3 files changed, 30 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/publisher/trex_publisher.cpp b/src/publisher/trex_publisher.cpp
index f56d56df..850b5955 100644
--- a/src/publisher/trex_publisher.cpp
+++ b/src/publisher/trex_publisher.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 #include "trex_publisher.h"
+#include "trex_rpc_zip.h"
 #include <zmq.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -73,13 +74,32 @@ TrexPublisher::Delete(){
 
 
 void 
-TrexPublisher::publish_json(const std::string &s){
+TrexPublisher::publish_json(const std::string &s, uint32_t zip_threshold){
+
     if (m_publisher) {
-        int size = zmq_send (m_publisher, s.c_str(), s.length(), 0);
-        assert(size == s.length());
+        if ( (zip_threshold > 0) && (s.size() > zip_threshold) ) {
+            publish_zipped_json(s);
+        } else {
+            publish_raw_json(s);
+        }
     }
 }
 
+void 
+TrexPublisher::publish_zipped_json(const std::string &s) {
+    std::string compressed_msg;
+
+    TrexRpcZip::compress(s, compressed_msg);
+    int size = zmq_send (m_publisher, compressed_msg.c_str(), compressed_msg.length(), 0);
+    assert(size == compressed_msg.length());
+}
+
+void 
+TrexPublisher::publish_raw_json(const std::string &s) {
+     int size = zmq_send (m_publisher, s.c_str(), s.length(), 0);
+     assert(size == s.length());
+}
+
 void
 TrexPublisher::publish_event(event_type_e type, const Json::Value &data) {
     Json::FastWriter writer;
diff --git a/src/publisher/trex_publisher.h b/src/publisher/trex_publisher.h
index 1d283478..fb7226c4 100644
--- a/src/publisher/trex_publisher.h
+++ b/src/publisher/trex_publisher.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool Create(uint16_t port, bool disable);
     virtual void Delete();
-    virtual void publish_json(const std::string &s);
+    virtual void publish_json(const std::string &s, uint32_t zip_threshold = MSG_COMPRESS_THRESHOLD);
 
     enum event_type_e {
         EVENT_PORT_STARTED          = 0,
@@ -71,9 +71,14 @@ public:
 
 private:
     void show_zmq_last_error(const std::string &err);
+    void publish_zipped_json(const std::string &s);
+    void publish_raw_json(const std::string &s);
+
 private:
     void * m_context;
     void * m_publisher;
+
+    static const int MSG_COMPRESS_THRESHOLD = 256;
 };
 
 #endif /* __TREX_PUBLISHER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/stateless/cp/trex_stateless.cpp b/src/stateless/cp/trex_stateless.cpp
index 6d80539c..22389d6a 100644
--- a/src/stateless/cp/trex_stateless.cpp
+++ b/src/stateless/cp/trex_stateless.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ TrexStateless::TrexStateless(const TrexStatelessCfg &cfg) {
     m_publisher    = cfg.m_publisher;
 
     /* API core version */
-    const int API_VER_MAJOR = 1;
+    const int API_VER_MAJOR = 2;
     const int API_VER_MINOR = 3;
     m_api_classes[APIClass::API_CLASS_TYPE_CORE].init(APIClass::API_CLASS_TYPE_CORE,
                                                       API_VER_MAJOR,