Name individual game processes

jrowah · Jan 3, 2024 · 76333ba · 76333ba
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diff --git a/lib/islands_engine/application.ex b/lib/islands_engine/application.ex
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ defmodule IslandsEngine.Application do
     children = [
       # Starts a worker by calling: IslandsEngine.Worker.start_link(arg)
       # {IslandsEngine.Worker, arg}
+      {Registry, keys: :unique, name: Registry.Game}
     ]
 
     # See https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Supervisor.html

diff --git a/lib/islands_engine/game.ex b/lib/islands_engine/game.ex
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ defmodule IslandEngine.Game do
 
   @players [:player1, :player2]
 
-  @spec start_link(binary()) :: :ignore | {:ok, pid()}
+  @spec via_tuple(String.t()) :: {:via, Registry, {Registry.Game, String.t()}}
+  def via_tuple(name), do: {:via, Registry, {Registry.Game, name}}
+
+  @spec start_link(binary()) :: {:ok, pid()} | :ignore
   def start_link(name) when is_binary(name) do
-    case GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, name, []) do
+    case GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, name, name: via_tuple(name)) do
       {:ok, pid} ->
         {:ok, pid}
 
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ defmodule IslandEngine.Game do
     end
   end
 
-  @spec init(any()) ::
+  @spec init(String.t()) ::
           {:ok,
            %{
              player1: %{board: map(), guesses: map(), name: String.t()},