Change Background API to take Handler interface

README.md

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func main() {
         Addr: "localhost:6379",
     })
 
-    bg.Run(handler)
+    bg.Run(asynq.HandlerFunc(handler))
 }
 
 // if handler returns an error or panics, the task will be retried after some delay.

background.go

@@ -31,14 +31,33 @@ func NewBackground(numWorkers int, opt *RedisOpt) *Background {
 	}
 }
 
-// TaskHandler handles a given task and reports any error.
+// A Handler processes a task.
-type TaskHandler func(*Task) error
+//
+// ProcessTask should return nil if the processing of a task
+// is successful.
+//
+// If ProcessTask return a non-nil error or panics, the task
+// will be retried after delay.
+type Handler interface {
+	ProcessTask(*Task) error
+}
+
+// The HandlerFunc type is an adapter to allow the use of
+// ordinary functions as a Handler. If f is a function
+// with the appropriate signature, HandlerFunc(f) is a
+// Handler that calls f.
+type HandlerFunc func(*Task) error
+
+// ProcessTask calls fn(task)
+func (fn HandlerFunc) ProcessTask(task *Task) error {
+	return fn(task)
+}
 
 // Run starts the background-task processing and blocks until
 // an os signal to exit the program is received. Once it receives
 // a signal, it gracefully shuts down all pending workers and other
 // goroutines to process the tasks.
-func (bg *Background) Run(handler TaskHandler) {
+func (bg *Background) Run(handler Handler) {
 	bg.start(handler)
 	defer bg.stop()
 
@@ -51,7 +70,7 @@ func (bg *Background) Run(handler TaskHandler) {
 }
 
 // starts the background-task processing.
-func (bg *Background) start(handler TaskHandler) {
+func (bg *Background) start(handler Handler) {
 	bg.mu.Lock()
 	defer bg.mu.Unlock()
 	if bg.running {

background_test.go

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestBackground(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	bg.start(h)
+	bg.start(HandlerFunc(h))
 
 	client.Process(&Task{
 		Type:    "send_email",

processor.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 type processor struct {
 	rdb *rdb
 
-	handler TaskHandler
+	handler Handler
 
 	// timeout for blocking dequeue operation.
 	// dequeue needs to timeout to avoid blocking forever
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type processor struct {
 	done chan struct{}
 }
 
-func newProcessor(rdb *rdb, numWorkers int, handler TaskHandler) *processor {
+func newProcessor(rdb *rdb, numWorkers int, handler Handler) *processor {
 	return &processor{
 		rdb:            rdb,
 		handler:        handler,
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ func (p *processor) restore() {
 // perform calls the handler with the given task.
 // If the call returns without panic, it simply returns the value,
 // otherwise, it recovers from panic and returns an error.
-func perform(handler TaskHandler, task *Task) (err error) {
+func perform(h Handler, task *Task) (err error) {
 	defer func() {
 		if x := recover(); x != nil {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("panic: %v", x)
 		}
 	}()
-	return handler(task)
+	return h.ProcessTask(task)
 }

processor_test.go

@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ func TestProcessorSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 		// instantiate a new processor
 		var mu sync.Mutex
 		var processed []*Task
-		h := func(task *Task) error {
+		var h HandlerFunc
+		h = func(task *Task) error {
 			mu.Lock()
 			defer mu.Unlock()
 			processed = append(processed, task)
@@ -133,7 +134,8 @@ func TestProcessorRetry(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 		// instantiate a new processor
-		h := func(task *Task) error {
+		var h HandlerFunc
+		h = func(task *Task) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
 		}
 		p := newProcessor(r, 10, h)
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ func TestProcessorRetry(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPerform(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		desc    string
-		handler TaskHandler
+		handler HandlerFunc
 		task    *Task
 		wantErr bool
 	}{