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+// (c) Bernhard Tittelbach, 2013
+
+package main
+
+import (
+ zmq "github.com/vaughan0/go-zmq"
+ )
+
+// ---------- ZeroMQ Code -------------
+
+func ZmqsInit(sub_port string) (ctx *zmq.Context, sub_chans *zmq.Channels) {
+ var err error
+ ctx, err = zmq.NewContext()
+ if err != nil {
+ panic(err)
+ }
+ //close only on later panic, otherwise leave open:
+ defer func(){ if r:= recover(); r != nil { ctx.Close(); panic(r) } }()
+
+ if len(sub_port) > 0 {
+ sub_sock, err := ctx.Socket(zmq.Sub)
+ if err != nil {
+ panic(err)
+ }
+ defer func() { if r:= recover(); r != nil { sub_sock.Close(); panic(r) } }()
+
+ sub_sock.Subscribe([]byte{}) //subscribe empty filter -> aka to all messages
+
+ if err = sub_sock.Connect(sub_port); err != nil {
+ panic(err)
+ }
+
+ sub_chans = sub_sock.ChannelsBuffer(10)
+ go zmqsHandleError(sub_chans)
+ } else {
+ sub_chans = nil
+ }
+
+ return
+}
+
+func zmqsHandleError(chans *zmq.Channels) {
+ for error := range(chans.Errors()) {
+ chans.Close()
+ panic(error)
+ }
+}