On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Messaging Design Pattern < [email protected]> wrote:
> Al, > > I mention it because I've seen the issue/confusion come up several times: > some people have the tendency of associating messaging with MOM technologies > like JMS. I agree with you: a) these technologies are just one of the many > applications/implementations of MDP. b) They represent two distinct > concepts. I believe the confusion may come from the fact that messaging is > ubiquitous. It is part of many technologies. Therefore these technologies > might be confused with MDP. However they are just implementations of MDP. > > The messaging Design Pattern (MDP) is intended to cover all the aspects of > messaging. Your comments are appreciated. > > One of the key parts of a pattern description is the examples. If people are confusing a particular technology with the pattern then you need to improve the examples. Use more examples; each example should be a different technology. Choose the technologies to high-light various aspects of the pattern. Then people would not mistake the technology for the pattern. -Ralph Johnson
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