zmq 0.10.0

High-level bindings to the zeromq library
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#![crate_name = "taskwork2"]

/// Task worker
/// Connects PULL socket to tcp://localhost:5557
/// Collects workloads from ventilator via that socket
/// Connects PUSH socket to tcp://localhost:5558
/// Sends results to sink via that socket
use std::io::{self, Write};
use std::thread;
use std::time::Duration;

fn atoi(s: &str) -> u64 {
    s.parse().unwrap()
}

fn main() {
    let context = zmq::Context::new();

    // socket to receive messages on
    let receiver = context.socket(zmq::PULL).unwrap();
    assert!(receiver.connect("tcp://localhost:5557").is_ok());

    //  Socket to send messages to
    let sender = context.socket(zmq::PUSH).unwrap();
    assert!(sender.connect("tcp://localhost:5558").is_ok());

    let controller = context.socket(zmq::SUB).unwrap();
    controller
        .connect("tcp://localhost:5559")
        .expect("failed connecting controller");
    controller.set_subscribe(b"").expect("failed subscribing");

    loop {
        let mut items = [
            receiver.as_poll_item(zmq::POLLIN),
            controller.as_poll_item(zmq::POLLIN),
        ];
        zmq::poll(&mut items, -1).expect("failed polling");
        if items[0].is_readable() {
            let string = receiver.recv_string(0).unwrap().unwrap();

            // Show progress
            print!(".");
            let _ = io::stdout().flush();

            // Do the work
            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(atoi(&string)));

            // Send results to sink
            sender.send("", 0).unwrap();
        }
        if items[1].is_readable() {
            break;
        }
    }
}