From f44423dd38aac97a203748d43bc273d46f158ed9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Polley <himself@stevenpolley.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:33:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add example client program

---
 client/clientProgram.go | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 client/clientProgram.go

diff --git a/client/clientProgram.go b/client/clientProgram.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a87a574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/clientProgram.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"log"
+	"math/bits"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// This is an example client program and is a placeholder for a real life situation
+// In thie example, the program has a message it needs to send, and it's given a connection
+// from the pool to use.  At the end of the program / function it releases the connection back tot he pool
+func clientProgram(message string) {
+
+	conn, err := requestLease()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("could not get connection from pool")
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("attempted to send message '%s'", message)
+	integerMessage, err := strconv.Atoi(message)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("failed to conver message '%s' to an integer: %v", message, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 8)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(buf, uint64(integerMessage))
+	_, err = conn.Write(buf[bits.LeadingZeros64(uint64(integerMessage))>>3:])
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("failed to write to socket: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	releaseConnection(conn)
+}