Updated error statements; Update ships list of events.

network/router/default_router.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package router
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -10,6 +11,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 )
 
+const (
+	// UpdateRoutePenalty penalises route updates
+	UpdateRoutePenalty = 500
+	// DeleteRoutePenalty penalises route deletes
+	DeleteRoutePenalty = 1000
+	// AdvertiseTick is time interval in which we advertise route updates
+	AdvertiseTick = 5 * time.Second
+)
+
 // router provides default router implementation
 type router struct {
 	opts       Options
@@ -79,7 +89,7 @@ func (r *router) Network() string {
 func (r *router) addServiceRoutes(reg registry.Registry, network string, metric int) error {
 	services, err := reg.ListServices()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to list services: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed listing services: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	// add each service node as a separate route
@@ -148,12 +158,12 @@ func (r *router) manageServiceRoutes(w registry.Watcher, metric int) error {
 		case "create":
 			// only return error if the route is not duplicate, but something else has failed
 			if err := r.opts.Table.Add(route); err != nil && err != ErrDuplicateRoute {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to add route for service %v: %s", res.Service.Name, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed adding route for service %v: %s", res.Service.Name, err)
 			}
 		case "delete":
 			// only return error if the route is not in the table, but something else has failed
 			if err := r.opts.Table.Delete(route); err != nil && err != ErrRouteNotFound {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete route for service %v: %s", res.Service.Name, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed adding route for service %v: %s", res.Service.Name, err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -175,7 +185,6 @@ func (r *router) watchTable(w Watcher) error {
 
 	var watchErr error
 
-exit:
 	for {
 		event, err := w.Next()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -188,12 +197,13 @@ exit:
 		u := &Update{
 			ID:        r.ID(),
 			Timestamp: time.Now(),
-			Event:     event,
+			Events:    []*Event{event},
 		}
 
 		select {
 		case <-r.exit:
-			break exit
+			close(r.advertChan)
+			return watchErr
 		case r.advertChan <- u:
 		}
 	}
@@ -258,7 +268,7 @@ func (r *router) Advertise() (<-chan *Update, error) {
 				Metric:      DefaultLocalMetric,
 			}
 			if err := r.opts.Table.Add(route); err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error to add default gateway route: %s", err)
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed adding default gateway route: %s", err)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -271,12 +281,12 @@ func (r *router) Advertise() (<-chan *Update, error) {
 		// routing table watcher which watches all routes i.e. to every destination
 		tableWatcher, err := r.opts.Table.Watch(WatchDestination("*"))
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create routing table watcher: %v", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed creating routing table watcher: %v", err)
 		}
 		// registry watcher
 		regWatcher, err := r.opts.Registry.Watch()
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create registry watcher: %v", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed creating registry watcher: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		// error channel collecting goroutine errors
@@ -311,18 +321,32 @@ func (r *router) Advertise() (<-chan *Update, error) {
 }
 
 // Update updates the routing table using the advertised values
-func (r *router) Update(a *Update) error {
-	// we extract the route from advertisement and update the routing table
-	route := Route{
-		Destination: a.Event.Route.Destination,
-		Gateway:     a.Event.Route.Gateway,
-		Router:      a.Event.Route.Router,
-		Network:     a.Event.Route.Network,
-		Metric:      a.Event.Route.Metric,
-		Policy:      AddIfNotExists,
+func (r *router) Update(u *Update) error {
+	// NOTE: event sorting might not be necessary
+	// copy update events intp new slices
+	events := make([]*Event, len(u.Events))
+	copy(events, u.Events)
+	// sort events by timestamp
+	sort.Slice(events, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return events[i].Timestamp.Before(events[j].Timestamp)
+	})
+
+	for _, event := range events {
+		// we extract the route from advertisement and update the routing table
+		route := Route{
+			Destination: event.Route.Destination,
+			Gateway:     event.Route.Gateway,
+			Router:      event.Route.Router,
+			Network:     event.Route.Network,
+			Metric:      event.Route.Metric,
+			Policy:      AddIfNotExists,
+		}
+		if err := r.opts.Table.Update(route); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed updating routing table: %v", err)
+		}
 	}
 
