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This documentation is for version 0.5.0 of nng, but the latest released version is v1.8.0. see the documentation for v1.8.0 for the most up-to-date information.
nng_rep(7)

SYNOPSIS

#include <nng/protocol/reqrep0/rep.h>

int nng_rep0_open(nng_socket *s);

DESCRIPTION

The nng_rep protocol is one half of a request/reply pattern. In this pattern, a requester sends a message to one replier, who is expected to reply. The request is resent if no reply arrives, until a reply is received or the request times out.

This protocol is useful in setting up RPC-like services. It is also "reliable", in that a the requester will keep retrying until a reply is received.

The nng_rep protocol is the replier side, and the nng_req(7) protocol is the requester side.

Socket Operations

The nng_rep0_open() call creates a requester socket. This socket may be used to receive messages (requests), and then to send replies. Generally a reply can only be sent after receiving a request. (Attempts to receive a message will result in NNG_ESTATE if there is no outstanding request.)

Attempts to send on a socket with no outstanding requests will result in NNG_ESTATE.

Raw mode sockets (set with NNG_OPT_RAW) ignore all these restrictions.

Protocol Versions

Only version 0 of this protocol is supported. (At the time of writing, no other versions of this protocol have been defined.)

Protocol Options

The following protocol-specific options are available.

NNG_OPT_MAXTTL

Maximum time-to-live. This option is an integer value between 0 and 255, inclusive, and is the maximum number of "hops" that a message may pass through until it is discarded. The default value is 8. A value of 0 may be used to disable the loop protection, allowing an infinite number of hops.

Protocol Headers

The nng_rep protocol uses a backtrace in the header. This is more fully documented in the nng_req(7) manual.

SEE ALSO

NNG Reference Manual v0.5.0 © 2019 Staysail Systems, Inc, © 2018 Capitar IT Group BV
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