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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAndrew I. Hickson, Simon A.J. Holdsworth, Timothy N. Holloway, Peter R. MacFarlane, Michael J. Ward
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Provided are a message brokering systems, computer program products and methods for communication in a publish/subscribe environment in which publisher application programs send messages to subscriber application programs via one or more message brokers, the method comprising the following steps: responsive to receipt of a published message at a message broker, referring to characteristics of the received message and subscriber-specified quality of service requirements to determine an appropriate quality or service for onward transmission of the message; selecting a communication protocol in accordance with the determined quality of service; and transmitting the message using the selected communication protocol. Information relating to the quality of service requirements of a first message broker's subscribers is passed to other brokers and subsequently used for selection of an appropriate communication protocol for transmitting messages between the brokers.
A method of communication in a publish/subscribe environment in which publisher programs send messages to subscriber programs via one or more message brokering systems, the method comprising the following steps:
A message brokering system, configured to provide a publish/subscribe service for publisher and subscriber programs, comprising:
A data processing system comprising:
A computer program product for providing a publish/subscribe service for publisher and subscriber programs, comprising program code recorded on a machine-readable recording medium, the program code comprising:
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