From 3e0d0a1993783adef67743bd89696cd8d7d9a9a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Radestock <matthias.radestock@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 10:09:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: introduce NewGossipChannel

---
 router/gossip.go | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/router/gossip.go b/router/gossip.go
index b202a81d..5e9ab203 100644
--- a/router/gossip.go
+++ b/router/gossip.go
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ type peerSenders map[PeerName]*GossipSender
 
 type GossipChannel struct {
 	sync.Mutex
+	name         string
 	ourself      *LocalPeer
 	routes       *Routes
-	name         string
 	gossiper     Gossiper
 	senders      connectionSenders
 	broadcasters peerSenders
@@ -110,14 +110,18 @@ type GossipChannel struct {
 
 type GossipChannels map[string]*GossipChannel
 
-func (router *Router) NewGossip(channelName string, g Gossiper) Gossip {
-	channel := &GossipChannel{
-		ourself:      router.Ourself,
-		routes:       router.Routes,
+func NewGossipChannel(channelName string, ourself *LocalPeer, routes *Routes, g Gossiper) *GossipChannel {
+	return &GossipChannel{
 		name:         channelName,
+		ourself:      ourself,
+		routes:       routes,
 		gossiper:     g,
 		senders:      make(connectionSenders),
 		broadcasters: make(peerSenders)}
+}
+
+func (router *Router) NewGossip(channelName string, g Gossiper) Gossip {
+	channel := NewGossipChannel(channelName, router.Ourself, router.Routes, g)
 	router.GossipChannels[channelName] = channel
 	return channel
 }