/* * Avis Elvin client library for C. * * Copyright (C) 2008 Matthew Phillips <avis@mattp.name> * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of version 3 of the GNU Lesser General * Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ #include <stdio.h> #include <avis/elvin.h> /* * Listens for notifications from the router with Message and Number fields. */ void sub_listener (Subscription *subscription, Attributes *attributes, bool secure, void *user_data) { printf ("Received greeting: %s\n", attributes_get_string (attributes, "Greeting")); printf (" Bonus number: %u\n", attributes_get_int32 (attributes, "Number")); /* NOTE: it's OK to access client connection from listener callbacks */ elvin_close (subscription->elvin); } /* * This example demonstrates sending and receiving Elvin notifications * with the Elvin C API. See the comments in the source code for details. * * It requires that you have access to an Elvin router: by default it will * use the public router at public.elvin.org. This will likely not work * if you're behind a fascist corporate firewall, in which case you could * download Avis from http://avis.sourceforge.net and install one locally. * * Usage: hello_world [elvin_uri] * * elvin_uri: optional URI pointing to an Elvin router, e.g * * elvin://public.elvin.org * elvin://localhost */ int main (int argc, const char *argv []) { const char *uri = argc > 1 ? argv [1] : "elvin://public.elvin.org"; Elvin elvin; Attributes *notification; Subscription *subscription; /* Try to connect, and exit if we fail */ if (!elvin_open (&elvin, uri)) { elvin_perror ("open", &elvin.error); return 1; } /* * Subscribe to notifications with a string Greeting field and an integer * Number field. * * NOTE: we don't have to free the subscription, the connection does * that for us on close. */ subscription = elvin_subscribe (&elvin, "string (Greeting) && int32 (Number)"); elvin_subscription_add_listener (subscription, sub_listener, &elvin); /* Send a notification that our subscription matches. */ notification = attributes_create (); attributes_set_string (notification, "Greeting", "Hello World"); attributes_set_int32 (notification, "Number", 42); elvin_send (&elvin, notification); attributes_destroy (notification); /* * Start the event loop. This will receive and dispatch messages from the * router, starting with the one we just sent. The subscription listener * closes the connection after printing the notification, which will * cause the event loop to exit. */ elvin_event_loop (&elvin); /* This is redundant in this case, but can't hurt. */ elvin_close (&elvin); return 0; }