Queue Class

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The Queue Component provides an easy to use interface to Microsoft's Windows Azure Queue Service.

Class Name

InAzure_Queue

Procedural Interface

 inazure_queue_open();
 inazure_queue_close($res);
 inazure_queue_register_callback($res, $id, $function);
 inazure_queue_get_last_error($res);
 inazure_queue_get_last_error_code($res);
 inazure_queue_set($res, $id, $index, $value);
 inazure_queue_get($res, $id, $index);
 inazure_queue_do_addusermetadata($res, $name, $value);
 inazure_queue_do_clearmessages($res);
 inazure_queue_do_config($res, $configurationstring);
 inazure_queue_do_createmessage($res, $messagetext);
 inazure_queue_do_createqueue($res);
 inazure_queue_do_deletemessage($res, $messageid, $popreceipt);
 inazure_queue_do_deletequeue($res);
 inazure_queue_do_doevents($res);
 inazure_queue_do_getqueuemetadata($res);
 inazure_queue_do_interrupt($res);
 inazure_queue_do_listmessages($res);
 inazure_queue_do_listqueues($res);
 inazure_queue_do_peekmessages($res);
 inazure_queue_do_reset($res);
 inazure_queue_do_resetheaders($res);
 inazure_queue_do_setqueuemetadata($res);

Remarks

A queue can contain an unlimited number of messages, each of which can be up to 8 KB in size. Messages are generally added to the end of the queue and retrieved from the front of the queue, although first in, first out (FIFO) behavior is not guaranteed.

Please refer to Queue Service Concepts for details.

Before using the class you will first need to sign up for the Azure Storage service and obtain an Account and AccessKey from Microsoft. Then you can start creating Queues in your account using CreateQueue. You can then add messages to any of your queues using CreateMessage.

There are other methods such as ListQueues, ListMessages, PeekMessages, DeleteMessage, DeleteQueue etc. that further enable you to manage your Queue Storage Service.