goroutines to finish")
+	// remove event chan
-
+	r.eventChan = nil
-	// wait for all goroutines to finish
-	r.wg.Wait()
-
-	log.Debugf("Router successfully stopped")
 
 	return nil
 }
 
 // String prints debugging information about router
 func (r *router) String() string {
-	return "memory"
+	return "registry"
 }

router/default_test.go

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ func TestRouterAdvertise(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// lower the advertise interval
 	AdvertiseEventsTick = 500 * time.Millisecond
-	AdvertiseTableTick = 1 * time.Second
 
 	if err := r.Start(); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("failed to start router: %v", err)

router/router.go

@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ type Router interface {
 	Watch(opts ...WatchOption) (Watcher, error)
 	// Start starts the router
 	Start() error
-	// Status returns router status
-	Status() Status
 	// Stop stops the router
 	Stop() error
 	// Returns the router implementation
@@ -73,34 +71,6 @@ const (
 	Error
 )
 
-func (s StatusCode) String() string {
-	switch s {
-	case Running:
-		return "running"
-	case Advertising:
-		return "advertising"
-	case Stopped:
-		return "stopped"
-	case Error:
-		return "error"
-	default:
-		return "unknown"
-	}
-}
-
-// Status is router status
-type Status struct {
-	// Code defines router status
-	Code StatusCode
-	// Error contains error description
-	Error error
-}
-
-// String returns human readable status
-func (s Status) String() string {
-	return s.Code.String()
-}
-
 // AdvertType is route advertisement type
 type AdvertType int
 

router/service/proto/router.pb.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
-// source: router.proto
+// source: micro/go-micro/router/service/proto/router.proto
 
 package go_micro_router
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (x AdvertType) String() string {
 }
 
 func (AdvertType) EnumDescriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{0}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{0}
 }
 
 // EventType defines the type of event
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (x EventType) String() string {
 }
 
 func (EventType) EnumDescriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{1}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{1}
 }
 
 // Empty request
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (m *Request) Reset()         { *m = Request{} }
 func (m *Request) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*Request) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*Request) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{0}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{0}
 }
 
 func (m *Request) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (m *Response) Reset()         { *m = Response{} }
 func (m *Response) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*Response) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*Response) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{1}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{1}
 }
 
 func (m *Response) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (m *ListResponse) Reset()         { *m = ListResponse{} }
 func (m *ListResponse) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*ListResponse) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*ListResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{2}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{2}
 }
 
 func (m *ListResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (m *LookupRequest) Reset()         { *m = LookupRequest{} }
 func (m *LookupRequest) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*LookupRequest) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*LookupRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{3}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{3}
 }
 
 func (m *LookupRequest) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func (m *LookupResponse) Reset()         { *m = LookupResponse{} }
 func (m *LookupResponse) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*LookupResponse) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*LookupResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{4}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{4}
 }
 
 func (m *LookupResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func (m *QueryRequest) Reset()         { *m = QueryRequest{} }
 func (m *QueryRequest) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*QueryRequest) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*QueryRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{5}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{5}
 }
 
 func (m *QueryRequest) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func (m *QueryResponse) Reset()         { *m = QueryResponse{} }
 func (m *QueryResponse) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*QueryResponse) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*QueryResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{6}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{6}
 }
 
 func (m *QueryResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ func (m *WatchRequest) Reset()         { *m = WatchRequest{} }
 func (m *WatchRequest) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*WatchRequest) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*WatchRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{7}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{7}
 }
 
 func (m *WatchRequest) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ func (m *Advert) Reset()         { *m = Advert{} }
 func (m *Advert) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*Advert) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*Advert) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{8}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{8}
 }
 
 func (m *Advert) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ func (m *ProcessResponse) Reset()         { *m = ProcessResponse{} }
 func (m *ProcessResponse) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*ProcessResponse) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*ProcessResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{9}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{9}
 }
 
 func (m *ProcessResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ func (m *CreateResponse) Reset()         { *m = CreateResponse{} }
 func (m *CreateResponse) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*CreateResponse) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*CreateResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{10}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{10}
 }
 
 func (m *CreateResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func (m *DeleteResponse) Reset()         { *m = DeleteResponse{} }
 func (m *DeleteResponse) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*DeleteResponse) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*DeleteResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{11}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{11}
 }
 
 func (m *DeleteResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ func (m *UpdateResponse) Reset()         { *m = UpdateResponse{} }
 func (m *UpdateResponse) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*UpdateResponse) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*UpdateResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{12}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{12}
 }
 
