Deleter interface

internal/database/database.go

@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
+type Deleter interface {
+	Delete() error
+}
+
 type DatabaseReadWriter interface {
 	io.ReadWriter
-	Delete() error
 }
 
 // Opener is the common interface for database clients

internal/database/etcd/etcd.go

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 // TODO: refactor the client so that it does not store data it fetched.
 // However, without it implementing the database.Opener interface would be more complex (methods readByte, read).
 type Etcd struct {
+	database.Deleter
 	cfg        config.Config
 	client     *clientv3.Client
 	ID         uuid.UUID

pkg/iut/v1alpha1/v1alpha1.go

@@ -229,10 +229,19 @@ func (h V1Alpha1Handler) Stop(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ps httprou
 		RespondWithError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error())
 		return
 	}
+	// client := h.database.Open(r.Context(), identifier)
+
 	client := h.database.Open(r.Context(), identifier)
-	err = client.Delete()
+	deleter, canDelete := client.(database.Deleter)
+	if !canDelete {
+		logger.Warning("The database does not support delete. Writing nil.")
+		_, err = client.Write(nil)
+	} else {
+		err = deleter.Delete()
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("Etcd delete failed: %s", err.Error())
+		logger.Errorf("Database delete failed: %s", err.Error())
 		RespondWithError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
 		return
 	}