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== Pub/Sub (Topics & Broadcast)

image::pubsub.png[Topics & Broadcast]

This pattern is used to allow a single broadcaster to publish messages
to many subscribers, which may choose to limit which messages they receive.

.pubsub.c
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include::src/pubsub.c[]
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<1> Blithely assumes message is ASCIIZ string. Real code should check it.

.Compilation
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gcc pubsub.c -lnanomsg -o pubsub
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.Execution
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./pubsub server ipc:///tmp/pubsub.ipc & server=$! && sleep 1
./pubsub client ipc:///tmp/pubsub.ipc client0 & client0=$!
./pubsub client ipc:///tmp/pubsub.ipc client1 & client1=$!
./pubsub client ipc:///tmp/pubsub.ipc client2 & client2=$!
sleep 5
kill $server $client0 $client1 $client2
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.Output
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SERVER: PUBLISHING DATE Sat Sep  7 17:40:11 2013
SERVER: PUBLISHING DATE Sat Sep  7 17:40:12 2013
SERVER: PUBLISHING DATE Sat Sep  7 17:40:13 2013
CLIENT (client2): RECEIVED Sat Sep  7 17:40:13 2013
CLIENT (client0): RECEIVED Sat Sep  7 17:40:13 2013
CLIENT (client1): RECEIVED Sat Sep  7 17:40:13 2013
SERVER: PUBLISHING DATE Sat Sep  7 17:40:14 2013
CLIENT (client2): RECEIVED Sat Sep  7 17:40:14 2013
CLIENT (client1): RECEIVED Sat Sep  7 17:40:14 2013
CLIENT (client0): RECEIVED Sat Sep  7 17:40:14 2013
SERVER: PUBLISHING DATE Sat Sep  7 17:40:15 2013
CLIENT (client1): RECEIVED Sat Sep  7 17:40:15 2013
CLIENT (client2): RECEIVED Sat Sep  7 17:40:15 2013
CLIENT (client0): RECEIVED Sat Sep  7 17:40:15 2013
SERVER: PUBLISHING DATE Sat Sep  7 17:40:16 2013
CLIENT (client1): RECEIVED Sat Sep  7 17:40:16 2013
CLIENT (client2): RECEIVED Sat Sep  7 17:40:16 2013
CLIENT (client0): RECEIVED Sat Sep  7 17:40:16 2013
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