// Package semaphore implements the semaphore resiliency pattern for Go. package semaphore import ( "errors" "time" ) // ErrNoTickets is the error returned by Acquire when it could not acquire // a ticket from the semaphore within the configured timeout. var ErrNoTickets = errors.New("could not aquire semaphore ticket") // Semaphore implements the semaphore resiliency pattern type Semaphore struct { sem chan struct{} timeout time.Duration } // New constructs a new Semaphore with the given ticket-count // and timeout. func New(tickets int, timeout time.Duration) *Semaphore { return &Semaphore{ sem: make(chan struct{}, tickets), timeout: timeout, } } // Acquire tries to acquire a ticket from the semaphore. If it can, it returns nil. // If it cannot after "timeout" amount of time, it returns ErrNoTickets. It is // safe to call Acquire concurrently on a single Semaphore. func (s *Semaphore) Acquire() error { select { case s.sem <- struct{}{}: return nil case <-time.After(s.timeout): return ErrNoTickets } } // Release releases an acquired ticket back to the semaphore. It is safe to call // Release concurrently on a single Semaphore. It is an error to call Release on // a Semaphore from which you have not first acquired a ticket. func (s *Semaphore) Release() { <-s.sem }