From 30ac0b78f3d8293a46c0e831cdf57f9d918c51bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: solmetricchris <christopher.schaefer@vivintsolar.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:39:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] expose maxRetries value via optional parameter

---
 Src/Metrics/MetricsConfig.cs | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Src/Metrics/MetricsConfig.cs b/Src/Metrics/MetricsConfig.cs
index 5d2a6e76..48c92c6d 100644
--- a/Src/Metrics/MetricsConfig.cs
+++ b/Src/Metrics/MetricsConfig.cs
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ public MetricsConfig(MetricsContext context)
         /// GET /text => metrics in human readable text format
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="httpUriPrefix">prefix where to start HTTP endpoint</param>
+        /// <param name="maxRetries">maximum number of attempts to start the http listener. Note the retry time between attemps is dependent on this value</param>
         /// <returns>Chain-able configuration object.</returns>
-        public MetricsConfig WithHttpEndpoint(string httpUriPrefix)
+        public MetricsConfig WithHttpEndpoint(string httpUriPrefix, int maxRetries = 3)
         {
             if (!isDisabled)
             {
-                const int MaxRetries = 3;
-                var retries = MaxRetries;
+                var retries = maxRetries;
 
                 do
                 {
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ public MetricsConfig WithHttpEndpoint(string httpUriPrefix)
                         }
                         this.listener = new MetricsHttpListener(httpUriPrefix, this.context.DataProvider, this.healthStatus);
                         this.listener.Start();
-                        if (retries != MaxRetries)
+                        if (retries != maxRetries)
                         {
-                            log.InfoFormat("HttpListener started successfully after {0} retries", MaxRetries - retries);
+                            log.InfoFormat("HttpListener started successfully after {0} retries", maxRetries - retries);
                         }
                         retries = 0;
                     }
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ public MetricsConfig WithHttpEndpoint(string httpUriPrefix)
                         retries--;
                         if (retries > 0)
                         {
-                            log.WarnException("Unable to start HTTP Listener. Sleeping for {0} sec and retrying {1} more times", x, MaxRetries - retries, retries);
-                            Thread.Sleep(1000 * (MaxRetries - retries));
+                            log.WarnException("Unable to start HTTP Listener. Sleeping for {0} sec and retrying {1} more times", x, maxRetries - retries, retries);
+                            Thread.Sleep(1000 * (maxRetries - retries));
                         }
                         else
                         {
                             MetricsErrorHandler.Handle(x,
-                                string.Format("Unable to start HTTP Listener. Retried {0} times, giving up...", MaxRetries));
+                                string.Format("Unable to start HTTP Listener. Retried {0} times, giving up...", maxRetries));
                         }
 
                     }