config: add newtype for Durations

This was an oversight that prevented JSON serialization working. The
change is a breaking code change, but keeps the YAML serialization
(currently the only one) the same.

Signed-off-by: Hank Donnay <[email protected]>

config/config.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package config
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Config is the configuration object for the commands in
@@ -75,3 +76,21 @@ func (c *Config) lint() (ws []Warning, err error) {
 	}
 	return ws, nil
 }
+
+// Duration is a serializeable [time.Duration].
+type Duration time.Duration
+
+// UnmarshalText implements [encoding.TextUnmarshaler].
+func (d *Duration) UnmarshalText(b []byte) error {
+	dur, err := time.ParseDuration(string(b))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*d = Duration(dur)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// MarshalText implements [encoding.TextMarshaler].
+func (d *Duration) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(time.Duration(*d).String()), nil
+}

config/matcher.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package config
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
-	"time"
 )
 
 // Matcher is the configuration for the matcher service.
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ type Matcher struct {
 	// Period controls how often updaters are run.
 	//
 	// The default is 30 minutes.
-	Period time.Duration `yaml:"period,omitempty" json:"period,omitempty"`
+	Period Duration `yaml:"period,omitempty" json:"period,omitempty"`
 	// UpdateRetention controls the number of updates to retain between
 	// garbage collection periods.
 	//
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ type Matcher struct {
 	//
 	// If empty, the duration set in "Period" will be used. This means client
 	// may cache "stale" results for 2(Period) - 1 seconds.
-	CacheAge time.Duration `yaml:"cache_age,omitempty" json:"cache_age,omitempty"`
+	CacheAge Duration `yaml:"cache_age,omitempty" json:"cache_age,omitempty"`
 	// A "true" or "false" value
 	//
 	// Whether Matcher nodes handle migrations to their databases.
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ func (m *Matcher) validate(mode Mode) ([]Warning, error) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 	if m.Period == 0 {
-		m.Period = DefaultMatcherPeriod
+		m.Period = Duration(DefaultMatcherPeriod)
 	}
 	switch {
 	case m.UpdateRetention < 0:
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ func (m *Matcher) lint() (ws []Warning, err error) {
 		ws[i].path = ".connstring"
 	}
 
-	if m.Period < DefaultMatcherPeriod {
+	if m.Period < Duration(DefaultMatcherPeriod) {
 		ws = append(ws, Warning{
 			path: ".period",
 			msg:  "updater period is very aggressive: most sources are updated daily",

config/notifier.go

@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ type Notifier struct {
 	// The frequency at which the notifier will query at Matcher for Update Operations.
 	// If a value smaller then 1 second is provided it will be replaced with the
 	// default 5 second poll interval.
-	PollInterval time.Duration `yaml:"poll_interval,omitempty" json:"poll_interval,omitempty"`
+	PollInterval Duration `yaml:"poll_interval,omitempty" json:"poll_interval,omitempty"`
 	// A time.ParseDuration parsable string
 	//
 	// The frequency at which the notifier attempt delivery of created or previously failed
 	// notifications
 	// If a value smaller then 1 second is provided it will be replaced with the
 	// default 5 second delivery interval.
-	DeliveryInterval time.Duration `yaml:"delivery_interval,omitempty" json:"delivery_interval,omitempty"`
+	DeliveryInterval Duration `yaml:"delivery_interval,omitempty" json:"delivery_interval,omitempty"`
 	// DisableSummary disables summarizing vulnerabilities per-manifest.
 	//
 	// The default is to summarize any new vulnerabilities to the most severe
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ func (n *Notifier) validate(mode Mode) ([]Warning, error) {
 	if mode != ComboMode && mode != NotifierMode {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
-	if n.PollInterval < 1*time.Second {
-		n.PollInterval = DefaultNotifierPollInterval
+	if n.PollInterval < Duration(1*time.Second) {
+		n.PollInterval = Duration(DefaultNotifierPollInterval)
 	}
-	if n.DeliveryInterval < 1*time.Second {
-		n.DeliveryInterval = DefaultNotifierDeliveryInterval
+	if n.DeliveryInterval < Duration(1*time.Second) {
+		n.DeliveryInterval = Duration(DefaultNotifierDeliveryInterval)
 	}
 	switch mode {
 	case ComboMode:
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ func (n *Notifier) lint() (ws []Warning, err error) {
 		})
 	}
 
-	if n.PollInterval < DefaultNotifierPollInterval {
+	if n.PollInterval < Duration(DefaultNotifierPollInterval) {
 		ws = append(ws, Warning{
 			path: ".poll_interval",
 			msg:  "interval is very fast: may result in increased workload",
 		})
 	}
-	if n.DeliveryInterval < DefaultNotifierDeliveryInterval {
+	if n.DeliveryInterval < Duration(DefaultNotifierDeliveryInterval) {
 		ws = append(ws, Warning{
 			path: ".delivery_interval",
 			msg:  "interval is very fast: may result in increased workload",