-	return r.opts.Table.Update(route)
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Status returns router status

network/router/default_table.go

@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ func (t *table) Update(r Route) error {
 		return ErrRouteNotFound
 	}
 
+	// check if destination has this particular router in the table
 	if _, ok := t.m[destAddr][sum]; !ok && r.Policy == AddIfNotExists {
 		t.m[destAddr][sum] = r
 		go t.sendEvent(&Event{Type: CreateEvent, Route: r})

network/router/router.go

@@ -34,14 +34,39 @@ type Router interface {
 	String() string
 }
 
+// Option used by the router
+type Option func(*Options)
+
+// UpdateType is route advertisement update type
+type UpdateType int
+
+const (
+	// Announce is advertised when the router announces itself
+	Announce UpdateType = iota
+	// RouteEvent advertises route events
+	RouteEvent
+)
+
+// String returns string representation of update event
+func (ut UpdateType) String() string {
+	switch ut {
+	case Announce:
+		return "ANNOUNCE"
+	case RouteEvent:
+		return "ROUTE"
+	default:
+		return "UNKNOWN"
+	}
+}
+
 // Update is sent by the router to the network
 type Update struct {
 	// ID is the router ID
 	ID string
-	// Timestamp marks the time when update is sent
+	// Timestamp marks the time when the update is sent
 	Timestamp time.Time
-	// Event defines advertisement even
-	Event *Event
+	// Events is a list of events to advertise
+	Events []*Event
 }
 
 // StatusCode defines router status
@@ -58,12 +83,12 @@ type Status struct {
 const (
 	// Init means the rotuer has just been initialized
 	Init StatusCode = iota
-	// Running means the router is running
+	// Running means the router is up and running
 	Running
-	// Error means the router has crashed with error
-	Error
-	// Stopped means the router has stopped
+	// Stopped means the router has been stopped
 	Stopped
+	// Error means the router has encountered error
+	Error
 )
 
 // String returns human readable status code
@@ -73,18 +98,15 @@ func (sc StatusCode) String() string {
 		return "INITIALIZED"
 	case Running:
 		return "RUNNING"
-	case Error:
-		return "ERROR"
 	case Stopped:
 		return "STOPPED"
+	case Error:
+		return "ERROR"
 	default:
 		return "UNKNOWN"
 	}
 }
 
-// Option used by the router
-type Option func(*Options)
-
 // NewRouter creates new Router and returns it
 func NewRouter(opts ...Option) Router {
 	return newRouter(opts...)

network/router/table_watcher.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package router
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 )
@@ -16,11 +17,11 @@ var (
 type EventType int
 
 const (
-	// CreateEvent is emitted when new route has been created
+	// CreateEvent is emitted when a new route has been created
 	CreateEvent EventType = iota
 	// DeleteEvent is emitted when an existing route has been deleted
 	DeleteEvent
-	// UpdateEvent is emitted when a routing table has been updated
+	// UpdateEvent is emitted when an existing route has been updated
 	UpdateEvent
 )
 
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ func (et EventType) String() string {
 type Event struct {
 	// Type defines type of event
 	Type EventType
+	// Timestamp is event timestamp
+	Timestamp time.Time
 	// Route is table rout
 	Route Route
 }
@@ -81,18 +84,16 @@ type tableWatcher struct {
 }
 
 // Next returns the next noticed action taken on table
-// TODO: this needs to be thought through properly; we only allow watching particular route destination for now
+// TODO: this needs to be thought through properly;
+// right now we only allow to watch destination
 func (w *tableWatcher) Next() (*Event, error) {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case res := <-w.resChan:
 			switch w.opts.Destination {
-			case "*", "":
+			case res.Route.Destination, "*":
 				return res, nil
 			default:
-				if w.opts.Destination == res.Route.Destination {
-					return res, nil
-				}
 				continue
 			}
 		case <-w.done: