govnr

Use govnr to launch supervised goroutines.

The package offers:

• Once() launches a goroutine and logs uncaught panics.
• Forever() launches a goroutine and in the event of a panic, log the error and re-launches, as long as the context has not been cancelled.
• Recover() runs a function inline, in the currently running goroutine. panics are recovered, logged and ignored.

Docs are available but could probably be better. PRs will be appreciated!

Used extensively in Orbs Network's golang implementation to make sure all background processes play nicely.

Example usage:

type stdoutErrorer struct {}

func (s *stdoutErrorer) Error(err error) {
	fmt.Println(err.Error())
}

errorHandler := &stdoutErrorer{}
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())

data := make(chan int)
handle := govnr.Forever(ctx, "an example process", errorHandler, func() {
	for {
		select {
		case i := <-data:
			fmt.Printf("goroutine got data: %d\n", i)
		case <-ctx.Done():
			return
		}
	}
})

supervisor := &govnr.TreeSupervisor{}
supervisor.Supervise(handle)

data <- 3
data <- 2
data <- 1
cancel()

shutdownCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 1 * time.Second)
supervisor.WaitUntilShutdown(shutdownCtx)