From 7e0a59bfe402bc48c6a2629efa227426332338a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: matst80 <mats.tornberg@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 17:10:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] always connect

---
 tcp-mux-client.go | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tcp-mux-client.go b/tcp-mux-client.go
index e1816d7..394e7fe 100644
--- a/tcp-mux-client.go
+++ b/tcp-mux-client.go
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ type Client struct {
 }
 
 func Dial(address string) (*Client, error) {
-	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", address)
+
+	mux, err := NewTCPClientMux(address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	client := &Client{
-		TCPClientMux: NewTCPClientMux(conn),
+		TCPClientMux: mux,
 	}
 	return client, nil
 }
@@ -28,14 +29,40 @@ func (c *Client) Close() {
 
 type TCPClientMux struct {
 	net.Conn
+	Errors     chan error
+	ErrorCount int
+	address    string
 	*PacketQueue
 }
 
-func NewTCPClientMux(connection net.Conn) *TCPClientMux {
-	return &TCPClientMux{
-		Conn:        connection,
-		PacketQueue: NewPacketQueue(connection),
+func NewTCPClientMux(address string) (*TCPClientMux, error) {
+	connection, err := net.Dial("tcp", address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
+	return &TCPClientMux{
+		Errors:      make(chan error),
+		ErrorCount:  0,
+		Conn:        connection,
+		address:     address,
+		PacketQueue: NewPacketQueue(connection),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (m *TCPClientMux) Connect() error {
+	if m.Conn == nil {
+		connection, err := net.Dial("tcp", m.address)
+		if err != nil {
+
+			m.Errors <- err
+			m.ErrorCount++
+
+			return err
+		}
+		m.ErrorCount = 0
+		m.Conn = connection
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (m *TCPClientMux) Close() {
@@ -43,7 +70,11 @@ func (m *TCPClientMux) Close() {
 }
 
 func (m *TCPClientMux) SendPacket(messageType uint16, data []byte) error {
-	err := binary.Write(m.Conn, binary.LittleEndian, Packet{
+	err := m.Connect()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = binary.Write(m.Conn, binary.LittleEndian, Packet{
 		Version:     1,
 		MessageType: messageType,
 		DataLength:  uint16(len(data)),