* add Router.Start()

* remove Router.Run()

lib/router/router.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type Router struct {
 	cfg       *config.RouterConfig
 	ndb       netdb.StdNetDB
 	closeChnl chan bool
+	running   bool
 }
 
 // create router with default configuration
@@ -29,20 +30,37 @@ func FromConfig(c *config.RouterConfig) (r *Router, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+// Wait blocks until router is fully stopped
 func (r *Router) Wait() {
 	<-r.closeChnl
 }
 
+// Stop starts stopping internal state of router
 func (r *Router) Stop() {
 	r.closeChnl <- true
+	r.running = false
 }
 
+// Close closes any internal state and finallizes router resources so that nothing can start up again
 func (r *Router) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Start starts router mainloop
+func (r *Router) Start() {
+	if r.running {
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"at":     "(Router) Start",
+			"reason": "router is already running",
+		}).Error("Error Starting router")
+		return
+	}
+	r.running = true
+	go r.mainloop()
+}
+
 // run i2p router mainloop
-func (r *Router) Run() {
+func (r *Router) mainloop() {
 	r.ndb = netdb.StdNetDB(r.cfg.NetDb.Path)
 	// make sure the netdb is ready
 	err := r.ndb.Ensure()
@@ -60,5 +78,6 @@ func (r *Router) Run() {
 			"at":     "(Router) Run",
 			"reason": err.Error(),
 		}).Error("Netdb Startup failed")
+		r.Stop()
 	}
 }

main.go

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ func main() {
 			// TODO: graceful shutdown
 			r.Stop()
 		})
-		go r.Run()
-		defer r.Close()
+		r.Start()
 		r.Wait()
+		r.Close()
 	} else {
 		log.Errorf("failed to create i2p router: %s", err)
 	}