Attach error handler to statsD socket to prevent crashes on connectio…

…n problem

config.js

@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-var debug = require('debug')('abacus:config');
+var config = require('config');
 
-// Check for config module. If not existent, export an empty config
-try{
-  var config = require('config');
-  debug('Loading config from node-config');
-  module.exports = config.setModuleDefaults('abacus', require('./config/default'));
-}
-catch(e){
-  debug('Setting config to empty object');
-  module.exports = {};
-}
+module.exports = config.setModuleDefaults('abacus', require('./config/default'));

config/default.js

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ module.exports = {
     },
     metricPrefix: 'apps.abacus.'
   }
-}
+};

lib/abacus.js

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ var counters = function(conf){
   if(self.config.statsD){
     var statsDConfig = self.config.statsD;
     self.statsD = new statsD(statsDConfig.connection.host, statsDConfig.connection.port);
+    self.statsD.socket.on('error', function(e){
+      return debug('Error on statsD socket: %s', e);
+    });
   }
 };
 

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "abacus",
-  "version": "0.0.2",
+  "version": "0.0.3",
   "description": "Counter library with statsD support",
   "main": "lib/abacus.js",
   "scripts": {