// reset a job -- in case a job fails the first time around
func (self *Job) Reset() {
// reset the various elements that need to be reset
self.Finished = false
self.Status = "initialized"
self.OutputPath = utilities.GenerateOutputPath(self.OutputPath, self.OutputDir)
}
// create a new job with the inputPath
func NewJob(inputPath string, encodingType string) *Job {
// initialize job and store a pointer to it
job := new(Job)
// initialize the various elements needed
job.InputPath = inputPath
job.OutputDir = bootstrap.Config.Get("outputDir").MustString()
job.OutputPath = utilities.GenerateOutputPath(inputPath, job.OutputDir)
job.EncodingType = encodingType
// job.status = ["initialized", "processing", "error", "success"]
job.Status = "initialized"
job.Finished = false
// now initialize the channel element
job.Channel = make(chan []byte)
//
return job
}