I've used ZeroMQ in the past with with JVM applications via the jzmq library. I am planning on using zeromq on a new project where some of the services are implemented on the JVM. I just discovered jeromq, a pure java implementation of zeromq, and I would like to use it mostly since it is tracking zeromq 3.x and it removes the headache of dealing with jzmq. However, I can't tell from the repo page if it is production ready. Does anyone have experience with jeromq in production?
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Ben Mabey
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As the author of the project, I'm a little bit biased.
The reason I made jeromq was I also had some trouble with deploying jzmq having JNI.
The project has a short history but keep improving from feedbacks and contributions.
But it's not a replacement of jzmq. Both project are active and driven by a major community. You can get help from the community and contribute to the projects also.
From the 3.0-SNAPSHOT, it has a API level compatibility. You can switch between jeromq and jzmq easily without changing your code.
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2Good to have author here, but it didn't answer the question directly. – liang Dec 21 '13 at 08:23
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Why not write a JNI that would do all the interaction with 0MQ ? This would bring the problem in your hands instead of hoping for some 3rd party library being mature enough or production-ready.
That's what I'd do. The C/C++ API of zeromq is IMHO the most mature of them and, as such, I think it would bring you the most benefit.
Writing a JNI is not hard either so I think this would be a good way to go.
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I was mostly curious. The fact that `jeromq` is on `zmq`'s github organization made me think it was going to be the recommended approach in the future. I think `jzmq` (which does the bridging to the C++ version) is really the only option for `zmq` on the JVM for production uses as of now. – Ben Mabey Mar 06 '13 at 19:15