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"""
An XPUB/XSUB broker that forwards subscriptions
"""
import os
import string
import sys
import time
from random import randint
from threading import Thread
import zmq
xpub_url = "tcp://127.0.0.1:5555"
xsub_url = "tcp://127.0.0.1:5556"
def broker(ctx):
xpub = ctx.socket(zmq.XPUB)
xpub.bind(xpub_url)
xsub = ctx.socket(zmq.XSUB)
xsub.bind(xsub_url)
poller = zmq.Poller()
poller.register(xpub, zmq.POLLIN)
poller.register(xsub, zmq.POLLIN)
while True:
events = dict(poller.poll(1000))
if xpub in events:
message = xpub.recv_multipart()
print "[BROKER] subscription message: %r" % message[0]
xsub.send_multipart(message)
if xsub in events:
message = xsub.recv_multipart()
# print "publishing message: %r" % message
xpub.send_multipart(message)
def publisher(ctx):
pub = ctx.socket(zmq.PUB)
pub.connect(xsub_url)
# pub.bind(xpub_url)
for n in range(1000):
for topic in "ABC":
msg = [topic, str(n)]
pub.send_multipart(msg)
time.sleep(0.25)
def subscriber(ctx):
sub = ctx.socket(zmq.SUB)
sub.connect(xpub_url)
topics = 'ABC'
subscription = set()
while True:
r = randint(0,len(topics))
if r < len(topics):
topic = topics[r]
if topic not in subscription:
subscription.add(topic)
sub.setsockopt(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, topic)
r2 = randint(0,len(topics))
if r2 != r and r2 < len(topics):
topic = topics[r2]
if topic in subscription:
subscription.remove(topic)
sub.setsockopt(zmq.UNSUBSCRIBE, topic)
time.sleep(0.3)
print "subscribed to: %r" % sorted(subscription)
while True:
if sub.poll(timeout=0):
print "received", sub.recv_multipart()
else:
break
if __name__ == '__main__':
ctx = zmq.Context()
threads = [ Thread(target=f, args=(ctx,)) for f in (broker, publisher, subscriber) ]
[ t.start() for t in threads ]
while True:
try:
time.sleep(1)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
break
"terminating"
ctx.term()
[ t.join() for t in threads ]
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