Docment structs and interfaces

executor.go

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ type TaskExecutor interface {
 	Shutdown() chan bool
 }
 
+// An executor schedules and executes tasks.
+// It also reschedules fixed-rate and fixed-delay periodic tasks,
+// though trigger tasks will reschedule themselves.
 type SimpleTaskExecutor struct {
 	nextSequence          int
 	isShutdown            bool
@@ -206,6 +209,7 @@ func (executor *SimpleTaskExecutor) run() {
 				executor.taskQueue = append(executor.taskQueue, rescheduledTask)
 			case stoppedChan := <-executor.shutdownChannel:
 				executor.timer.Stop()
+				// Wait for all current tasks to finish executing.
 				executor.taskWaitGroup.Wait()
 				stoppedChan <- true
 				return
@@ -231,16 +235,26 @@ func (executor *SimpleTaskExecutor) startTask(scheduledRunnableTask *ScheduledRu
 
 			executor.taskWaitGroup.Done()
 
+			// If this task is non-periodic, it should be cancelled after execution.
 			if !scheduledRunnableTask.isPeriodic() {
 				scheduledRunnableTask.Cancel()
 			} else {
+				// If the task is periodic but not at a fixed rate,
+				// then it must be a fixed delay task. This means
+				// that the period is measured from the end of the previous
+				// execution.
 				if !scheduledRunnableTask.isFixedRate() {
 					scheduledRunnableTask.triggerTime = executor.calculateTriggerTime(scheduledRunnableTask.period)
 					executor.rescheduleTaskChannel <- scheduledRunnableTask
 				}
 			}
 		}()
 
+		// If the task is a fixed-rate periodic task,
+		// then we can schedule the next task
+		// before we begin executing the current task.
+		// We assume that the triggerTime was incremented
+		// before startTask() was called.
 		if scheduledRunnableTask.isPeriodic() && scheduledRunnableTask.isFixedRate() {
 			executor.rescheduleTaskChannel <- scheduledRunnableTask
 		}

scheduler.go

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+// A TaskScheduler is the simplified top-level object
+// that most user code will interface with.
+// All state is handled internally by the executor.
 type TaskScheduler interface {
 	Schedule(task Task, options ...Option) (ScheduledTask, error)
 	ScheduleWithCron(task Task, expression string, options ...Option) (ScheduledTask, error)

task.go

@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+// A Task represents a function which will be executed by the executor.
 type Task func(ctx context.Context)
 
+// A SchedulerTask represents a task that is about to be scheduled.
+// This struct supports setting values via option functions
+// such as WithTime() and WithLocation().
 type SchedulerTask struct {
 	task      Task
 	startTime time.Time
@@ -90,11 +94,18 @@ func WithLocation(location string) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// A ScheduledTask is a minimal interface that represents
+// one-off, fixed period, and dynamic period tasks
+// that have been scheduled.
 type ScheduledTask interface {
 	Cancel()
 	IsCancelled() bool
 }
 
+// A ScheduledRunnableTask either represents a fixed-rate task
+// or a fixed-delay task. In either case, finding the time of
+// next execution is a fairly simple operation.
+// For more advanced cases, see TriggerTask.
 type ScheduledRunnableTask struct {
 	id          int
 	task        Task
@@ -165,6 +176,8 @@ func (queue ScheduledTaskQueue) SorByTriggerTime() {
 	sort.Sort(queue)
 }
 
+// A TriggerTask represents a task which re-schedules itself.
+// Useful for dynamic periods, such as those represented via CRON expressions.
 type TriggerTask struct {
 	task                 Task
 	currentScheduledTask *ScheduledRunnableTask
@@ -208,6 +221,8 @@ func (task *TriggerTask) IsCancelled() bool {
 	return task.currentScheduledTask.IsCancelled()
 }
 
+// Schedule the task onto an executor. Note that when the task is run,
+// it schedules itself again.
 func (task *TriggerTask) Schedule() (ScheduledTask, error) {
 	task.triggerContextMu.Lock()
 	defer task.triggerContextMu.Unlock()
@@ -230,6 +245,7 @@ func (task *TriggerTask) Schedule() (ScheduledTask, error) {
 	return task, nil
 }
 
+// Run the trigger task and schedule it again.
 func (task *TriggerTask) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 	task.triggerContextMu.Lock()
 

trigger.go

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ package chrono
 
 import "time"
 
+// A trigger context is a store of previous times
+// that can be used to calculate the next trigger time.
+// For example, if our schedule runs every 2 days,
+// it is important to know which day our schedule started.
 type TriggerContext interface {
 	LastCompletionTime() time.Time
 	LastExecutionTime() time.Time
@@ -36,6 +40,8 @@ func (ctx *SimpleTriggerContext) LastTriggeredExecutionTime() time.Time {
 	return ctx.lastTriggeredExecutionTime
 }
 
+// A trigger is a strategy which can be used to generate the next
+// execution time, when supplied with context of previous times.
 type Trigger interface {
 	NextExecutionTime(ctx TriggerContext) time.Time
 }