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<li>MinRK</li> <li>Brian Granger</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="classes"> <h2>Classes<a class="headerlink" href="#classes" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <div class="section" id="backgrounddevice"> <h3><a class="reference internal" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice" title="zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">BackgroundDevice</span></tt></a><a class="headerlink" href="#backgrounddevice" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <dl class="class"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice"> <em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">zmq.devices.basedevice.</tt><tt class="descname">BackgroundDevice</tt><big>(</big><em>device_type</em>, <em>in_type</em>, <em>out_type</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Base class for launching Devices in background processes and threads.</p> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.bind_in"> <tt class="descname">bind_in</tt><big>(</big><em>addr</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.bind_in" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for binding on in_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.bind for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.bind_out"> <tt class="descname">bind_out</tt><big>(</big><em>iface</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.bind_out" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for binding on out_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.bind for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.connect_in"> <tt class="descname">connect_in</tt><big>(</big><em>addr</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.connect_in" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for connecting on in_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.connect for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.connect_out"> <tt class="descname">connect_out</tt><big>(</big><em>iface</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.connect_out" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for connecting on out_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.connect for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="staticmethod"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.context_factory"> <em class="property">static </em><tt class="descname">context_factory</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.context_factory" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns a global Context instance.</p> <p>Most single-threaded applications have a single, global Context. Use this method instead of passing around Context instances throughout your code.</p> <p>A common pattern for classes that depend on Contexts is to use a default argument to enable programs with multiple Contexts but not require the argument for simpler applications:</p> <blockquote> <div><dl class="docutils"> <dt>class MyClass(object):</dt> <dd><dl class="first last docutils"> <dt>def __init__(self, context=None):</dt> <dd>self.context = context or Context.instance()</dd> </dl> </dd> </dl> </div></blockquote> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.join"> <tt class="descname">join</tt><big>(</big><em>timeout=None</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.join" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.run"> <tt class="descname">run</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.run" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The runner method.</p> <p>Do not call me directly, instead call <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">self.start()</span></tt>, just like a Thread.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.setsockopt_in"> <tt class="descname">setsockopt_in</tt><big>(</big><em>opt</em>, <em>value</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.setsockopt_in" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue setsockopt(opt, value) for in_socket</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.setsockopt for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.setsockopt_out"> <tt class="descname">setsockopt_out</tt><big>(</big><em>opt</em>, <em>value</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.setsockopt_out" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue setsockopt(opt, value) for out_socket</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.setsockopt for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.start"> <tt class="descname">start</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.BackgroundDevice.start" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="device"> <h3><a class="reference internal" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.Device" title="zmq.devices.basedevice.Device"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Device</span></tt></a><a class="headerlink" href="#device" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <dl class="class"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.Device"> <em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">zmq.devices.basedevice.</tt><tt class="descname">Device</tt><big>(</big><em>device_type</em>, <em>in_type</em>, <em>out_type</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.Device" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A Threadsafe 0MQ Device.</p> <p><em>Warning</em> as with most ‘threadsafe’ Python objects, this is only threadsafe as long as you do not use private methods or attributes. Private names are prefixed with ‘_’, such as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">self._setup_socket()</span></tt>.</p> <p>For thread safety, you do not pass Sockets to this, but rather Socket types:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">Device</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">device_type</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">in_socket_type</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">out_socket_type</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>For instance:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">dev</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Device</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">zmq</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">QUEUE</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">zmq</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">DEALER</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">zmq</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ROUTER</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Similar to zmq.device, but socket types instead of sockets themselves are passed, and the sockets are created in the work thread, to avoid issues with thread safety. As a result, additional bind_{in|out} and connect_{in|out} methods and setsockopt_{in|out} allow users to specify connections for the sockets.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Parameters :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>device_type</strong> : int</p> <blockquote> <div><p>The 0MQ Device type</p> </div></blockquote> <p><strong>{in|out}_type</strong> : int</p> <blockquote> <div><p>zmq socket types, to be passed later to context.socket(). e.g. zmq.PUB, zmq.SUB, zmq.REQ. If out_type is < 0, then in_socket is used for both in_socket and out_socket.