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zmq_socket(3)
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NAME
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----
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zmq_socket - create 0MQ socket
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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*void *zmq_socket (void '*context', int 'type');*
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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The 'zmq_socket()' function shall create a 0MQ socket within the specified
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'context' and return an opaque handle to the newly created socket. The 'type'
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argument specifies the _messaging pattern_, which determines the semantics of
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communication over the socket.
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The following _messaging patterns_ are defined:
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Peer to peer pattern
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The simplest messaging pattern, used for communicating between two peers.
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Socket type:: 'ZMQ_P2P'
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Compatible peer sockets:: 'ZMQ_P2P'
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A socket of type 'ZMQ_P2P' can only be connected to a single peer at any one
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time. No message routing or filtering is performed on messages sent over a
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'ZMQ_P2P' socket.
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Publish-subscribe pattern
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The publish-subscribe pattern is used for one-to-many distribution of data from
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a single _publisher_ to multiple _subscribers_ in a fanout fashion.
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Socket type:: 'ZMQ_PUB'
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Compatible peer sockets:: 'ZMQ_SUB'
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A socket of type 'ZMQ_PUB' is used by a _publisher_ to distribute data.
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Messages sent are distributed in a fanout fashion to all connected peers.
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The _zmq_recv()_ function is not implemented for this socket type.
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Socket type:: 'ZMQ_SUB'
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Compatible peer sockets:: 'ZMQ_PUB'
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A socket of type 'ZMQ_SUB' is used by a _subscriber_ to subscribe to data
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distributed by a _publisher_. Initially a 'ZMQ_SUB' socket is not subscribed to
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any messages, use the 'ZMQ_SUBSCRIBE' option of _zmq_setsockopt()_ to specify
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which messages to subscribe to. The _zmq_send()_ function is not implemented
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for this socket type.
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Request-reply pattern
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The request-reply pattern is used for sending requests from a _client_ to a
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_service_, and receiving subsequent replies to each request sent.
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Socket type:: 'ZMQ_REQ'
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Compatible peer sockets:: 'ZMQ_REP'
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A socket of type 'ZMQ_REQ' is used by a _client_ to send requests to and
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receive replies from a _service_. This socket type allows only an alternating
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sequence of _zmq_send(request)_ and subsequent _zmq_recv(reply)_ calls. Each
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request sent is load-balanced among all connected _services_.
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Socket type:: 'ZMQ_REP'
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Compatible peer sockets:: 'ZMQ_REQ'
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A socket of type 'ZMQ_REP' is used by a _service_ to receive requests from and
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send replies to a _client_. This socket type allows only an alternating
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sequence of _zmq_recv(request)_ and subsequent _zmq_send(reply)_ calls. Each
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reply is routed to the _client_ that issued the last received request.
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Parallelized pipeline pattern
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The parallelized pipeline pattern is used for distributing work between
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_components_ of a pipeline. Work travels down the pipeline and at each stage
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can be processed by any number of _components_ in parallel.
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Socket type:: 'ZMQ_UPSTREAM'
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Compatible peer sockets:: 'ZMQ_DOWNSTREAM'
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A socket of type 'ZMQ_UPSTREAM' is used by a _component_ of a pipeline to
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receive messages from upstream stages of the pipeline. Messages are fair-queued
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from among all connected upstream _components_. The _zmq_send()_ function is
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not implemented for this socket type.
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Socket type:: 'ZMQ_DOWNSTREAM'
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Compatible peer sockets:: 'ZMQ_UPSTREAM'
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A socket of type 'ZMQ_DOWNSTREAM' is used by a _component_ of a pipeline to
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send messages to downstream stages of the pipeline. The _zmq_recv()_ function
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is not implemented for this socket type.
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RETURN VALUE
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The _zmq_socket()_ function shall return an opaque handle to the newly created
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socket if successful. Otherwise, it shall return NULL and set 'errno' to one of
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the values defined below.
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ERRORS
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------
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*EINVAL*::
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The requested socket 'type' is invalid.
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*EMTHREAD*::
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The number of application threads using sockets within this 'context' has been
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exceeded. See the 'app_threads' parameter of the _zmq_init()_ function.
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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linkzmq:zmq_init[3]
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linkzmq:zmq_setsockopt[3]
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linkzmq:zmq_bind[3]
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linkzmq:zmq_connect[3]
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linkzmq:zmq_send[3]
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linkzmq:zmq_flush[3]
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linkzmq:zmq_recv[3]
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AUTHORS
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The 0MQ documentation was written by Martin Sustrik <sustrik@250bpm.com> and
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Martin Lucina <mato@kotelna.sk>.
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