$:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib' require 'mq' AMQP.start(:host => 'localhost') do def log *args p args end # AMQP.logging = true clock = MQ.new.fanout('clock') EM.add_periodic_timer(1){ puts log :publishing, time = Time.now clock.publish(Marshal.dump(time)) } amq = MQ.new amq.queue('every second').bind(amq.fanout('clock')).subscribe{ |time| log 'every second', :received, Marshal.load(time) } amq = MQ.new amq.queue('every 5 seconds').bind(amq.fanout('clock')).subscribe{ |time| time = Marshal.load(time) log 'every 5 seconds', :received, time if time.strftime('%S').to_i%5 == 0 } end __END__ [:publishing, Thu Jul 17 20:14:00 -0700 2008] ["every 5 seconds", :received, Thu Jul 17 20:14:00 -0700 2008] ["every second", :received, Thu Jul 17 20:14:00 -0700 2008] [:publishing, Thu Jul 17 20:14:01 -0700 2008] ["every second", :received, Thu Jul 17 20:14:01 -0700 2008] [:publishing, Thu Jul 17 20:14:02 -0700 2008] ["every second", :received, Thu Jul 17 20:14:02 -0700 2008] [:publishing, Thu Jul 17 20:14:03 -0700 2008] ["every second", :received, Thu Jul 17 20:14:03 -0700 2008] [:publishing, Thu Jul 17 20:14:04 -0700 2008] ["every second", :received, Thu Jul 17 20:14:04 -0700 2008] [:publishing, Thu Jul 17 20:14:05 -0700 2008] ["every 5 seconds", :received, Thu Jul 17 20:14:05 -0700 2008] ["every second", :received, Thu Jul 17 20:14:05 -0700 2008] [:publishing, Thu Jul 17 20:14:06 -0700 2008] ["every second", :received, Thu Jul 17 20:14:06 -0700 2008]