// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors // This file is part of the go-ethereum library. // // The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License // along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see . package event_test import ( "fmt" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event" ) func ExampleFeed_acknowledgedEvents() { // This example shows how the return value of Send can be used for request/reply // interaction between event consumers and producers. var feed event.Feed type ackedEvent struct { i int ack chan<- struct{} } // Consumers wait for events on the feed and acknowledge processing. done := make(chan struct{}) defer close(done) for i := 0; i < 3; i++ { ch := make(chan ackedEvent, 100) sub := feed.Subscribe(ch) go func() { defer sub.Unsubscribe() for { select { case ev := <-ch: fmt.Println(ev.i) // "process" the event ev.ack <- struct{}{} case <-done: return } } }() } // The producer sends values of type ackedEvent with increasing values of i. // It waits for all consumers to acknowledge before sending the next event. for i := 0; i < 3; i++ { acksignal := make(chan struct{}) n := feed.Send(ackedEvent{i, acksignal}) for ack := 0; ack < n; ack++ { <-acksignal } } // Output: // 0 // 0 // 0 // 1 // 1 // 1 // 2 // 2 // 2 }