Cloud-Native Microservices with Apache Pulsar: Build Distributed Messaging Microservices

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R. Sharma, M. AtyabCloud-Native Microservices with Apache Pulsarhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7839-0_2

2. Working with Messages

Rahul Sharma¹   and Mohammad Atyab²

(1)

Delhi, Delhi, India

(2)

New Delhi, India

 

Messages have always been an integral part of programming and architecture design. This chapter outlines Apache Pulsar’s message architecture and communication strategies. Let’s begin by exploring the types of messages.

Types of Messages

Let’s consider any two machines, or users, or even code fragments. A message can be defined as an exchange of information between a sender and one or more receivers.

Essentially, a message is an independent, discrete packet ...