Request-reply broker in Go

broker.go

// Simple request-reply broker
//
// Author:  Brendan Mc.
// Requires: http://github.com/alecthomas/gozmq

package main

import (
    zmq "github.com/alecthomas/gozmq"
)

func main() {
    context, _ := zmq.NewContext()
    defer context.Close()

    frontend, _ := context.NewSocket(zmq.ROUTER)
    backend, _ := context.NewSocket(zmq.DEALER)
    defer frontend.Close()
    defer backend.Close()
    frontend.Bind("tcp://*:5559")
    backend.Bind("tcp://*:5560")

    // Initialize poll set
    toPoll := zmq.PollItems{
        zmq.PollItem{Socket: frontend, Events: zmq.POLLIN},
        zmq.PollItem{Socket: backend, Events: zmq.POLLIN},
    }

    for {
        _, _ = zmq.Poll(toPoll, -1)

        switch {
        case toPoll[0].REvents&zmq.POLLIN != 0:
            message, _ := toPoll[0].Socket.Recv(0)
            backend.Send(message, 0)

        case toPoll[1].REvents&zmq.POLLIN != 0:
            message, _ := toPoll[1].Socket.Recv(0)
            frontend.Send(message, 0)
        }
    }
}