From d2d0c871541c2ebcaf1142a6641190b49fbb8362 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan McCall <jonathan.mccall@hbo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 10:57:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make periodic reconnection optional, defaults to false

---
 client.go      | 10 +++++++---
 client_test.go |  1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index bea30c9..b158efb 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type StatsdClient struct {
 	eventStringTpl   string
 	Logger           Logger
 	conn_type        string
+	reconnect        bool
 	reconnect_ticker *time.Ticker
 }
 
@@ -58,14 +59,17 @@ func NewStatsdClient(addr string, prefix string) *StatsdClient {
 		prefix:           prefix,
 		Logger:           log.New(os.Stdout, "[StatsdClient] ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime),
 		eventStringTpl:   "%s%s:%s",
+		reconnect:        false,
 		reconnect_ticker: time.NewTicker(30 * time.Second),
 	}
 
 	go func() {
 		for range client.reconnect_ticker.C {
-			err := client.Reconnect()
-			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Println(err)
+			if client.reconnect {
+				err := client.Reconnect()
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Println(err)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}()
diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 57c0438..12b4039 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ func TestReconnecting(t *testing.T) {
 	prefix := "test."
 
 	client := NewStatsdClient(udpAddr.String(), prefix)
+	client.reconnect = true
 	client.reconnect_ticker = time.NewTicker(10 * time.Millisecond)
 
 	ch := make(chan string, 0)