// NewProvider creates a new Provider.
func NewProvider(db *godis.Client, name string) *Provider {
var p Provider
// get the next available provider ID
i64, err := db.Incr("nxProvId")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal("Could not INCR nxProvId!")
}
// build the Provider
p.Identifier = strconv.FormatInt(i64, 10)
p.Name = name
p.db = db
// return a pointer to the Provider
return &p
}
