Technology for providing content of a publish-subscribe topic tree
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJOSEPH H. ALLEN, DAVID J. HOEWELER, GARI R. SINGH, MEETA YADAV
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Abstract
Content of a publish-subscribe topic tree is provided. This includes receiving a path for a requested topic. The path specifies topics leading from a highest to a lowest level topic in the path. Content in the topic tree is retrieved for matching topics that match the lowest level topic in the path independently of whether the matching topics are on the path in the tree.
Claims14
1-7. (canceled)
A system for providing content of a publish-subscribe topic tree, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium connected to the processor, wherein the computer readable storage medium has stored thereon a program for controlling the processor, and wherein the processor is operative with the program to execute the program for:
- receiving a path for a requested topic, wherein the path specifies topics leading from a highest to a lowest level topic in the path;
- and
- retrieving content in the topic tree for matching topics that match the lowest level topic in the path independently of whether the matching topics are on the path in the tree.
A computer program product for providing content of a publish-subscribe topic tree, the computer program product including a computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a computer system, wherein the instructions, when executed by the computer system, cause the computer system to implement a method comprising:
- receiving a path for a requested topic, wherein the path specifies topics leading from a highest to a lowest level topic in the path;
- and
- retrieving content in the topic tree for matching topics that match the lowest level topic in the path independently of whether the matching topics are on the path in the tree.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.