Prune nodes if they exceed their timeout time

pkg/lib/timer.go

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+package lib
+
+import "time"
+
+type TimerFunc = func() error
+
+type Timer struct {
+	f          TimerFunc
+	quit       chan struct{}
+	updateRate int
+}
+
+func (t *Timer) Run() error {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(t.updateRate) * time.Second)
+
+	t.quit = make(chan struct{})
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			err := t.f()
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		case <-t.quit:
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Timer) Stop() error {
+	close(t.quit)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func NewTimer(f TimerFunc, updateRate int) *Timer {
+	return &Timer{
+		f:          f,
+		updateRate: updateRate,
+	}
+}