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authorsiddharth <s@ricketyspace.net>2021-12-13 21:50:27 -0500
committersiddharth <s@ricketyspace.net>2021-12-13 21:50:27 -0500
commitf20fc4a4a4c3d8638a475faaa00efb7b3aeebd46 (patch)
tree40962e65fab4f14c45857a8d373edc060fd0d0ab /db/db.go
parent6683d9089d0de13c0709f4092f95592c3046a67d (diff)
db/db.go: add docs
Diffstat (limited to 'db/db.go')
-rw-r--r--db/db.go19
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/db/db.go b/db/db.go
index 05baf07..d935467 100644
--- a/db/db.go
+++ b/db/db.go
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ import (
var dbPath string
+// Contains information about list of media that where already
+// download for different feeds.
+//
+// It's stored on disk as a JSON at `$HOME/.config/fern/db.json
type FernDB struct {
mutex *sync.Mutex // For writes to `downloaded`
// Key: feed-id
@@ -34,6 +38,11 @@ func init() {
}
+// Reads the fern db from disk and unmarshals it into a FernDB
+// instance.
+//
+// Returns a pointer to FernDB on success; nil otherwise. The second
+// return value is non-nil on error.
func Open() (*FernDB, error) {
if len(dbPath) == 0 {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("FernDB path not set")
@@ -69,6 +78,8 @@ func Open() (*FernDB, error) {
return db, nil
}
+// Returns true if an `entry` for `feed` exists in the database; false
+// otherwise.
func (fdb *FernDB) Exists(feed, entry string) bool {
if _, ok := fdb.downloaded[feed]; !ok {
return false
@@ -82,6 +93,11 @@ func (fdb *FernDB) Exists(feed, entry string) bool {
}
+// Adds `feed` <-> `entry` to the database.
+//
+// Once a `feed` <-> `entry` is added to the database, fern assumes
+// that entry was downloaded and will not try downloading the entry
+// again.
func (fdb *FernDB) Add(feed, entry string) {
// Check if entry already exist for feed.
if fdb.Exists(feed, entry) {
@@ -97,6 +113,9 @@ func (fdb *FernDB) Add(feed, entry string) {
fdb.mutex.Unlock()
}
+// Writes FernDB to disk in the JSON format.
+//
+// Returns nil on success; error otherwise
func (fdb *FernDB) Write() error {
if len(dbPath) == 0 {
return fmt.Errorf("FernDB path not set")