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+// Copyright 2012 Gary Burd
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"): you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+// a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+// WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+// License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package redis
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+)
+
+// NewSubscriptionReader builds a subscription to the given channels, and
+// returns a io.ReadCloser, where each call to the Read function
+// pulls an individual messages.
+func NewSubscriptionReader(conn Conn, channel ...interface{}) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	psc := PubSubConn{Conn: conn}
+	err := psc.Subscribe(channel...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &subsReader{psc: psc}, nil
+}
+
+type subsReader struct {
+	psc    PubSubConn
+	closed bool
+}
+
+// Read waits for a message body to come off the subscription channel(s),
+// and returns the content of the message data. If the supplied buffer
+// is smaller than what came off the wire, p is populated with as much data
+// as possible and an io.ErrShortBuffer is returned.
+func (sr *subsReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	for {
+		if sr.closed {
+			return 0, io.ErrClosedPipe
+		}
+		switch msg := sr.psc.Receive().(type) {
+		case Message:
+			n = copy(p, msg.Data)
+			if n < len(msg.Data) {
+				err = io.ErrShortWrite
+			}
+			return n, err
+		case Subscription:
+			if msg.Count == 0 {
+				return 0, io.EOF
+			}
+		case Pong:
+			// ignored
+		case error:
+			return 0, msg
+		default:
+			return 0, errors.New("redigo: subscription reader: unexpected notification")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// WriteTo gets used in an io.Copy if it is available, to avoid a copy
+// to an intermediate buffer
+func (sr *subsReader) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (n int64, err error) {
+	for {
+		if sr.closed {
+			return 0, io.ErrClosedPipe
+		}
+		switch msg := sr.psc.Receive().(type) {
+		case Message:
+			size, err := w.Write(msg.Data)
+			return int64(size), err
+		case Subscription:
+			if msg.Count == 0 {
+				return 0, io.EOF
+			}
+		case Pong:
+			// ignored
+		case error:
+			return 0, msg
+		default:
+			return 0, errors.New("redigo: subscription reader: unexpected notification")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Close attempts to kill the current subscription, but does NOT close
+// the underlying Conn
+func (sr *subsReader) Close() error {
+	if sr.closed {
+		return nil
+	}
+	sr.closed = true
+	return sr.psc.Unsubscribe()
+}