//Poll the buffer as long as there is new data. If there is new data return true, otherwise return false.
//Only the last data sample is kept!
public bool getNewestData(out T output)
{
if (client != null)
{
bool newDataAvailable = false;
//note: if there is a situation where a huge backlog exists, add timeOut/System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch and do polling over multiple Unity frames
//System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch sw = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
//sw.Start();
//not sure what happens inside Poll, but if data is available getData is called immediately and the code continues in the while loop body
while (client.Poll(TimeSpan.Zero)) //try to poll data, but don't wait if there is none
{
newDataAvailable = true; //we have found new data in this frame
/*if(sw.ElapsedMilliseconds>timeOut)//check time
* {
* //if time is up, stop the clock and break
* sw.Stop ();
* break;
* }*/
}
//if new data was received, deserialize it and return
if (newDataAvailable)
{
NetMQFrame frame = msg.Pop();
lastData = ProtoBuf.Serializer.Deserialize <T>(new System.IO.MemoryStream(frame.ToByteArray()));
}
output = lastData;
return(newDataAvailable);
}
output = lastData;
return(false);
}