Client codez

gistfile1.coffee

#
# Reads xml in chunks, parses to js obj.
#
net    = require 'net'
sys    = require 'sys'
xml2js = require 'xml2js'

start  = new Date().getMilliseconds()
parser = new xml2js.Parser()
buffer = ''
count  = 0
endTag = '</MLB-event>'  

socket = new net.Socket()
socket.setEncoding 'utf8'
socket.connect 8124, 'ec2-50-19-181-80.compute-1.amazonaws.com'
socket.on 'data', (chunk) -> 
  buffer += chunk
  parseEvents()

parser.on 'end', -> count++
parseEvents = ->
  end = buffer.indexOf endTag
  if end isnt -1
    end += endTag.length
    parser.parseString buffer.slice(0, end)
    buffer = buffer.substr end
    parseEvents()
    
process.on 'exit', ->
  console.log "took #{new Date().getMilliseconds() - start}ms" 
  console.log "received #{count} events" 

Getting between 250 - 270ms to consume and parse all 1000 events.

$ coffee client.coffee
took 250ms
received 1000 events

$ coffee client.coffee
took 248ms
received 1000 events

$ coffee client.coffee
took 252ms
received 1000 events

$ coffee client.coffee
took 277ms
received 1000 events