C# (Visual Studio)

How to use NEP in C#?

Option 1: NuGet Package Manager Console

Open the NuGet Package Manager Console: Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Package Manager Console and write the following command:

NuGet\Install-Package Nep
NuGet\Install-Package Newtonsoft.Json
NuGet\Install-Package NetMQ

Option 2: NuGet Package Manager for Solution Interface

Open the NuGet Package Manager for Solution Interface: Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Manage NuGet Package for Solution and browse Nep. Select the projects where the NEP library for C# will be installed and select the install button. In the same way, install the Newtonsoft.Json and NetMQ packages

Test a basic Publisher

using Nep;

namespace NepTest
{
    // Message to send, used for serialization in JSON
    class Msg
    {
        public int message { get; set; }
    }

    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create a new nep node
            // The parameter given to this function must be different for each script
            NepNode node = new NepNode("basic_pub_cs");
            // Create a new publisher with the topic "test"
            NepPublisher pub = node.NewPub("test", "json");
            // Define the message to send 
            Msg msg = new Msg();
            int i = 0;
            while (i < 50)
            {
                i++;
                // Fill message to send
                msg.message = i;
                // Send the message with the next line
                pub.Publish(msg);
                // Use the next line to send messages each 0.5 seconds approx.
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500);
            }
            // Close sockets
            pub.Dispose();
            node.Close();
            Console.WriteLine("Publisher program finished!");
        }
    }
}

Test a basic Subscriber

uusing System;
using Nep;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

// Change <NepTest> for the correct namespace
namespace NepTest
{
    // Message to read, used for deserialization
    class Msg
    {
        // JSON key = message, value is an int
        public int message { get; set; }
    }

    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create a new Nep Node with a specified name
            NepNode node = new NepNode("basic_sub_cs");

            // Create a new Subscriber for the "test" topic with "json" message type
            NepSubscriber sub = node.NewSub("test", "json");

            String msg = "";

            // Print the received messages
            int i = 0;
            while (i < 50)
            {
                // Non-blocking listen to receive a message
                bool ok = sub.Listen(out msg);
                if (ok)
                {
                    // Convert JSON string to Msg object using JsonConvert
                    Msg message = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Msg>(msg);
                    Console.WriteLine(message.message);
                    i = i + 1;
                }
            }

            // Close the Subscriber and Node
            sub.Dispose();
            node.Close();

            Console.WriteLine("Subscriber program finished!");
        }
    }
}