Move ticker to new module

src/background/ticker.go

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package background
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/cif"
+	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/helpers"
+	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/log"
+)
+
+const frequency = 5 * time.Millisecond // Figure out a sensible frequency!
+
+func InitTicker(cfg *helpers.Configuration, stop <-chan struct{}) {
+	go runTicker(cfg, stop)
+}
+
+func runTicker(cfg *helpers.Configuration, stop <-chan struct{}) {
+	log.Msg.Sugar().Infof("Starting background ticker, runs every %s", frequency)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(frequency)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-stop:
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			cif.CifCheck(cfg)
+		}
+	}
+}

src/cif/initialise.go

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package cif
-
-import (
-	"time"
-
-	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/helpers"
-)
-
-// Start a background task to periodically check and update the timetable from the CIF file feed.
-
-func InitBackgroundTask(cfg *helpers.Configuration, stop <-chan struct{}) {
-	go runBackgroundTask(cfg, stop)
-}
-
-func runBackgroundTask(cfg *helpers.Configuration, stop <-chan struct{}) {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Second)
-	defer ticker.Stop()
-
-	for {
-		select {
-		case <-stop:
-			return
-		case <-ticker.C:
-			cifCheck(cfg)
-		}
-	}
-}

src/cif/runner.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/log"
 )
 
-func cifCheck(cfg *helpers.Configuration) {
+func CifCheck(cfg *helpers.Configuration) {
 	log.Msg.Debug("CIF Task Started")
 	numGoroutines := runtime.NumGoroutine()
 	fmt.Println("Number of goroutines running: ", numGoroutines)

src/main.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/cif"
+	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/background"
 	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/dbAccess"
 	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/helpers"
 	"git.fjla.uk/owlboard/timetable-mgr/log"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func main() {
 	//defer cleanup(cfg, stop)
 
 	// Start CIF Task Ticker
-	cif.InitBackgroundTask(cfg, stop)
+	background.InitTicker(cfg, stop)
 
 	if cfg.VstpOn {
 		messaging.StompInit(cfg)