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6 zmq_inproc - 0MQ local in-process (inter-thread) communication
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10 The in-process transport passes messages via memory directly between
11 threads sharing a single 0MQ context.
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14 No I/O threads are involved in passing messages using the inproc
15 transport. Therefore, if you are using a 0MQ context for in-process
16 messaging only you can initialise the context with zero I/O
17 threads. See zmq_init(3) for details.
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20 A 0MQ endpoint is a string consisting of a transport:// followed by an
21 address. The transport specifies the underlying protocol to use. The
22 address specifies the transport-specific address to connect to.
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24 For the in-process transport, the transport is inproc, and the meaning
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27 Assigning a local address to a socket
28 When assigning a local address to a socket using zmq_bind() with the
29 inproc transport, the endpoint shall be interpreted as an arbitrary
30 string identifying the name to create. The name must be unique within
31 the 0MQ context associated with the socket and may be up to 256
32 characters in length. No other restrictions are placed on the format of
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35 Connecting a socket
36 When connecting a socket to a peer address using zmq_connect() with the
37 inproc transport, the endpoint shall be interpreted as an arbitrary
38 string identifying the name to connect to. Before version 4.0 he name
39 must have been previously created by assigning it to at least one
40 socket within the same 0MQ context as the socket being connected. Since
41 version 4.0 the order of zmq_bind() and zmq_connect() does not matter
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45 Assigning a local address to a socket.
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47 // Assign the in-process name "#1"
48 rc = zmq_bind(socket, "inproc://#1");
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50 // Assign the in-process name "my-endpoint"
51 rc = zmq_bind(socket, "inproc://my-endpoint");
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54 Connecting a socket.
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56 // Connect to the in-process name "#1"
57 rc = zmq_connect(socket, "inproc://#1");
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59 // Connect to the in-process name "my-endpoint"
60 rc = zmq_connect(socket, "inproc://my-endpoint");
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