From abd37439c5251ad362e97b526723eb93a43bf284 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joel Wetzell <git@jwetzell.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:13:04 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] rework Route struct

---
 internal/route/route.go | 18 ++++++------------
 router.go               |  8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/route/route.go b/internal/route/route.go
index 5881b9d..7b5e8a5 100644
--- a/internal/route/route.go
+++ b/internal/route/route.go
@@ -35,19 +35,13 @@ type RouteIO interface {
 	HandleOutput(ctx context.Context, destinationId string, payload any) error
 }
 
-type Route interface {
-	Input() string
-	Output() string
-	ProcessPayload(ctx context.Context, payload any) (any, error)
-}
-
-type ProcessorRoute struct {
+type Route struct {
 	input      string
 	processors []processor.Processor
 	output     string
 }
 
-func NewRoute(config config.RouteConfig) (Route, error) {
+func NewRoute(config config.RouteConfig) (*Route, error) {
 	processors := []processor.Processor{}
 
 	if len(config.Processors) > 0 {
@@ -65,18 +59,18 @@ func NewRoute(config config.RouteConfig) (Route, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return &ProcessorRoute{input: config.Input, processors: processors, output: config.Output}, nil
+	return &Route{input: config.Input, processors: processors, output: config.Output}, nil
 }
 
-func (r *ProcessorRoute) Input() string {
+func (r *Route) Input() string {
 	return r.input
 }
 
-func (r *ProcessorRoute) Output() string {
+func (r *Route) Output() string {
 	return r.output
 }
 
-func (r *ProcessorRoute) ProcessPayload(ctx context.Context, payload any) (any, error) {
+func (r *Route) ProcessPayload(ctx context.Context, payload any) (any, error) {
 	tracer := otel.Tracer("route")
 	processCtx, processSpan := tracer.Start(ctx, "ProcessPayload")
 	defer processSpan.End()
diff --git a/router.go b/router.go
index 009fc3f..6c36ca1 100644
--- a/router.go
+++ b/router.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type Router struct {
 	Context         context.Context
 	ModuleInstances map[string]module.Module
 	// TODO(jwetzell): change to something easier to lookup
-	RouteInstances []route.Route
+	RouteInstances []*route.Route
 	moduleWait     sync.WaitGroup
 	logger         *slog.Logger
 	runningConfig  config.Config
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func NewRouter(config config.Config) (*Router, []module.ModuleError, []route.Rou
 
 	router := Router{
 		ModuleInstances: make(map[string]module.Module),
-		RouteInstances:  []route.Route{},
+		RouteInstances:  []*route.Route{},
 		logger:          slog.Default().With("component", "router"),
 		runningConfig:   config,
 	}
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ func (r *Router) HandleInput(ctx context.Context, sourceId string, payload any)
 	var routeWaitGroup sync.WaitGroup
 
 	for routeIndex, routeInstance := range r.RouteInstances {
+		if routeInstance == nil {
+			r.logger.Error("nil route instance found", "routeIndex", routeIndex)
+			continue
+		}
 		if routeInstance.Input() == sourceId {
 			routeWaitGroup.Go(func() {