func handleVote(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
vote := r.URL.Path[config.LenVotePath:]
var term int
var sender string
fmt.Sscanf(vote, "%d/%s", &term, &sender)
log.Print("got vote from ", sender, " with term ", term)
if term != logger.GetHighestTerm() {
log.Print("Vote is stale, since latestTerm is: ", logger.GetHighestTerm())
return
}
if state.GetMyState() == state.CANDIDATE {
state.VoteChan <- sender
} else {
log.Printf("We are in state %d, and did not request votes\n",
state.GetMyState())
}
}
func VoteIfEligible(sender string, term int) {
highestTerm := logger.GetHighestTerm()
if term <= highestTerm {
log.Print("Ignoring vote request for term: ", term,
" since we are at ", highestTerm)
} else {
node.VoteFor(sender)
logger.SetHighestTerm(term)
}
}
func getVoteTail() string {
return fmt.Sprintf("%d/%s", logger.GetHighestTerm(), config.UniqueId)
}