</p> </div></blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Attributes :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>daemon</strong> : int</p> <blockquote> <div><p>sets whether the thread should be run as a daemon Default is true, because if it is false, the thread will not exit unless it is killed</p> </div></blockquote> <p><strong>context_factory</strong> : callable (class attribute)</p> <blockquote> <div><p>Function for creating the Context. This will be Context.intance in ThreadDevices, and Context in ProcessDevices. The only reason it is not instance() in ProcessDevices is that there may be a stale Context instance already initialized, and the forked environment should <em>never</em> try to use it.</p> </div></blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Methods :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>bind_{in_out}(iface)</strong> :</p> <blockquote> <div><p>passthrough for <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">{in|out}_socket.bind(iface)</span></tt>, to be called in the thread</p> </div></blockquote> <p><strong>connect_{in_out}(iface)</strong> :</p> <blockquote> <div><p>passthrough for <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">{in|out}_socket.connect(iface)</span></tt>, to be called in the thread</p> </div></blockquote> <p><strong>setsockopt_{in_out}(opt,value)</strong> :</p> <blockquote class="last"> <div><p>passthrough for <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">{in|out}_socket.setsockopt(opt,</span> <span class="pre">value)</span></tt>, to be called in the thread</p> </div></blockquote> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.bind_in"> <tt class="descname">bind_in</tt><big>(</big><em>addr</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.bind_in" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for binding on in_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.bind for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.bind_out"> <tt class="descname">bind_out</tt><big>(</big><em>iface</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.bind_out" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for binding on out_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.bind for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.connect_in"> <tt class="descname">connect_in</tt><big>(</big><em>addr</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.connect_in" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for connecting on in_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.connect for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.connect_out"> <tt class="descname">connect_out</tt><big>(</big><em>iface</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.connect_out" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for connecting on out_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.connect for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="staticmethod"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.context_factory"> <em class="property">static </em><tt class="descname">context_factory</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.context_factory" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns a global Context instance.</p> <p>Most single-threaded applications have a single, global Context. Use this method instead of passing around Context instances throughout your code.</p> <p>A common pattern for classes that depend on Contexts is to use a default argument to enable programs with multiple Contexts but not require the argument for simpler applications:</p> <blockquote> <div><dl class="docutils"> <dt>class MyClass(object):</dt> <dd><dl class="first last docutils"> <dt>def __init__(self, context=None):</dt> <dd>self.context = context or Context.instance()</dd> </dl> </dd> </dl> </div></blockquote> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.join"> <tt class="descname">join</tt><big>(</big><em>timeout=None</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.join" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>wait for me to finish, like Thread.join.</p> <p>Reimplemented appropriately by sublcasses.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.run"> <tt class="descname">run</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.run" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The runner method.</p> <p>Do not call me directly, instead call <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">self.start()</span></tt>, just like a Thread.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.setsockopt_in"> <tt class="descname">setsockopt_in</tt><big>(</big><em>opt</em>, <em>value</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.setsockopt_in" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue setsockopt(opt, value) for in_socket</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.setsockopt for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.setsockopt_out"> <tt class="descname">setsockopt_out</tt><big>(</big><em>opt</em>, <em>value</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.setsockopt_out" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue setsockopt(opt, value) for out_socket</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.setsockopt for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.start"> <tt class="descname">start</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.Device.start" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Start the device. Override me in subclass for other launchers.</p> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="processdevice"> <h3><a class="reference internal" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice" title="zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ProcessDevice</span></tt></a><a class="headerlink" href="#processdevice" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <dl class="class"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice"> <em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">zmq.devices.basedevice.</tt><tt class="descname">ProcessDevice</tt><big>(</big><em>device_type</em>, <em>in_type</em>, <em>out_type</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A Device that will be run in a background Process.</p> <p>See Device for details.</p> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.bind_in"> <tt class="descname">bind_in</tt><big>(</big><em>addr</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.bind_in" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for binding on in_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.bind for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.bind_out"> <tt class="descname">bind_out</tt><big>(</big><em>iface</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.bind_out" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for binding on out_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.bind for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.connect_in"> <tt class="descname">connect_in</tt><big>(</big><em>addr</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.connect_in" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for connecting on in_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.connect for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.connect_out"> <tt class="descname">connect_out</tt><big>(</big><em>iface</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.connect_out" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for connecting on out_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.connect for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.context_factory"> <tt class="descname">context_factory</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.context_factory" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>alias of <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Context</span></tt></p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.join"> <tt class="descname">join</tt><big>(</big><em>timeout=None</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.join" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.run"> <tt class="descname">run</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.run" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The runner method.