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Order of published/subscribed messages

asked 2012-10-24 10:36:49 -0500

Jonas Koenemann gravatar image

Hi!

I have a single publisher and a single subscriber. The publisher is publishing at short intervals. Is there ensured that the messages arrive in order or do i have to care about it myself? Is there an option to force sending in order?

Thanks! Jonas

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answered 2012-10-24 10:53:42 -0500

tfoote gravatar image

For a single publisher single subscriber system they should all be ordered, but not guaranteed to all be there depending on your queue size. If you have multiple publishers the should be relative ordering from the individual publisher, but no guarantees between two publishers on ordering.

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answered 2012-10-24 11:01:15 -0500

JBuesch gravatar image

Since traffic is exchanged using (persistent) TCP channels (might not be true for all) messages arrive in order by nature. You can also add a Header in the message type which contains a sequence number in order to prove this fact although not necessary.

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