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+/*  =====================================================================
+    zhelpers.h
+
+    Helper header file for example applications.
+    =====================================================================
+*/
+
+#ifndef __ZHELPERS_H_INCLUDED__
+#define __ZHELPERS_H_INCLUDED__
+
+//  Include a bunch of headers that we will need in the examples
+
+#include <zmq.h>
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+//  Version checking, and patch up missing constants to match 2.1
+#if ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR == 2
+#   if ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR == 0
+#       error "Please upgrade to ZeroMQ/2.1 stable for these examples"
+#   endif
+#elif ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR == 3
+#   error "Please stick with ZeroMQ/2.1 stable for these examples"
+#endif
+#ifndef ZMQ_ROUTER
+#   define ZMQ_ROUTER ZMQ_ROUTER
+#endif
+#ifndef ZMQ_DEALER
+#   define ZMQ_DEALER ZMQ_DEALER
+#endif
+
+
+//  Provide random number from 0..(num-1)
+#if (defined (__WINDOWS__))
+#   define randof(num)  (int) ((float) (num) * rand () / (RAND_MAX + 1.0))
+#else
+#   define randof(num)  (int) ((float) (num) * random () / (RAND_MAX + 1.0))
+#endif
+
+
+//  Receive 0MQ string from socket and convert into C string
+//  Caller must free returned string. Returns NULL if the context
+//  is being terminated.
+static char *
+s_recv (void *socket) {
+    zmq_msg_t message;
+    zmq_msg_init (&message);
+    if (zmq_recv (socket, &message, 0))
+        return (NULL);
+    int size = zmq_msg_size (&message);
+    char *string = malloc (size + 1);
+    memcpy (string, zmq_msg_data (&message), size);
+    zmq_msg_close (&message);
+    string [size] = 0;
+    return (string);
+}
+
+//  Convert C string to 0MQ string and send to socket
+static int
+s_send (void *socket, char *string) {
+    int rc;
+    zmq_msg_t message;
+    zmq_msg_init_size (&message, strlen (string));
+    memcpy (zmq_msg_data (&message), string, strlen (string));
+    rc = zmq_send (socket, &message, 0);
+    zmq_msg_close (&message);
+    return (rc);
+}
+
+//  Sends string as 0MQ string, as multipart non-terminal
+static int
+s_sendmore (void *socket, char *string) {
+    int rc;
+    zmq_msg_t message;
+    zmq_msg_init_size (&message, strlen (string));
+    memcpy (zmq_msg_data (&message), string, strlen (string));
+    rc = zmq_send (socket, &message, ZMQ_SNDMORE);
+    zmq_msg_close (&message);
+    return (rc);
+}
+
+//  Receives all message parts from socket, prints neatly
+//
+static void
+s_dump (void *socket)
+{
+    puts ("----------------------------------------");
+    while (1) {
+        //  Process all parts of the message
+        zmq_msg_t message;
+        zmq_msg_init (&message);
+        zmq_recv (socket, &message, 0);
+
+        //  Dump the message as text or binary
+        char *data = zmq_msg_data (&message);
+        int size = zmq_msg_size (&message);
+        int is_text = 1;
+        int char_nbr;
+        for (char_nbr = 0; char_nbr < size; char_nbr++)
+            if ((unsigned char) data [char_nbr] < 32
+            ||  (unsigned char) data [char_nbr] > 127)
+                is_text = 0;
+
+        printf ("[%03d] ", size);
+        for (char_nbr = 0; char_nbr < size; char_nbr++) {
+            if (is_text)
+                printf ("%c", data [char_nbr]);
+            else
+                printf ("%02X", (unsigned char) data [char_nbr]);
+        }
+        printf ("\n");
+
+        int64_t more;           //  Multipart detection
+        size_t more_size = sizeof (more);
+        zmq_getsockopt (socket, ZMQ_RCVMORE, &more, &more_size);
+        zmq_msg_close (&message);
+        if (!more)
+            break;      //  Last message part
+    }
+}
+
+//  Set simple random printable identity on socket
+//
+static void
+s_set_id (void *socket)
+{
+    char identity [10];
+    sprintf (identity, "%04X-%04X", randof (0x10000), randof (0x10000));
+    zmq_setsockopt (socket, ZMQ_IDENTITY, identity, strlen (identity));
+}
+
+
+//  Sleep for a number of milliseconds
+static void
+s_sleep (int msecs)
+{
+#if (defined (__WINDOWS__))
+    Sleep (msecs);
+#else
+    struct timespec t;
+    t.tv_sec  =  msecs / 1000;
+    t.tv_nsec = (msecs % 1000) * 1000000;
+    nanosleep (&t, NULL);
+#endif
+}
+
+//  Return current system clock as milliseconds
+static int64_t
+s_clock (void)
+{
+#if (defined (__WINDOWS__))
+    SYSTEMTIME st;
+    GetSystemTime (&st);
+    return (int64_t) st.wSecond * 1000 + st.wMilliseconds;
+#else
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
+    return (int64_t) (tv.tv_sec * 1000 + tv.tv_usec / 1000);
+#endif
+}
+
+//  Print formatted string to stdout, prefixed by date/time and
+//  terminated with a newline.
+
+static void
+s_console (const char *format, ...)
+{
+    time_t curtime = time (NULL);
+    struct tm *loctime = localtime (&curtime);
+    char *formatted = malloc (20);
+    strftime (formatted, 20, "%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S ", loctime);
+    printf ("%s", formatted);
+    free (formatted);
+
+    va_list argptr;
+    va_start (argptr, format);
+    vprintf (format, argptr);
+    va_end (argptr);
+    printf ("\n");
+}
+
+#endif  //  __ZHELPERS_H_INCLUDED__