renamed type as recommended to avoid stuttering

cmd/merp/main.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
-		ms := merp.NewMerpServer()
+		ms := merp.NewServer()
 		ms.ServeForever()
 		wg.Done()
 	}()

merp.go

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func decodeJSON(in []byte) (interface{}, error) {
 	return out, nil
 }
 
-func (ms *MerpServer) getLatestMerps() gin.HandlerFunc {
+func (ms *Server) getLatestMerps() gin.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(c *gin.Context) {
 		thing := c.Param("thing")
 		if thing != "" {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (ms *MerpServer) getLatestMerps() gin.HandlerFunc {
 	}
 }
 
-func (ms *MerpServer) handleNewMerp() gin.HandlerFunc {
+func (ms *Server) handleNewMerp() gin.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(c *gin.Context) {
 		// request time
 		thing := c.Param("thing")

server.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import "github.com/thoas/stats"
 import "github.com/astaxie/beego/orm"
 import _ "github.com/lib/pq" //revive:disable-line
 
-type MerpServer struct {
+type Server struct {
 	db         orm.Ormer
 	debug      bool
 	gin        *gin.Engine
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ type MerpServer struct {
 	thingRegex *regexp.Regexp
 }
 
-func NewMerpServer() *MerpServer {
-	ms := new(MerpServer)
+func NewServer() *Server {
+	ms := new(Server)
 	ms.init()
 	return ms
 }
 
-func (ms *MerpServer) init() {
+func (ms *Server) init() {
 
 	ms.thingRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9\_\-]+$`)
 
@@ -63,19 +63,19 @@ func (ms *MerpServer) init() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (ms *MerpServer) connectDB() {
+func (ms *Server) connectDB() {
 	ms.db = GetDB()
 }
 
 // ServeForever causes merp to serve http forever
-func (ms *MerpServer) ServeForever() {
+func (ms *Server) ServeForever() {
 	err := ms.server.ListenAndServe()
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 }
 
-func (ms *MerpServer) HealthCheckHandler() http.HandlerFunc {
+func (ms *Server) HealthCheckHandler() http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		result := gin.H{
 			"status": "ok",
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (ms *MerpServer) HealthCheckHandler() http.HandlerFunc {
 	}
 }
 
-func (ms *MerpServer) StatsHandler() http.HandlerFunc {
+func (ms *Server) StatsHandler() http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 		stats := ms.stats.Data()
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (ms *MerpServer) StatsHandler() http.HandlerFunc {
 	}
 }
 
-func (ms *MerpServer) setupRoutes() {
+func (ms *Server) setupRoutes() {
 	if !ms.debug {
 		gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
 	}