I'm thinking I'd prefer dynamic destinations over the selector technique so I could manage security constraints for each of the rooms. I'm still getting my head around all this though.
-Tom On 3/29/06, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are also investigating adding dynamic destination support on top of > the selector technique. > > Matt > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tom Bray > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Message destinations in the context of a > multi-room chat app > > I was able to answer my own question. In my original post I didn't > realize that the selector attribute of the Consumer component filtered > messages on the server side. So, Stefan, if you want see what I'm > talking about, check out the sample chat application supplied with the > FDS installation. In the chat.mxml file, change this line: > > <mx:Consumer id="consumer" destination="chat-topic-jms" > message="messageHandler(event)"/> > > by adding a selector attribute: > > <mx:Consumer id="consumer" destination="chat-topic-jms" > message="messageHandler(event)" selector="room='Lobby'"/> > > and then in the send() function, add a message header called room with > a value of "Lobby" like so: > > public function send():void > { > var message:AsyncMessage = new AsyncMessage(); > message.headers.userId = userId; > message.headers.msg = msg.text; > message.headers.room = "Lobby"; > producer.send(message); > msg.text=""; > } > > So, you'll have just one destination called chat-topic-jms, but that > destination can serve multiple rooms by using a selector. The server > only sends messages to clients that are both subscribed to that > destination and have specified a matching selector. Let me know if > that makes sense. > > Thanks, > > Tom -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
