rename path to buffer

carbon/datapoint.go

@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@ const (
 // the value will be None (null)
 // Doc: https://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/terminology.html
 type Datapoint struct {
-	path      *bytes.Buffer
+	buffer    *bytes.Buffer
 	value     float64
 	timestamp int64
 }
 
 // NewDatapoint is a datapoint building function
 func NewDatapoint(name string, value float64, timestamp int64) *Datapoint {
 	datapoint := &Datapoint{
-		path:      &bytes.Buffer{},
+		buffer:    &bytes.Buffer{},
 		value:     value,
 		timestamp: timestamp,
 	}
-	datapoint.path.WriteString(name)
+	datapoint.buffer.WriteString(name)
 	return datapoint
 }
 
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ func NewDatapoint(name string, value float64, timestamp int64) *Datapoint {
 // For example WithPrefix("second").WithPrefix("first") is
 // equal to WithPrefix("first.second")
 func (d *Datapoint) WithPrefix(prefix string) *Datapoint {
-	path := d.path.String()
-	d.path.Reset()
-	d.path.WriteString(prefix)
-	d.path.WriteString(nextNode)
-	d.path.WriteString(path)
+	path := d.buffer.String()
+	d.buffer.Reset()
+	d.buffer.WriteString(prefix)
+	d.buffer.WriteString(nextNode)
+	d.buffer.WriteString(path)
 	return d
 }
 
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ func (d *Datapoint) WithPrefix(prefix string) *Datapoint {
 // For example WithTag("tag1","tag1Value").WithTag("tag2","tag2Value") adds ";tag1=tag1Value;tag2=tag2Value"
 // While WithTag("tag2","tag2Value").WithTag("tag1","tag1Value") adds ";tag2=tag2Value;tag1=tag1Value"
 func (d *Datapoint) WithTag(name, value string) *Datapoint {
-	d.path.WriteString(nextTag)
-	d.path.WriteString(name)
-	d.path.WriteString(nextTagValue)
-	d.path.WriteString(value)
+	d.buffer.WriteString(nextTag)
+	d.buffer.WriteString(name)
+	d.buffer.WriteString(nextTagValue)
+	d.buffer.WriteString(value)
 	return d
 }
 
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ func (d *Datapoint) String() string {
 		value     = strconv.FormatFloat(d.value, 'f', -1, 64)
 		timestamp = strconv.FormatInt(d.timestamp, 10)
 	)
-	d.path.WriteString(nextPart)
-	d.path.WriteString(value)
-	d.path.WriteString(nextPart)
-	d.path.WriteString(timestamp)
-	d.path.WriteString(nextDatapoint)
-	return d.path.String()
+	d.buffer.WriteString(nextPart)
+	d.buffer.WriteString(value)
+	d.buffer.WriteString(nextPart)
+	d.buffer.WriteString(timestamp)
+	d.buffer.WriteString(nextDatapoint)
+	return d.buffer.String()
 }