[Zope3-dev] event service and channel

Gary Poster Gary Poster" <garyposter@earthlink.net
Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:54:16 -0400


From: "Steve Alexander" <steve@cat-box.net>
> Gary Poster wrote:
> >
> > 3. (Event channels)
> >
> > This is less pressing, but...
> >
> > While some objects, like the Object Hub, are specialized event channels,
> > Tres' design also includes named event channels, which seem like a great
> > idea.  If a certain event type will be subscribed to by many objects,
make
> > that event have its own channel, and subscribe to it.  Careful channel
design
> > could significantly reduce the churn of processing a given event
publication.
> >
> > How should these named event channels be accessible?  Where should they
live?
> >  What, in terms of Component Architecture, are they, even?
>
> I've always liked the model of classifying events into topics, as used
> in ObjectSpace Voyager.

This sounds great.  I'll read up on it.

If it doesn't address where we ought to store the things then I'll come back
at you with that again. :-)

Thanks, Steve

Gary