push_sink.h

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#ifndef INCLUDED_ZEROMQ_PUSH_SINK_H
#define INCLUDED_ZEROMQ_PUSH_SINK_H

#include <gnuradio/zeromq/api.h>
#include <gnuradio/sync_block.h>

namespace gr {
  namespace zeromq {

    /*!
     * \brief Sink the contents of a stream to a ZMQ PUSH socket
     * \ingroup zeromq
     *
     * \details
     * This block acts a a streaming sink for a GNU Radio flowgraph
     * and writes its contents to a ZMQ PUSH socket.  A PUSH socket
     * will round-robin send its messages to each connected ZMQ PULL
     * socket, either another gr-zeromq source block or a regular,
     * non-GNU Radio ZMQ socket.
     *
     */
    class ZEROMQ_API push_sink : virtual public gr::sync_block
    {
    public:
      typedef boost::shared_ptr<push_sink> sptr;

      /*!
       * \brief Return a shared_ptr to a new instance of gr::zeromq::push_sink
       *
       * \param itemsize Size of a stream item in bytes.
       * \param vlen Vector length of the input items. Note that one vector is one item.
       * \param address  ZMQ socket address specifier.
       * \param timeout  Receive timeout in seconds, default is 100ms, 1us increments.
       * \param pass_tags Whether sink will serialize and pass tags over the link.
       * \param hwm High Watermark to configure the socket to (-1 => zmq's default)
       */
      static sptr make(size_t itemsize, size_t vlen, char *address,
                       int timeout=100, bool pass_tags=false, int hwm=-1);
    };

  } // namespace zeromq
} // namespace gr

#endif /* INCLUDED_ZEROMQ_PUSH_SINK_H */