[zeromq-dev] zmq_reactor on github

[Matt Weinstein]

On Jul 30, 2010, at 3:02 PM, Matt Weinstein wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I've submitted a reactor pattern for ØMQ to github at git:// 
> github.com/
> mjw9100/zmq_reactor.git
>
> This pattern allow complex arrangements of sockets to be polled in
> arbitrary ways.
>
> The essential way to use this:
>
> 	1- Create a bunch of zmq_reactors
> 	2 - Link them in the right order into list
> 	2- Tell zmq_reactor_poll to poll them
           ^^^ that's a 3. Really it is :-)
>
> zmq_reactor_poll() assembles zmq_reactors into poll_items  on the fly,
> and enables and disables flags before each poll, so you can do some
> fun stuff.
>
> The repoll() version is intended to check if anything changed on the
> rest of the list, in case you're pushing packets along between
> connected inproc sockets.
>
> I recommend focusing on:
>
> 	zmq_reactor.h -- interface to the zmq_reactor functionality
>
> 	queue_device.cpp -- a cute re-implementation of ZMQ_QUEUE using this
> model
>
> I would like to suggest that the zmq.hpp/zmq::context_t be modified to
> add "operator void*()", so helper functions like zmq_reactor_pair can
> be made useful (see zmq_reactor_pair.h).
>
> The code has only been lightly tested, and feedback is WELCOME, esp.
> as this is my first public release since the 80's 8-)
>
> ---
> Kudos to [X+1] for open sourcing the code under the LGPL.
> ---
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Best,
>
> Matt
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