tasks — Queue, typed task definitions, result capture¶

The burrow/tasks package holds the type-safe job/task API: the Queue and Enqueuer interfaces apps program against, the HasJobs capability interface apps implement to register their handlers, the generic TaskDefinition[P] and ResultTask[P, R] wrappers that own JSON marshalling on both ends of the wire, and the result-capture mechanism used by contrib/jobs's worker.

The actual Queue implementation lives in contrib/jobs — Den-backed (SQLite + Postgres), in-process, optionally against a separate database via --jobs-database-dsn. Other implementations are possible: alternative contrib apps would satisfy the Queue interface and discover handlers the same way.

The burrow root re-exports every name as either an alias or a wrapper, so applications stay on burrow.DefineTask, burrow.Queue, burrow.HasJobs, burrow.WithMaxRetries. In files that already import burrow/tasks for the typed-task API, the unqualified tasks.DefineTask[Payload] spelling reads cleaner.

Full signatures live on pkg.go.dev. This page is a symbol index.

Interfaces¶

Symbol	Notes
`Queue`	Embeds `Enqueuer` plus `Handle(typeName, fn, opts...)` for handler registration
`Enqueuer`	`Enqueue(ctx, typeName, payload)`, `EnqueueAt(ctx, typeName, payload, runAt)`, `Dequeue(ctx, id)` — for code that only submits
`HasJobs`	App capability — `RegisterJobs(q Queue)` called once during PostConfigure
`JobHandlerFunc`	`func(ctx, []byte) error` — raw handler signature

Typed task definitions¶

Symbol	Notes
`TaskDefinition[P any]`	Generic typed task; ships a `Register` method to wire it into a Queue and `Enqueue` / `EnqueueAt` methods that marshal the payload
`DefineTask[P](name, handler, opts...)`	Constructor — handler is `func(ctx, P) error`
`ResultTask[P, R any]`	Like `TaskDefinition` but the handler returns a value that the worker stores via `ResultCapture`
`DefineResultTask[P, R](name, handler, opts...)`	Constructor — handler is `func(ctx, P) (R, error)`

Result capture¶

Symbol	Notes
`ResultCapture`	Holds the data the worker stores for a completed job (`contrib/jobs` reads this from the context after the handler returns)
`WithResultCapture(ctx, rc)`	Inject a ResultCapture into the worker's per-job context
`CaptureResult(ctx, data)`	Helper called by `ResultTask.handler` to write the result bytes

Per-handler options¶

Symbol	Notes
`JobConfig`	`MaxRetries`, `Priority` — populated by options
`JobOption`	Functional option type
`WithMaxRetries(n)`	Override the default retry count for one task type
`WithPriority(n)`	Higher priority = claimed first; default 0

See the Jobs guide for full usage including worker configuration, scheduling, and the admin UI.