Majordomo asynchronous client API in Ruby

# Majordomo Protocol Client API, Python version.
#
# Implements the MDP/Worker spec at http:#rfc.zeromq.org/spec:7.
#
# Author: Tom van Leeuwen <ue.newueelv|mot#ue.newueelv|mot>
# Based on Python example by Min RK

require 'ffi-rzmq'
require './mdp.rb'

class MajorDomoClient
include MDP

attr_accessor :timeout

def initialize broker
@broker = broker
@context = ZMQ::Context.new(1)
@client = nil
@poller = ZMQ::Poller.new
@timeout = 2500

reconnect_to_broker
end

def send service, request
request = [request] unless request.is_a?(Array)

# Prefix request with protocol frames
# Frame 0: empty (REQ emulation)
# Frame 1: "MDPCxy" (six bytes, MDP/Client x.y)
# Frame 2: Service name (printable string)
request = ['', MDP::C_CLIENT, service].concat(request)

@client.send_strings request
nil
end

def recv
items = @poller.poll(@timeout)
if items
messages = []
@client.recv_strings messages

messages.shift # empty

# header
if messages.shift != MDP::C_CLIENT
raise RuntimeError, "Not a valid MDP message"
end

messages.shift # service
return messages
end

nil
end

def reconnect_to_broker
if @client
@poller.deregister @client, ZMQ::DEALER
end

@client = @context.socket ZMQ::DEALER
@client.setsockopt ZMQ::LINGER, 0
@client.connect @broker
@poller.register @client, ZMQ::POLLIN
end
end