</p> <p>Do not call me directly, instead call <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">self.start()</span></tt>, just like a Thread.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.setsockopt_in"> <tt class="descname">setsockopt_in</tt><big>(</big><em>opt</em>, <em>value</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.setsockopt_in" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue setsockopt(opt, value) for in_socket</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.setsockopt for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.setsockopt_out"> <tt class="descname">setsockopt_out</tt><big>(</big><em>opt</em>, <em>value</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.setsockopt_out" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue setsockopt(opt, value) for out_socket</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.setsockopt for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.start"> <tt class="descname">start</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ProcessDevice.start" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="threaddevice"> <h3><a class="reference internal" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice" title="zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ThreadDevice</span></tt></a><a class="headerlink" href="#threaddevice" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <dl class="class"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice"> <em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">zmq.devices.basedevice.</tt><tt class="descname">ThreadDevice</tt><big>(</big><em>device_type</em>, <em>in_type</em>, <em>out_type</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A Device that will be run in a background Thread.</p> <p>See Device for details.</p> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.bind_in"> <tt class="descname">bind_in</tt><big>(</big><em>addr</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.bind_in" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for binding on in_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.bind for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.bind_out"> <tt class="descname">bind_out</tt><big>(</big><em>iface</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.bind_out" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for binding on out_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.bind for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.connect_in"> <tt class="descname">connect_in</tt><big>(</big><em>addr</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.connect_in" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for connecting on in_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.connect for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.connect_out"> <tt class="descname">connect_out</tt><big>(</big><em>iface</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.connect_out" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue ZMQ address for connecting on out_socket.</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.connect for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="staticmethod"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.context_factory"> <em class="property">static </em><tt class="descname">context_factory</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.context_factory" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns a global Context instance.</p> <p>Most single-threaded applications have a single, global Context. Use this method instead of passing around Context instances throughout your code.</p> <p>A common pattern for classes that depend on Contexts is to use a default argument to enable programs with multiple Contexts but not require the argument for simpler applications:</p> <blockquote> <div><dl class="docutils"> <dt>class MyClass(object):</dt> <dd><dl class="first last docutils"> <dt>def __init__(self, context=None):</dt> <dd>self.context = context or Context.instance()</dd> </dl> </dd> </dl> </div></blockquote> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.join"> <tt class="descname">join</tt><big>(</big><em>timeout=None</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.join" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.run"> <tt class="descname">run</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.run" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The runner method.</p> <p>Do not call me directly, instead call <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">self.start()</span></tt>, just like a Thread.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.setsockopt_in"> <tt class="descname">setsockopt_in</tt><big>(</big><em>opt</em>, <em>value</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.setsockopt_in" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue setsockopt(opt, value) for in_socket</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.setsockopt for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.setsockopt_out"> <tt class="descname">setsockopt_out</tt><big>(</big><em>opt</em>, <em>value</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.setsockopt_out" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enqueue setsockopt(opt, value) for out_socket</p> <p>See zmq.Socket.setsockopt for details.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.start"> <tt class="descname">start</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#zmq.devices.basedevice.ThreadDevice.start" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div class="related"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="../../genindex.html" title="General Index" >index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="../../py-modindex.html" title="Python Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="zmq.devices.monitoredqueuedevice.html" title="devices.monitoredqueuedevice" >next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="zmq.core.version.html" title="core.version" >previous</a> |</li> <li><a href="../../index.html">home</a>| </li> <li><a href="../../search.html">search</a>| </li> <li><a href="../index.html">API</a> »</li> <li><a href="../index.html" >The PyZMQ API</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer"> © Copyright 2010-2011, Brian E. 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