Prototype local and cloud flow in C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;

using ZeroMQ;

namespace Examples
{
static partial class Program
{
//
// Broker peering simulation (part 2)
// Prototypes the request-reply flow
//
// Author: metadings
//

static int Peering2_Clients = 10;
static int Peering2_Workers = 3;

static void Peering2_ClientTask(ZContext context, int i, string name, string message)
{
// The client task does a request-reply dialog
// using a standard synchronous REQ socket

using (var client = new ZSocket(context, ZSocketType.REQ))
{
// Set printable identity
client.IdentityString = name;

// Connect
client.Connect("tcp://127.0.0.1:" + Peering2_GetPort(name) + 1);

ZError error;

while (true)
{
// Send
using (var outgoing = new ZFrame(message))
{
client.Send(outgoing);
}

// Receive
ZFrame incoming = client.ReceiveFrame(out error);

if (incoming == null)
{
if (error == ZError.ETERM)
return; // Interrupted

throw new ZException(error);
}
using (incoming)
{
Console.WriteLine("Client {0}: {1}", name, incoming.ReadString());
}
}
}
}

static void Peering2_WorkerTask(ZContext context, int i, string name)
{
// The worker task plugs into the load-balancer using a REQ socket

using (var worker = new ZSocket(context, ZSocketType.REQ))
{
// Set printable identity
worker.IdentityString = name;

// Connect
worker.Connect("tcp://127.0.0.1:" + Peering2_GetPort(name) + 2);

// Tell broker we're ready for work
worker.Send(new ZFrame("READY"));

// Process messages as they arrive
ZError error;
while (true)
{
// Receive
ZFrame incoming = worker.ReceiveFrame(out error);

if (incoming == null)
{
if (error == ZError.ETERM)
return; // Interrupted

throw new ZException(error);
}
using (incoming)
{
Console.WriteLine("Worker {0}: {1}", name, incoming.ReadString());

// Do some heavy work
Thread.Sleep(1);

// Send
using (var outgoing = new ZFrame("OK"))
{
worker.Send(outgoing);
}
}
}
}
}

// The main task begins by setting-up its frontend and backend sockets
// and then starting its client and worker tasks:
public static void Peering2(string[] args)
{
// First argument is this broker's name
// Other arguments are our peers' names
//
if (args == null || args.Length < 3)
{
if (args != null && args.Length == 1)
{
args = new string[] { args[0], "Me", "You" };
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Usage: {0} Peering2 Hello Me You", AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName);
Console.WriteLine(" {0} Peering2 Message You Me", AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName);
return;
}
}

string message = args[0];

string name = args[1];
Console.WriteLine("I: preparing broker as {0}", name);

using (var context = new ZContext())
using (var cloudFrontend = new ZSocket(context, ZSocketType.ROUTER))
using (var cloudBackend = new ZSocket(context, ZSocketType.ROUTER))
using (var localFrontend = new ZSocket(context, ZSocketType.ROUTER))
using (var localBackend = new ZSocket(context, ZSocketType.ROUTER))
{
// Bind cloud frontend to endpoint
cloudFrontend.IdentityString = name;
cloudFrontend.Bind("tcp://127.0.0.1:" + Peering2_GetPort(name) + 0);

// Connect cloud backend to all peers
cloudBackend.IdentityString = name;
for (int i = 2; i < args.Length; ++i)
{
string peer = args;
Console.WriteLine("I: connecting to cloud frontend at {0}", peer);
cloudBackend.Connect("tcp://127.0.0.1:" + Peering2_GetPort(peer) + 0);
}

// Prepare local frontend and backend
localFrontend.Bind("tcp://127.0.0.1:" + Peering2_GetPort(name) + 1);
localBackend.Bind("tcp://127.0.0.1:" + Peering2_GetPort(name) + 2);

// Get user to tell us when we can start…
Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER when all brokers are started…");
Console.ReadKey(true);

// Start local workers
for (int i = 0; i < Peering2_Workers; ++i)
{
int j = i; new Thread(() => Peering2_WorkerTask(context, j, name)).Start();
}

// Start local clients
for (int i = 0; i < Peering2_Clients; ++i)
{
int j = i; new Thread(() => Peering2_ClientTask(context, j, name, message)).Start();
}

// Here, we handle the request-reply flow. We're using load-balancing
// to poll workers at all times, and clients only when there are one
// or more workers available.