 func (m *UpdateResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ func (m *Event) Reset()         { *m = Event{} }
 func (m *Event) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*Event) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*Event) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{13}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{13}
 }
 
 func (m *Event) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ func (m *Query) Reset()         { *m = Query{} }
 func (m *Query) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*Query) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*Query) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{14}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{14}
 }
 
 func (m *Query) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ func (m *Route) Reset()         { *m = Route{} }
 func (m *Route) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*Route) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*Route) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{15}
+	return fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806, []int{15}
 }
 
 func (m *Route) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -789,92 +789,6 @@ func (m *Route) GetMetric() int64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
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-	Error                string   `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=error,proto3" json:"error,omitempty"`
-	XXX_NoUnkeyedLiteral struct{} `json:"-"`
-	XXX_unrecognized     []byte   `json:"-"`
-	XXX_sizecache        int32    `json:"-"`
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-func (m *Status) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
-func (*Status) ProtoMessage()    {}
-func (*Status) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{16}
-}
-
-func (m *Status) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
-	return xxx_messageInfo_Status.Unmarshal(m, b)
-}
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-	return xxx_messageInfo_Status.Marshal(b, m, deterministic)
-}
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-	xxx_messageInfo_Status.Merge(m, src)
-}
-func (m *Status) XXX_Size() int {
-	return xxx_messageInfo_Status.Size(m)
-}
-func (m *Status) XXX_DiscardUnknown() {
-	xxx_messageInfo_Status.DiscardUnknown(m)
-}
-
-var xxx_messageInfo_Status proto.InternalMessageInfo
-
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-	if m != nil {
-		return m.Code
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-func (m *Status) GetError() string {
-	if m != nil {
-		return m.Error
-	}
-	return ""
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-
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-	XXX_sizecache        int32    `json:"-"`
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-func (m *StatusResponse) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
-func (*StatusResponse) ProtoMessage()    {}
-func (*StatusResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc, []int{17}
-}
-
-func (m *StatusResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
-	return xxx_messageInfo_StatusResponse.Unmarshal(m, b)
-}
-func (m *StatusResponse) XXX_Marshal(b []byte, deterministic bool) ([]byte, error) {
-	return xxx_messageInfo_StatusResponse.Marshal(b, m, deterministic)
-}
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-}
-func (m *StatusResponse) XXX_Size() int {
-	return xxx_messageInfo_StatusResponse.Size(m)
-}
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-}
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-
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-	if m != nil {
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-	}
-	return nil
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 func init() {
 	proto.RegisterEnum("go.micro.router.AdvertType", AdvertType_name, AdvertType_value)
 	proto.RegisterEnum("go.micro.router.EventType", EventType_name, EventType_value)
@@ -894,56 +808,53 @@ func init() {
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 	proto.RegisterType((*Route)(nil), "go.micro.router.Route")
-	proto.RegisterType((*Status)(nil), "go.micro.router.Status")
-	proto.RegisterType((*StatusResponse)(nil), "go.micro.router.StatusResponse")
 }
 
-func init() { proto.RegisterFile("router.proto", fileDescriptor_367072455c71aedc) }
+func init() {
-
+	proto.RegisterFile("micro/go-micro/router/service/proto/router.proto", fileDescriptor_c2b04f200fb3e806)
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router/service/proto/router.pb.micro.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-micro. DO NOT EDIT.
-// source: router.proto
+// source: micro/go-micro/router/service/proto/router.proto
 
 package go_micro_router
 
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ type RouterService interface {
 	Watch(ctx context.Context, in *WatchRequest, opts ...client.CallOption) (Router_WatchService, error)
 	Advertise(ctx context.Context, in *Request, opts ...client.CallOption) (Router_AdvertiseService, error)
 	Process(ctx context.Context, in *Advert, opts ...client.CallOption) (*ProcessResponse, error)
-	Status(ctx context.Context, in *Request, opts ...client.CallOption) (*StatusResponse, error)
 }
 
 type routerService struct {
@@ -167,16 +166,6 @@ func (c *routerService) Process(ctx context.Context, in *Advert, opts ...client.
 	return out, nil
 }
 
