// Elect chooses a seed node, and returns a connection to a cal.
// If this process is the seed, returns nil.
func elect(name, id, laddr string, b *doozer.Conn) *doozer.Conn {
// advertise our presence, since we might become a cal
nspath := "/ctl/ns/" + name + "/" + id
r, err := b.Set(nspath, 0, []byte(laddr))
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
// fight to be the seed
_, err = b.Set("/ctl/boot/"+name, 0, []byte(id))
if err, ok := err.(*doozer.Error); ok && err.Err == doozer.ErrOldRev {
// we lost, lookup addresses again
cl := lookupAndAttach(b, name)
if cl == nil {
panic("failed to attach after losing election")
}
// also delete our entry, since we're not officially a cal yet.
// it gets set again in peer.Main when we become a cal.
err := b.Del(nspath, r)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
return cl
} else if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
return nil // we are the seed node -- don't attach
}