Use closures

README.md

@@ -22,14 +22,10 @@ Add to your code,
     extern crate logwatcher;
     use logwatcher::LogWatcher;
 
-Create a callback function, which accepts String as input
+Register the logwatcher, pass a closure and watch it!
-
-    fn parse_line(line: String) {
-        println!("Line {}", line);
-    }
-
-Register the logwatcher and watch it!
 
     let mut log_watcher = LogWatcher::register("/var/log/check.log".to_string()).unwrap();
-    log_watcher.watch(parse_line);
 
+    log_watcher.watch(&|line: String| {
+        println!("Line {}", line);
+    });

src/lib.rs

@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ impl LogWatcher {
                       finish: false})
     }
 
-    fn reopen_if_log_rotated(&mut self, callback: fn (line: String)){
+    fn reopen_if_log_rotated<F: ?Sized>(&mut self, callback: &F)
+        where F: Fn(String) {
         loop {
             match File::open(self.filename.clone()) {
                 Ok(x) => {
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ impl LogWatcher {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn watch(&mut self, callback: fn (line: String)) {
+    pub fn watch<F: ?Sized>(&mut self, callback: &F)
+        where F: Fn(String) {
         loop{
             let mut line = String::new();
             let resp = self.reader.read_line(&mut line);
@@ -102,8 +104,3 @@ impl LogWatcher {
         }
     }
 }
-
-
-#[test]
-fn it_works() {
-}

src/main.rs

@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@ use std::process::exit;
 extern crate logwatcher;
 use logwatcher::LogWatcher;
 
-
-fn parse_line(line: String) {
-    println!("Line {}", line);
-}
-
 fn main(){
     let filename = match args().nth(1) {
         Some(x) => x,
@@ -17,6 +12,10 @@ fn main(){
             exit(1);
         }
     };
+
     let mut log_watcher = LogWatcher::register(filename).unwrap();
-    log_watcher.watch(parse_line);
+
+    log_watcher.watch(&|line: String| {
+        println!("Line {}", line);
+    });
 }