NAME

zmq_ctx_get - get context options

SYNOPSIS

int zmq_ctx_get (void *context, int option_name);

DESCRIPTION

The zmq_ctx_get() function shall return the option specified by the option_name argument.

The zmq_ctx_get() function accepts the following option names:

ZMQ_IO_THREADS: Get number of I/O threads

The ZMQ_IO_THREADS argument returns the size of the 0MQ thread pool for this context.

ZMQ_MAX_SOCKETS: Get maximum number of sockets

The ZMQ_MAX_SOCKETS argument returns the maximum number of sockets allowed for this context.

RETURN VALUE

The zmq_ctx_get() function returns a value of 0 or greater if successful. Otherwise it returns -1 and sets errno to one of the values defined below.

ERRORS

EINVAL

The requested option option_name is unknown.

EXAMPLE

Setting a limit on the number of sockets.

void *context = zmq_ctx_new ();
zmq_ctx_get (context, ZMQ_MAX_SOCKETS, 256);
int max_sockets = zmq_ctx_get (context, ZMQ_MAX_SOCKETS);
assert (max_sockets == 256);

AUTHORS

This 0MQ manual page was written by Pieter Hintjens <ph@imatix.com[1]>

NOTES

1.: ph@imatix.com

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