METHODS, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR PROCESSING ALERTS AND AUDITING IN A PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE SYSTEM

摘要

Disclosed are methods, apparatus and computer programs for processing messages in a publish/subscribe message dissemination system. A message broker receives a published message from a publisher program and, responsive to identification of one or more subscriber programs subscribing to messages of the type of the received message, forwards the received message to the one or more subscriber programs. One or more matcher components of the system or apparatus compares the received message with stored subscriptions to identify the one or more subscriber programs, generates an alert when an alert condition is satisfied, and compares the generated alert with stored subscriptions to identify one or more subscriber programs subscribing to the alert. The alert is then forwarded to the subscriber program subscribing to the alert. Processing of a generated alert by a matching component of the publish/subscribe message broker enables flexibility for onward dissemination and processing of alerts.