// Least recently used queue of available workers
var workers = new List<string>();

ZError error;
ZMessage incoming;
TimeSpan? wait;
var poll = ZPollItem.CreateReceiver();

while (true)
{
// If we have no workers, wait indefinitely
wait = workers.Count > 0 ? (TimeSpan?)TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1000) : null;

// Poll localBackend
if (localBackend.PollIn(poll, out incoming, out error, wait))
{
// Handle reply from local worker
string identity = incoming[0].ReadString();
workers.Add(identity);

// If it's READY, don't route the message any further
string hello = incoming[2].ReadString();
if (hello == "READY")
{
incoming.Dispose();
incoming = null;
}
}
else if (error == ZError.EAGAIN && cloudBackend.PollIn(poll, out incoming, out error, wait))
{
// We don't use peer broker identity for anything

// string identity = incoming[0].ReadString();

// string ok = incoming[2].ReadString();
}
else
{
if (error == ZError.ETERM)
return; // Interrupted

if (error != ZError.EAGAIN)
throw new ZException(error);
}

if (incoming != null)
{
// Route reply to cloud if it's addressed to a broker
string identity = incoming[0].ReadString();

for (int i = 2; i < args.Length; ++i)
{
if (identity == args)
{
using (incoming)
cloudFrontend.Send(incoming);

incoming = null;
break;
}
}
}

// Route reply to client if we still need to
if (incoming != null)
{
using (incoming)
localFrontend.Send(incoming);

incoming = null;
}

// Now we route as many client requests as we have worker capacity
// for. We may reroute requests from our local frontend, but not from //
// the cloud frontend. We reroute randomly now, just to test things
// out. In the next version, we'll do this properly by calculating
// cloud capacity://

var rnd = new Random();

while (workers.Count > 0)
{
int reroutable = 0;

// We'll do peer brokers first, to prevent starvation

if (localFrontend.PollIn(poll, out incoming, out error, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(64)))
{
reroutable = 0;
}
else if (error == ZError.EAGAIN && cloudFrontend.PollIn(poll, out incoming, out error, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(64)))
{
reroutable = 1;
}
else
{
if (error == ZError.ETERM)
return; // Interrupted

if (error == ZError.EAGAIN)
break; // No work, go back to backends

throw new ZException(error);
}

using (incoming)
{
// If reroutable, send to cloud 25% of the time
// Here we'd normally use cloud status information
//
if (reroutable == 1 && rnd.Next(4) == 0)
{
// Route to random broker peer

int peer = rnd.Next(args.Length - 2) + 2;

incoming.ReplaceAt(0, new ZFrame(args[peer]));

/* using (var outgoing = new ZMessage())
{
outgoing.Add(new ZFrame(args[peer]));
outgoing.Add(new ZFrame());
outgoing.Add(incoming[2]);

cloudBackend.Send(outgoing);
} /**/

cloudBackend.Send(incoming);
}
else
{
// Route to local broker peer

string peer = workers[0];

workers.RemoveAt(0);
incoming.ReplaceAt(0, new ZFrame(peer));

/* using (var outgoing = new ZMessage())
{
outgoing.Add(new ZFrame(peer));
outgoing.Add(new ZFrame());
outgoing.Add(incoming[2]);

localBackend.Send(outgoing);
} /**/

localBackend.Send(incoming);
}
}
}
}
}
}

static Int16 Peering2_GetPort(string name)
{
var hash = (Int16)name.GetHashCode();
if (hash < 1024)
{
hash += [[span style="color:#666666"]]1024;
}
[[span style="color:#008000"]]return hash;
}
}
}