Fixed a lot of typos in consumerlocator and added some mocks

app.py

@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     print("Producer: init")
     comm = communicator.Communicator()
     conslist = consumerlocator.ConsumerLocator()
-    conslist.initCommunicator(comm)
+    conslist.initcommunicator(comm)
     message = messagesender.MessageSender()
 
     conslist.learnconsumerlist()
     print("Producer: started sending")
     for i in range(30):
-        print("Producer: send %i message", i)
-        msg = message.CreateMessage(20)
+        msg = message.createMessage(20)
+        print("Producer: send ", i, "th message: ", msg)
         if not conslist.checkcurrentconsumer():
             conslist.updateconsumer()
         comm.sendmessage(msg)

consumerlocator.py

@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 import datetime
 import communicator
+import os
 
 """
-Consumer locator modul, that manages the list of consumers.
+Consumer locator module, that manages the list of consumers.
 """
 
 __author__ = "@dscharnitzky"
@@ -23,10 +24,16 @@ class ConsumerLocator:
         """
         Initialize class.
         """
-        self.consumerList = [{"Host": "KnownHost", "State": True, "LastOk": datetime.datetime.now()}]
-        self.currentConsumer = self.consumerList[0]["Host"]
+        os.environ["KnownConsumer"] = "MockRemoveMe"
+        self.consumerlist = [{"Host": os.environ["KnownConsumer"], "State": True, "LastOk": datetime.datetime.now()}]
+        self.currentconsumer = self.consumerlist[0]
+        print(self.currentconsumer)
 
-    def initCommunicator(self,  comm: communicator.Communicator):
+    def initcommunicator(self,  comm: communicator.Communicator):
+        """
+        Initialize the reference to the communicator
+        :param comm: is the communicator
+        """
         self.communicator = comm
 
     def learnconsumerlist(self):
@@ -38,44 +45,44 @@ class ConsumerLocator:
             return
         for consumer in recievedconsumerlist:
             self.consumerList.append({"Host": consumer, "State": True, "LastOk": datetime.datetime.now()})
-        self.updateConsumerList()
+        self.updateconsumerlist()
 
     def updateconsumerlist(self):
         """
         Updates the consumer list based on their availability.
         """
-        removeList = []
-        for consumer in self.consumerList:
+        removelist = []
+        for consumer in self.consumerlist:
             if not self.communicator.checkconsumer(consumer["Host"]):
                 consumer["State"] = False
                 if datetime.datetime.now() - consumer["LastOk"] > datetime.timedelta(hours=1):
-                    removeList.append(consumer)
+                    removelist.append(consumer)
             else:
                 consumer["LastOk"] = datetime.datetime.now()
-        for rem in removeList:
-            self.consumerList.remove(rem)
+        for rem in removelist:
+            self.consumerlist.remove(rem)
 
     def updateconsumer(self):
         """
         Checks all the consumers in the list and updates the current consumer if necessary.
         :return: the current consumer or None if there are no available customers at the moment.
         """
-        self.updateConsumerList()
+        self.updateconsumerlist()
 
-        if not self.checkConsumer():
+        if not self.checkcurrentconsumer():
 
-            newCurrentConsumer = None
+            newcurrentconsumer = None
 
-            for consumer in self.consumerList:
+            for consumer in self.consumerlist:
                 if consumer["State"]:
-                    newCurrentConsumer = consumer
+                    newcurrentconsumer = consumer
                     break
 
-            self.currentConsumer = newCurrentConsumer
+            self.currentconsumer = newcurrentconsumer
             self.learnconsumerlist()
 
-        if self.currentConsumer is not None:
-            return self.currentConsumer["Host"]
+        if self.currentconsumer is not None:
+            return self.currentconsumer["Host"]
         else:
             return None
 
@@ -84,14 +91,12 @@ class ConsumerLocator:
         Returns the currently selected consumer.
         :return: the current consumer
         """
-        return self.currentConsumer["Host"]
+        return self.currentconsumer["Host"]
 
     def checkcurrentconsumer(self):
         """
         Check the consumers health.
         :return: True if OK, False if fail
         """
-        if self.communicator.checkconsumer(self.currentConsumer["Host"]):
-            return True
-        else:
-            return False
+        #  return self.communicator.checkconsumer(self.currentconsumer["Host"])
+        return True  # TODO remove this line and uncomment the above