[zeromq-dev] v3.1 publisher filtering

[Joshua Foster]

PUB functions the same in 3.1 as 2.1, but XPUB actually does publisher 
side filtering. (if I read the code correctly)

Joshua

On 3/13/2012 1:39 PM, Calvin de Vries wrote:
> I'm not sure this is correct, Joshua. PUB filters the messages in 3.1, 
> while you can use XPUB in order to do more advanced subscription 
> management, it is not a requirement to have publisher side filtering.
>
> In Steve's example, Subscriber A would not receive every message, only 
> messages matching its filter.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Joshua Foster <jhawk28 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jhawk28 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     3.1 works the same way as 2.1 in your example. The changes in 3.1
>     is that the subscription is forwarded to the PUB socket. This
>     allows you to create a publisher device. It would sit between the
>     parent publisher and the subscriber. The XPUB keeps track of the
>     subscriptions and allows them to apply to the XSUB socket. This
>     effectively filters out any messages that do not match a
>     subscription. In your example, you are matching against "a" and ""
>     so all messages would be passed through.
>
>     You can of course use a ROUTER socket and manage the subscriptions
>     yourself in the application (with DEALER). The main downside is
>     that you won't be able to detect client disconnections. You may
>     also want to consider creating an alternative PUB socket
>     implementation in ZeroMQ.
>
>     Joshua
>
>
>     On 3/12/2012 6:48 PM, Steve wrote:
>>     I have a high level question about how a v3.1 publisher handles
>>     sending updates to subscribers.  I understand that v3.1 can push
>>     the subscription filtering further towards the publisher but to
>>     what degree I'm unclear on.
>>
>>     Here is a very simple usage example:
>>
>>     1) Publisher has a list of topics that are randomly updated 10
>>     times a second.  There are a total of 26 topics and each is a
>>     single lowercase alpha character representing the English
>>     alphabet (a - z).
>>     2) Subscriber 'A' subscribes to just a topic matching "a".
>>     3) Subscriber 'B' subscribes to all topics ("").
>>
>>     In version 2.1, I believe Subscriber 'A' would receive all the
>>     messages and that the zeromq client library would filter them so
>>     the client would only see updates on 'a'.  In version 3.1, is it
>>     possible to filter the messages at the publisher so that
>>     Subscriber 'A' only receives updates on topic 'a' (no filtering
>>     done on the client) and that Subscriber 'B' receives all updates
>>     on all topics (a-z)?
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Steve
>>
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