Communication pattern exercises

These scripts were developed for the courses 31380 and 31725 by

• Lasse Orda (Initial implementation)
• Tue Vissing Jensen (Updates, maintainer)

Included scripts

RPC

rpc_example_runner.py text1 text2 text3 text4 --- Requires that rpc/rpc_example_server.py is running. Returns a the list of text strings given, but in reversed order.

rpc_sync_pi_runner.py N --- Requires that rpc/rpc_pi_server.py is running. Estimate pi by throwing N points in the unit circle, with the server taking over half the work.

rpc_async_pi_runner.py N --- Requires that rpc/rpc_pi_server.py is running. Estimate pi by throwing N points in the unit circle, with the server taking over half the work simultaneously.

Pub/Sub

pub_server.py --- A server which periodically publishes the current time.

sub_client.py --- Subscribes to the server's messages and prints them. Exits after 5 messages.

Broadcast

broadcast_receiver.py

broadcast_listener.py

broadcaster.py --- Periodically broadcasts