refactor: simplify OnInterval API to auto-start and return stop func

Replace the exported OnIntervalRoutine struct (Start/Stop/UpdateInterval)
with a single function that auto-starts the goroutine and returns an
idempotent stop closure. Uses close(channel) instead of send-on-channel,
fixing a potential deadlock when the goroutine exits via context disposal.

Closes #5 item 4.

README.md

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func main() {
 - **CSRF protection** — automatic token generation and validation on every action
 - **Rate limiting** — token-bucket algorithm, configurable globally and per-action
 - **Event handling** — `OnClick`, `OnChange`, `OnSubmit`, `OnInput`, `OnFocus`, `OnBlur`, `OnMouseEnter`, `OnMouseLeave`, `OnScroll`, `OnDblClick`, `OnKeyDown`, and `OnKeyDownMap` for multi-key bindings
-- **Timed routines** — `OnInterval` with start/stop/update controls, tied to context lifecycle
+- **Timed routines** — `OnInterval` auto-starts a ticker goroutine, returns a stop function, tied to context lifecycle
 - **Redirects** — `Redirect`, `ReplaceURL`, and format-string variants
 - **Plugin system** — `func(v *V)` hooks for integrating CSS/JS libraries
 - **Structured logging** — zerolog with configurable levels; console output in dev, JSON in production

context.go

@@ -131,17 +131,17 @@ func (c *Context) getAction(id string) (actionEntry, error) {
 	return actionEntry{}, fmt.Errorf("action '%s' not found", id)
 }
 
-// OnInterval starts a go routine that sets a time.Ticker with the given duration and executes
+// OnInterval starts a goroutine that executes handler on every tick of the given duration.
-// the given handler func() on every tick. Use *Routine.UpdateInterval to update the interval.
+// The goroutine is tied to the context lifecycle and will stop when the context is disposed.
-func (c *Context) OnInterval(duration time.Duration, handler func()) *OnIntervalRoutine {
+// Returns a func() that stops the interval when called.
+func (c *Context) OnInterval(duration time.Duration, handler func()) func() {
 	var cn chan struct{}
 	if c.isComponent() { // components use the chan on the parent page ctx
 		cn = c.parentPageCtx.ctxDisposedChan
 	} else {
 		cn = c.ctxDisposedChan
 	}
-	r := newOnIntervalRoutine(cn, duration, handler)
+	return newOnInterval(cn, duration, handler)
-	return r
 }
 
 // Signal creates a reactive signal and initializes it with the given value.
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func (c *Context) dispose() {
 }
 
 // stopAllRoutines closes ctxDisposedChan, broadcasting to all listening
-// goroutines (OnIntervalRoutine, SSE loop) that this context is done.
+// goroutines (OnInterval, SSE loop) that this context is done.
 func (c *Context) stopAllRoutines() {
 	select {
 	case <-c.ctxDisposedChan:

internal/examples/realtimechart/main.go

@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ func main() {
 			return 1000 / time.Duration(refreshRate.Int()) * time.Millisecond
 		}
 
-		updateData := c.OnInterval(computedTickDuration(), func() {
+		var stopUpdate func()
+		startInterval := func() {
+			stopUpdate = c.OnInterval(computedTickDuration(), func() {
 				ts := time.Now().UnixMilli()
 				val := rand.ExpFloat64() * 10
 
@@ -48,18 +50,20 @@ func main() {
 				};
 			`, ts, val))
 			})
-		updateData.Start()
+		}
+		startInterval()
 
 		updateRefreshRate := c.Action(func() {
-			updateData.UpdateInterval(computedTickDuration())
+			stopUpdate()
+			startInterval()
 		})
 
 		toggleIsLive := c.Action(func() {
 			isLive = isLiveSig.Bool()
 			if isLive {
-				updateData.Start()
+				startInterval()
 			} else {
-				updateData.Stop()
+				stopUpdate()
 			}
 		})
 		c.View(func() h.H {

routine.go

@@ -1,76 +1,32 @@
 package via
 
 import (
-	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 )
 
-// OnIntervalRoutine allows for defining concurrent goroutines safely. Goroutines started by *OnIntervalRoutine
+func newOnInterval(ctxDisposedChan chan struct{}, duration time.Duration, handler func()) func() {
-// are tied to the *Context lifecycle.
+	localInterrupt := make(chan struct{})
-type OnIntervalRoutine struct {
+	var stopped atomic.Bool
-	mu             sync.RWMutex
-	ctxDisposed    chan struct{}
-	localInterrupt chan struct{}
-	isRunning      atomic.Bool
-	routineFn      func()
-	tckDuration    time.Duration
-	updateTkrChan  chan time.Duration
-}
 
-// UpdateInterval sets a new interval duration for the internal *time.Ticker. If the provided
+	go func() {
-// duration is equal of less than 0, UpdateInterval does nothing.
+		tkr := time.NewTicker(duration)
-func (r *OnIntervalRoutine) UpdateInterval(d time.Duration) {
+		defer tkr.Stop()
-	r.mu.Lock()
-	defer r.mu.Unlock()
-	r.tckDuration = d
-	r.updateTkrChan <- d
-
-}
-
-// Start executes the predifined goroutine. If no predifined goroutine exists, or it already
-// started, Start does nothing.
-func (r *OnIntervalRoutine) Start() {
-	if !r.isRunning.CompareAndSwap(false, true) || r.routineFn == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	go r.routineFn()
-}
-
-// Stop interrupts the predifined goroutine. If no predifined goroutine exists, or it already
-// ustopped, Stop does nothing.
-func (r *OnIntervalRoutine) Stop() {
-	if !r.isRunning.CompareAndSwap(true, false) || r.routineFn == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	r.localInterrupt <- struct{}{}
-}
-
-func newOnIntervalRoutine(ctxDisposedChan chan struct{},
-	duration time.Duration, handler func()) *OnIntervalRoutine {
-	r := &OnIntervalRoutine{
-		ctxDisposed:    ctxDisposedChan,
-		localInterrupt: make(chan struct{}),
-		updateTkrChan:  make(chan time.Duration),
-	}
-	r.tckDuration = duration
-	r.routineFn = func() {
-		r.mu.RLock()
-		tkr := time.NewTicker(r.tckDuration)
-		r.mu.RUnlock()
-		defer tkr.Stop() // clean up the ticker when routine stops
 		for {
 			select {
-			case <-r.ctxDisposed: // dispose of the routine when ctx is disposed
+			case <-ctxDisposedChan:
 				return
-			case <-r.localInterrupt: // dispose of the routine on interrupt signal
+			case <-localInterrupt:
 				return
-			case d := <-r.updateTkrChan:
-				tkr.Reset(d)
 			case <-tkr.C:
 				handler()
 			}
 		}
+	}()
+
+	return func() {
+		if stopped.CompareAndSwap(false, true) {
+			close(localInterrupt)
+		}
 	}
-	return r
 }