def initialize(self, configfile=None):
method = "<STR_LIT>"<EOL>A = None<EOL>metadata = {method: configfile}<EOL>send_array(self.socket, A, metadata)<EOL>A, metadata = recv_array(<EOL>self.socket, poll=self.poll, poll_timeout=self.poll_timeout,<EOL>flags=self.zmq_flags)<EOL>
Initialize the module