[zeromq-dev] a more modern, Java-idiomatic jzmq/jeromq API

John Watson jkwatson at gmail.com
Sun Feb 3 18:02:39 CET 2013


On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 4:57 AM, Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com> wrote:

> I'd encourage you to look at CZMQ and at least use some common
>
terminology, if you don't map to similar classes. The key features
> which help a lot are:
>
> * message = list of frames
> * attached threads, connected by 'pipes'
> * automatic closing of sockets when context is destroyed
> * context-level linger option
>
> I'm also thinking of writing a class to hide zmq_poll and do that more
> neatly, e.g. manage tickless timers automatically.
>

Excellent ideas.  I'm pretty much a zeromq newb, still working through the
guide.  Initially I was quite turned off by the java APIs, which is why I
want to make them more idiomatic.

Anyone else using the java APIs (either jzmq or jeromq) who can provide me
pain points from in the trenches will definitely help with the API design.

My plan is to do this incrementally.  First, I'll work on "modernizing" the
existing API (get rid of int flags, use Collections instead of arrays, make
it more OO, etc), then, once I have a better handle on the bigger picture
(and have studied CZMQ), I'll start layering higher level abstractions on
top.

If anyone has suggestions or ideas, please let me know.  You can also
follow along on my progress in my jeromq fork on github.  I'm jkwatson over
there.

Thanks,
  John
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