Add port number if not already present

net/peer.go

@@ -1,14 +1,39 @@
 package net
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	portSuffixRegex = regexp.MustCompile(":\\d{0,5}$")
 )
 
 type Peer struct {
 	Address string
 }
 
+// Creates a peer from the given address
+func CreatePeer(address string) Peer {
+	// Clean line
+	address = strings.TrimSpace(address)
+
+	// Check if a port is already part of the address
+	// This is the lazy way: if a IPv6 literal is given without square brackets and without a port, this will fail badly.
+	if !portSuffixRegex.MatchString(address) {
+		// Port number is not yet part of the address, so append the default port number
+		address = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", address, ServerPort)
+	}
+
+	// Return constructed Peer
+	return Peer{
+		Address: address,
+	}
+}
+
 // Sends the given content to the peer
 func (p *Peer) SendToPeer(content []byte) {
 	// Build up a connection

net/sender.go

@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ func readPeersFile(path string) error {
 	// Iterate over it, line by line
 	for _, line := range strings.Split(readCont, "\n") {
 		// Append newly created peer to array
-		peers = append(peers, Peer{
+		peers = append(peers, CreatePeer(line))
-			Address: line,
-		})
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -75,9 +73,7 @@ func readPeersFile(path string) error {
 func readPeersString(raw string) {
 	for _, peer := range strings.Split(raw, ",") {
 		// Append newly created peer to array
-		peers = append(peers, Peer{
+		peers = append(peers, CreatePeer(peer))
-			Address: strings.TrimSpace(peer),
-		})
 	}
 }