--
-- Asynchronous client-to-server (DEALER to ROUTER)
--
-- While this example runs in a single process, that is just to make
-- it easier to start and stop the example. Each task has its own
-- context and conceptually acts as a separate process.
--
-- Author: Robert G. Jakabosky <moc.mlaerderahs|ybbob#moc.mlaerderahs|ybbob>
--
require"zmq"
require"zmq.threads"
require"zmsg"
require"zhelpers"
local NBR_CLIENTS = 3
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-- This is our client task
-- It connects to the server, and then sends a request once per second
-- It collects responses as they arrive, and it prints them out. We will
-- run several client tasks in parallel, each with a different random ID.
local client_task = [[
local identity, seed = …
local zmq = require"zmq"
require"zmq.poller"
require"zmq.threads"
local zmsg = require"zmsg"
require"zhelpers"
math.randomseed(seed)
local context = zmq.init(1)
local client = context:socket(zmq.DEALER)
-- Generate printable identity for the client
client:setopt(zmq.IDENTITY, identity)
client:connect("tcp://localhost:5570")
local poller = zmq.poller(2)
poller:add(client, zmq.POLLIN, function()
local msg = zmsg.recv (client)
printf ("%s: %s\n", identity, msg:body())
end)
local request_nbr = 0
while true do
-- Tick once per second, pulling in arriving messages
local centitick
for centitick=1,100 do
poller:poll(10000)
end
local msg = zmsg.new()
request_nbr = request_nbr + 1
msg:body_fmt("request #%d", request_nbr)
msg:send(client)
end
-- Clean up and end task properly
client:close()
context:term()
]]
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-- This is our server task
-- It uses the multithreaded server model to deal requests out to a pool
-- of workers and route replies back to clients. One worker can handle
-- one request at a time but one client can talk to multiple workers at
-- once.
local server_task = [[
local server_worker = …
local zmq = require"zmq"
require"zmq.poller"
require"zmq.threads"
local zmsg = require"zmsg"
require"zhelpers"
math.randomseed(os.time())
local context = zmq.init(1)
-- Frontend socket talks to clients over TCP
local frontend = context:socket(zmq.ROUTER)
frontend:bind("tcp://*:5570")
-- Backend socket talks to workers over inproc
local backend = context:socket(zmq.DEALER)
backend:bind("inproc://backend")
-- Launch pool of worker threads, precise number is not critical
local workers = {}
for n=1,5 do
local seed = os.time() + math.random()
workers[n] = zmq.threads.runstring(context, server_worker, seed)
workers[n]:start()
end
-- Connect backend to frontend via a queue device
-- We could do this:
-- zmq:device(.QUEUE, frontend, backend)
-- But doing it ourselves means we can debug this more easily
local poller = zmq.poller(2)
poller:add(frontend, zmq.POLLIN, function()
local msg = zmsg.recv (frontend)
--print ("Request from client:")
--msg:dump()
msg:send(backend)
end)
poller:add(backend, zmq.POLLIN, function()
local msg = zmsg.recv (backend)
--print ("Reply from worker:")
--msg:dump()
msg:send(frontend)
end)
-- Switch messages between frontend and backend
poller:start()
for n=1,5 do
assert(workers[n]:join())
end
frontend:close()
backend:close()
context:term()
]]
-- Accept a request and reply with the same text a random number of
-- times, with random delays between replies.
--
local server_worker = [[
local seed = …
local zmq = require"zmq"
require"zmq.threads"
local zmsg = require"zmsg"
require"zhelpers"
math.randomseed(seed)
local threads = require"zmq.threads"
local context = threads.get_parent_ctx()
local worker = context:socket(zmq.DEALER)
worker:connect("inproc://backend")
while true do
-- The DEALER socket gives us the address envelope and message
local msg = zmsg.recv (worker)
assert (msg:parts() == 2)
-- Send 0..4 replies back
local reply
local replies = randof (5)
for reply=1,replies do
-- Sleep for some fraction of a second
s_sleep (randof (1000) + 1)
local dup = msg:dup()
dup:send(worker)
end
end
worker:close()
]]
-- This main thread simply starts several clients, and a server, and then
-- waits for the server to finish.
--
s_version_assert (2, 1)
local clients = {}
for n=1,NBR_CLIENTS do
local identity = string.format("%04X", randof (0x10000))
local seed = os.time() + math.random()
clients[n] = zmq.threads.runstring(nil, client_task, identity, seed)
clients[n]:start()
end
local server = zmq.threads.runstring(nil, server_task, server_worker)
assert(server:start())
assert(server:join())