app.py

@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     LOGGER.info("Producer started")
     generateduuid = str(uuid)
     LOGGER.debug(f"My uuid is {generateduuid}")
-    consumerlocator = ConsumerLocator()
+    consumerlocator = ConsumerLocator(communicator=Communicator())
     communicator = Communicator(consumerlocator=consumerlocator,uuid=uuid)
     messagesender = MessageSender(communicator=communicator)
 
     while True:
+
         LOGGER.info("Sending message to consumer")
         messagesender.sendmessage()
         time.sleep(random.random())

consumerlocator.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import datetime
-import communicator
+from communicator import Communicator
 import os
 
 """
@@ -20,22 +20,15 @@ class ConsumerLocator:
     Manages the list of consumers.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, communicator: Communicator):
         """
         Initialize class.
         """
-        os.environ["KnownConsumer"] = "10.69.42.2"  # TODO remove
         self.consumerlist = [{"Host": os.environ["KnownConsumer"], "State": True, "LastOk": datetime.datetime.now()}]
         self.currentconsumer = self.consumerlist[0]
+        self.communicator = communicator
 
-    def initcommunicator(self,  comm: communicator.Communicator):
+    def learnconsumerlist(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Initialize the reference to the communicator
-        :param comm: is the communicator
-        """
-        self.communicator = comm
-
-    def learnconsumerlist(self):
         """"
         Learns the list of consumers.
         """
@@ -53,7 +46,7 @@ class ConsumerLocator:
 
         self.updateconsumerlist()
 
-    def updateconsumerlist(self):
+    def updateconsumerlist(self) -> None:
         """
         Updates the consumer list based on their availability.
         """
@@ -93,14 +86,14 @@ class ConsumerLocator:
         else:
             return None
 
-    def getcurrentconsumer(self):
+    def getcurrentconsumer(self) -> str:
         """
         Returns the currently selected consumer.
         :return: the current consumer
         """
         return self.currentconsumer["Host"]
 
-    def checkcurrentconsumer(self):
+    def checkcurrentconsumer(self) -> bool:
         """
         Check the consumers health.
         :return: True if OK, False if fail