Patterns

ZeroMQ provides a set of sockets and patterns for building distributed systems. We have adapted these patterns to fit neatly into the Bonsai visual language by defining a set of reactive operators named after each socket type.

Pattern	Description	Operators
Publish-Subscribe	One to many data distribution	Publisher, Subscriber
Request-Response	Remote procedure call	Request, Response
Router-Dealer	Asynchronous requests from multiple clients	Router, Dealer
Push-Pull	Fan-out / fan-in task distribution	Push, Pull
Proxy	Broker / intermediation patterns	ProxyFrontend, ProxyBackend

Each section in this chapter describes a basic ZeroMQ messaging pattern, usually involving complementary pairs of sockets, and provides examples of use that you can copy and paste directly into the editor.