package retryutil import ( "fmt" "time" ) type RetryError struct { n int } func (e *RetryError) Error() string { return fmt.Sprintf("still failing after %d retries", e.n) } type ConditionFunc func() (bool, error) // Retry retries f every interval until after maxRetries. // The interval won't be affected by how long f takes. // For example, if interval is 3s, f takes 1s, another f will be called 2s later. // However, if f takes longer than interval, it will be delayed. func Retry(interval time.Duration, maxRetries int, f ConditionFunc) error { if maxRetries <= 0 { return fmt.Errorf("maxRetries (%d) should be > 0", maxRetries) } tick := time.NewTicker(interval) defer tick.Stop() for i := 0; ; i++ { ok, err := f() if err != nil { return err } if ok { return nil } if i+1 == maxRetries { break } <-tick.C } return &RetryError{maxRetries} }