Suppress frequent changes to files (fixes #12)

model/model_test.go

@@ -340,3 +340,28 @@ func TestRequest(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected non nil data on insecure file read: %q", string(bs))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSuppression(t *testing.T) {
+	var testdata = []struct {
+		lastChange time.Time
+		hold       int
+		result     bool
+	}{
+		{time.Unix(0, 0), 0, false},                    // First change
+		{time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Second), 0, true},    // Changed once one second ago, suppress
+		{time.Now().Add(-119 * time.Second), 0, true},  // Changed once 119 seconds ago, suppress
+		{time.Now().Add(-121 * time.Second), 0, false}, // Changed once 121 seconds ago, permit
+
+		{time.Now().Add(-179 * time.Second), 1, true},  // Suppressed once 179 seconds ago, suppress again
+		{time.Now().Add(-181 * time.Second), 1, false}, // Suppressed once 181 seconds ago, permit
+
+		{time.Now().Add(-599 * time.Second), 99, true},  // Suppressed lots of times, last allowed 599 seconds ago, suppress again
+		{time.Now().Add(-601 * time.Second), 99, false}, // Suppressed lots of times, last allowed 601 seconds ago, permit
+	}
+
+	for i, tc := range testdata {
+		if shouldSuppressChange(tc.lastChange, tc.hold) != tc.result {
+			t.Errorf("Incorrect result for test #%d: %v", i, tc)
+		}
+	}
+}