-func (c *routerService) Status(ctx context.Context, in *Request, opts ...client.CallOption) (*StatusResponse, error) {
-	req := c.c.NewRequest(c.name, "Router.Status", in)
-	out := new(StatusResponse)
-	err := c.c.Call(ctx, req, out, opts...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return out, nil
-}
-
 // Server API for Router service
 
 type RouterHandler interface {
@@ -184,7 +173,6 @@ type RouterHandler interface {
 	Watch(context.Context, *WatchRequest, Router_WatchStream) error
 	Advertise(context.Context, *Request, Router_AdvertiseStream) error
 	Process(context.Context, *Advert, *ProcessResponse) error
-	Status(context.Context, *Request, *StatusResponse) error
 }
 
 func RegisterRouterHandler(s server.Server, hdlr RouterHandler, opts ...server.HandlerOption) error {
@@ -193,7 +181,6 @@ func RegisterRouterHandler(s server.Server, hdlr RouterHandler, opts ...server.H
 		Watch(ctx context.Context, stream server.Stream) error
 		Advertise(ctx context.Context, stream server.Stream) error
 		Process(ctx context.Context, in *Advert, out *ProcessResponse) error
-		Status(ctx context.Context, in *Request, out *StatusResponse) error
 	}
 	type Router struct {
 		router
@@ -284,10 +271,6 @@ func (h *routerHandler) Process(ctx context.Context, in *Advert, out *ProcessRes
 	return h.RouterHandler.Process(ctx, in, out)
 }
 
-func (h *routerHandler) Status(ctx context.Context, in *Request, out *StatusResponse) error {
-	return h.RouterHandler.Status(ctx, in, out)
-}
-
 // Client API for Table service
 
 type TableService interface {

router/service/proto/router.proto

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ service Router {
         rpc Watch(WatchRequest) returns (stream Event) {};
         rpc Advertise(Request) returns (stream Advert) {};
         rpc Process(Advert) returns (ProcessResponse) {};
-	rpc Status(Request) returns (StatusResponse) {};
 }
 
 service Table {
@@ -129,12 +128,3 @@ message Route {
 	// the metric / score of this route
 	int64 metric = 7;
 }
-
-message Status {
-	string code = 1;
-	string error = 2;
-}
-
-message StatusResponse {
-	Status status = 1;
-}

router/service/service.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package service
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"sync"
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ type svc struct {
 	callOpts   []client.CallOption
 	router     pb.RouterService
 	table      *table
-	status     *router.Status
 	exit       chan bool
 	errChan    chan error
 	advertChan chan *router.Advert
@@ -43,16 +41,9 @@ func NewRouter(opts ...router.Option) router.Router {
 		cli = options.Client
 	}
 
-	// set the status to Stopped
-	status := &router.Status{
-		Code:  router.Stopped,
-		Error: nil,
-	}
-
 	// NOTE: should we have Client/Service option in router.Options?
 	s := &svc{
 		opts:   options,
-		status: status,
 		router: pb.NewRouterService(router.DefaultName, cli),
 	}
 
@@ -98,12 +89,6 @@ func (s *svc) Table() router.Table {
 func (s *svc) Start() error {
 	s.Lock()
 	defer s.Unlock()
-
-	s.status = &router.Status{
-		Code:  router.Running,
-		Error: nil,
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -169,21 +154,16 @@ func (s *svc) Advertise() (<-chan *router.Advert, error) {
 	s.Lock()
 	defer s.Unlock()
 
-	switch s.status.Code {
-	case router.Running, router.Advertising:
 	stream, err := s.router.Advertise(context.Background(), &pb.Request{}, s.callOpts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed getting advert stream: %s", err)
 	}
+
 	// create advertise and event channels
 	advertChan := make(chan *router.Advert)
 	go s.advertiseEvents(advertChan, stream)
-		return advertChan, nil
-	case router.Stopped:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("not running")
-	}
 
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("error: %s", s.status.Error)
+	return advertChan, nil
 }
 
 // Process processes incoming adverts
@@ -220,55 +200,6 @@ func (s *svc) Process(advert *router.Advert) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Status returns router status
-func (s *svc) Status() router.Status {
-	s.Lock()
-	defer s.Unlock()
-
-	// check if its stopped
-	select {
-	case <-s.exit:
-		return router.Status{
-			Code:  router.Stopped,
-			Error: nil,
-		}
-	default:
-		// don't block
-	}
-
-	// check the remote router
-	rsp, err := s.router.Status(context.Background(), &pb.Request{}, s.callOpts...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return router.Status{
-			Code:  router.Error,
-			Error: err,
-		}
-	}
-
-	code := router.Running
-	var serr error
-
-	switch rsp.Status.Code {
-	case "running":
-		code = router.Running
-	case "advertising":
-		code = router.Advertising
-	case "stopped":
-		code = router.Stopped
-	case "error":
-		code = router.Error
-	}
-
-	if len(rsp.Status.Error) > 0 {
-		serr = errors.New(rsp.Status.Error)
-	}
-
-	return router.Status{
-		Code:  code,
-		Error: serr,
-	}
-}
-
 // Remote router cannot be stopped
 func (s *svc) Stop() error {
 	s.Lock()