IPython/zmq/heartbeat.py

"""The client and server for a basic ping-pong style heartbeat.
"""

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#  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
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#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
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# Imports
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import os
import socket
import sys
from threading import Thread

import zmq

from IPython.utils.localinterfaces import LOCALHOST

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# Code
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class Heartbeat(Thread):
    "A simple ping-pong style heartbeat that runs in a thread."

    def __init__(self, context, addr=('tcp', LOCALHOST, 0)):
        Thread.__init__(self)
        self.context = context
        self.transport, self.ip, self.port = addr
        if self.port == 0:
            if addr[0] == 'tcp':
                s = socket.socket()
                # '*' means all interfaces to 0MQ, which is '' to socket.socket
                s.bind(('' if self.ip == '*' else self.ip, 0))
                self.port = s.getsockname()[1]
                s.close()
            elif addr[0] == 'ipc':
                self.port = 1
                while os.path.exists("%s-%s" % (self.ip, self.port)):
                    self.port = self.port + 1
            else:
                raise ValueError("Unrecognized zmq transport: %s" % addr[0])
        self.addr = (self.ip, self.port)
        self.daemon = True

    def run(self):
        self.socket = self.context.socket(zmq.REP)
        c = ':' if self.transport == 'tcp' else '-'
        self.socket.bind('%s://%s' % (self.transport, self.ip) + c + str(self.port))
        zmq.device(zmq.FORWARDER, self.socket, self.socket)