add inbox feature to http broker

broker/http_broker.go

@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ type httpBroker struct {
 	subscribers map[string][]*httpSubscriber
 	running     bool
 	exit        chan chan error
+
+	// offline message inbox
+	mtx   sync.RWMutex
+	inbox map[string][][]byte
 }
 
 type httpSubscriber struct {
@@ -133,6 +137,7 @@ func newHttpBroker(opts ...Option) Broker {
 		subscribers: make(map[string][]*httpSubscriber),
 		exit:        make(chan chan error),
 		mux:         http.NewServeMux(),
+		inbox:       make(map[string][][]byte),
 	}
 
 	// specify the message handler
@@ -175,6 +180,49 @@ func (h *httpSubscriber) Unsubscribe() error {
 	return h.hb.unsubscribe(h)
 }
 
+func (h *httpBroker) saveMessage(topic string, msg []byte) {
+	h.mtx.Lock()
+	defer h.mtx.Unlock()
+
+	// get messages
+	c := h.inbox[topic]
+
+	// save message
+	c = append(c, msg)
+
+	// max length 64
+	if len(c) > 64 {
+		c = c[:64]
+	}
+
+	// save inbox
+	h.inbox[topic] = c
+}
+
+func (h *httpBroker) getMessage(topic string, num int) [][]byte {
+	h.mtx.Lock()
+	defer h.mtx.Unlock()
+
+	// get messages
+	c, ok := h.inbox[topic]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// more message than requests
+	if len(c) >= num {
+		msg := c[:num]
+		h.inbox[topic] = c[num:]
+		return msg
+	}
+
+	// reset inbox
+	h.inbox[topic] = nil
+
+	// return all messages
+	return c
+}
+
 func (h *httpBroker) subscribe(s *httpSubscriber) error {
 	h.Lock()
 	defer h.Unlock()
@@ -454,14 +502,7 @@ func (h *httpBroker) Options() Options {
 }
 
 func (h *httpBroker) Publish(topic string, msg *Message, opts ...PublishOption) error {
-	h.RLock()
-	s, err := h.r.GetService("topic:" + topic)
-	if err != nil {
-		h.RUnlock()
-		return err
-	}
-	h.RUnlock()
-
+	// create the message first
 	m := &Message{
 		Header: make(map[string]string),
 		Body:   msg.Body,
@@ -473,12 +514,26 @@ func (h *httpBroker) Publish(topic string, msg *Message, opts ...PublishOption)
 
 	m.Header[":topic"] = topic
 
+	// encode the message
 	b, err := h.opts.Codec.Marshal(m)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	pub := func(node *registry.Node, b []byte) {
+	// save the message
+	h.saveMessage(topic, b)
+
+	// now attempt to get the service
+	h.RLock()
+	s, err := h.r.GetService("topic:" + topic)
+	if err != nil {
+		h.RUnlock()
+		// ignore error
+		return nil
+	}
+	h.RUnlock()
+
+	pub := func(node *registry.Node, t string, b []byte) {
 		scheme := "http"
 
 		// check if secure is added in metadata
@@ -491,34 +546,59 @@ func (h *httpBroker) Publish(topic string, msg *Message, opts ...PublishOption)
 
 		uri := fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%d%s?%s", scheme, node.Address, node.Port, DefaultSubPath, vals.Encode())
 		r, err := h.c.Post(uri, "application/json", bytes.NewReader(b))
-		if err == nil {
-			io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, r.Body)
-			r.Body.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			// save on error
+			h.saveMessage(t, b)
+			return
 		}
+
+		// discard response body
+		io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, r.Body)
+		r.Body.Close()
 	}
 
-	for _, service := range s {
-		// only process if we have nodes
-		if len(service.Nodes) == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		switch service.Version {
-		// broadcast version means broadcast to all nodes
-		case broadcastVersion:
-			for _, node := range service.Nodes {
-				// publish async
-				go pub(node, b)
+	srv := func(s []*registry.Service, b []byte) {
+		for _, service := range s {
+			// only process if we have nodes
+			if len(service.Nodes) == 0 {
+				continue
 			}
-		default:
-			// select node to publish to
-			node := service.Nodes[rand.Int()%len(service.Nodes)]
 
-			// publish async
-			go pub(node, b)
+			switch service.Version {
+			// broadcast version means broadcast to all nodes
+			case broadcastVersion:
+				for _, node := range service.Nodes {
+					// publish async
+					pub(node, topic, b)
+				}
+			default:
+				// select node to publish to
+				node := service.Nodes[rand.Int()%len(service.Nodes)]
+
+				// publish async
+				pub(node, topic, b)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	// do the rest async
+	go func() {
+		// get a third of the backlog
+		messages := h.getMessage(topic, 8)
+		delay := (len(messages) > 1)
+
+		// publish all the messages
+		for _, msg := range messages {
+			// serialize here
+			srv(s, msg)
+
+			// sending a backlog of messages
+			if delay {
+				time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
 	return nil
 }