clean up broker

broker.go

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func newBroker(client kinesisiface.KinesisAPI, streamName string, shardc chan *k
 	}
 }
 
-// broker keeps local cache list of the shard we are already processing
+// broker caches a local list of the shards we are already processing
 // and routinely polls the stream looking for new shards to process
 type broker struct {
 	client     kinesisiface.KinesisAPI
@@ -33,22 +33,28 @@ type broker struct {
 	shards  map[string]*kinesis.Shard
 }
 
+// pollShards loops forever attempting to find new shards
+// to process
 func (b *broker) pollShards(ctx context.Context) {
-	b.fetchShards()
+	b.leaseShards()
 
-	go func() {
-		for {
-			select {
-			case <-ctx.Done():
-				return
-			case <-time.After(pollFreq):
-				b.fetchShards()
-			}
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-time.After(pollFreq):
+			b.leaseShards()
 		}
-	}()
+	}
 }
 
-func (b *broker) fetchShards() {
+// leaseShards attempts to find new shards that need to be
+// processed; when a new shard is found it passing the shard
+// ID back to the consumer on the shard channel
+func (b *broker) leaseShards() {
+	b.shardMu.Lock()
+	defer b.shardMu.Unlock()
+
 	shards, err := b.listShards()
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
@@ -56,12 +62,16 @@ func (b *broker) fetchShards() {
 	}
 
 	for _, shard := range shards {
-		if b.takeLease(shard) {
-			b.shardc <- shard
+		if _, ok := b.shards[*shard.ShardId]; ok {
+			continue
 		}
+
+		b.shards[*shard.ShardId] = shard
+		b.shardc <- shard
 	}
 }
 
+// listShards pulls a list of shard IDs from the kinesis api
 func (b *broker) listShards() ([]*kinesis.Shard, error) {
 	var ss []*kinesis.Shard
 	var listShardsInput = &kinesis.ListShardsInput{
@@ -85,15 +95,3 @@ func (b *broker) listShards() ([]*kinesis.Shard, error) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func (b *broker) takeLease(shard *kinesis.Shard) bool {
-	b.shardMu.Lock()
-	defer b.shardMu.Unlock()
-
-	if _, ok := b.shards[*shard.ShardId]; ok {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	b.shards[*shard.ShardId] = shard
-	return true
-}

consumer.go

@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ func (c *Consumer) Scan(ctx context.Context, fn ScanFunc) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	go func() {
-		broker.pollShards(ctx)
+	go broker.pollShards(ctx)
 
+	go func() {
 		<-ctx.Done()
 		close(shardc)
 	}()