Networked Logging in Ruby Using ZeroMQ

log_tester.rb

require 'zmq'

class Logger
	def initialize
		@context = ZMQ::Context.new
		@pub = @context.socket ZMQ::PUB
		@pub.bind "ipc://logger:general"
	end

	def log(message)
		@pub.send message
	end
end

logger = Logger.new

random_thread = Thread.new do
	loop do
		logger.log(rand().to_s)
		sleep 1
	end
end

random_thread.join	

networked_logger.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#a networked log writer. hopefully I can attach whatever
#end i want to it, so that this will take care of all of
#the logging needs, keeping the app running fast.

require 'zmq'

context = ZMQ::Context.new

#pubsub
sub = context.socket ZMQ::SUB
sub.setsockopt ZMQ::SUBSCRIBE, ""
sub.connect "ipc://logger:general"

file = File.new('current.log','a+')

listening_thread = Thread.new do
	loop do
		message = sub.recv
		unless message.empty?
			file.puts "got log: #{message}"
		else
			break
		end
	end
end

puts "thread set up."

puts "I'm listening for messages!"

listening_thread.join
file.close