require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/helper' EM.run do # Create a channel to push data to, this could be stocks... RandChannel = EM::Channel.new # The server simply subscribes client connections to the channel on connect, # and unsubscribes them on disconnect. class Server < EM::Connection def self.start(host = '127.0.0.1', port = 8000) EM.start_server(host, port, self) end def post_init @sid = RandChannel.subscribe { |m| send_data "#{m.inspect}\n" } end def unbind RandChannel.unsubscribe @sid end end Server.start # Two client connections, that just print what they receive. 2.times do EM.connect('127.0.0.1', 8000) do |c| c.extend EM::P::LineText2 def c.receive_line(line) puts "Subscriber: #{signature} got #{line}" end EM.add_timer(2) { c.close_connection } end end # This part of the example is more fake, but imagine sleep was in fact a # long running calculation to achieve the value. 40.times do EM.defer lambda { v = sleep(rand * 2); RandChannel << [Time.now, v] } end EM.add_timer(5) { EM.stop } end