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zframe(7)
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NAME
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zframe - working with single message frames
SYNOPSIS
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#define ZFRAME_MORE 1
#define ZFRAME_REUSE 2
// Create a new frame with optional size, and optional data
zframe_t *
zframe_new (const void *data, size_t size);
// Destroy a frame
void
zframe_destroy (zframe_t **self_p);
// Receive frame from socket, returns zframe_t object or NULL if the recv
// was interrupted. Does a blocking recv, if you want to not block then use
// zframe_recv_nowait().
zframe_t *
zframe_recv (void *socket);
// Receive a new frame off the socket. Returns newly allocated frame, or
// NULL if there was no input waiting, or if the read was interrupted.
zframe_t *
zframe_recv_nowait (void *socket);
// Send a frame to a socket, destroy frame after sending
void
zframe_send (zframe_t **self_p, void *socket, int flags);
// Return number of bytes in frame data
size_t
zframe_size (zframe_t *self);
// Return address of frame data
byte *
zframe_data (zframe_t *self);
// Create a new frame that duplicates an existing frame
zframe_t *
zframe_dup (zframe_t *self);
// Return frame data encoded as printable hex string
char *
zframe_strhex (zframe_t *self);
// Return frame data copied into freshly allocated string
char *
zframe_strdup (zframe_t *self);
// Return TRUE if frame body is equal to string, excluding terminator
Bool
zframe_streq (zframe_t *self, char *string);
// Return frame 'more' property
int
zframe_more (zframe_t *self);
// Return TRUE if two frames have identical size and data
// If either frame is NULL, equality is always false.
Bool
zframe_eq (zframe_t *self, zframe_t *other);
// Print contents of frame to stderr
void
zframe_print (zframe_t *self, char *prefix);
// Set new contents for frame
void
zframe_reset (zframe_t *self, const void *data, size_t size);
// Self test of this class
int
zframe_test (Bool verbose);
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DESCRIPTION
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The zframe class provides methods to send and receive single message
frames across 0MQ sockets. A 'frame' corresponds to one zmq_msg_t. When
you read a frame from a socket, the zframe_more() method indicates if the
frame is part of an unfinished multipart message. The zframe_send method
normally destroys the frame, but with the ZFRAME_REUSE flag, you can send
the same frame many times. Frames are binary, and this class has no
special support for text data.
EXAMPLE
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.From zframe_test method
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zctx_t *ctx = zctx_new ();
void *output = zsocket_new (ctx, ZMQ_PAIR);
zsocket_bind (output, "inproc://zframe.test");
void *input = zsocket_new (ctx, ZMQ_PAIR);
zsocket_connect (input, "inproc://zframe.test");
// Send five different frames, test ZFRAME_MORE
int frame_nbr;
for (frame_nbr = 0; frame_nbr < 5; frame_nbr++) {
zframe_t *frame = zframe_new ("Hello", 5);
zframe_send (&frame, output, ZFRAME_MORE);
}
// Send same frame five times, test ZFRAME_REUSE
zframe_t *frame = zframe_new ("Hello", 5);
for (frame_nbr = 0; frame_nbr < 5; frame_nbr++) {
zframe_send (&frame, output, ZFRAME_MORE + ZFRAME_REUSE);
}
assert (frame);
zframe_t *copy = zframe_dup (frame);
assert (zframe_eq (frame, copy));
zframe_destroy (&frame);
assert (!zframe_eq (frame, copy));
assert (zframe_size (copy) == 5);
zframe_destroy (&copy);
assert (!zframe_eq (frame, copy));
// Send END frame
frame = zframe_new ("NOT", 3);
zframe_reset (frame, "END", 3);
char *string = zframe_strhex (frame);
assert (streq (string, "454E44"));
free (string);
string = zframe_strdup (frame);
assert (streq (string, "END"));
free (string);
zframe_send (&frame, output, 0);
// Read and count until we receive END
frame_nbr = 0;
for (frame_nbr = 0;; frame_nbr++) {
zframe_t *frame = zframe_recv (input);
if (zframe_streq (frame, "END")) {
zframe_destroy (&frame);
break;
}
assert (zframe_more (frame));
zframe_destroy (&frame);
}
assert (frame_nbr == 10);
frame = zframe_recv_nowait (input);
assert (frame == NULL);
zctx_destroy (&ctx);
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SEE ALSO
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linkczmq:czmq[7]