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| author | Tomás Touceda <chiiph@leap.se> | 2013-07-25 10:32:06 -0300 |
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| committer | Tomás Touceda <chiiph@leap.se> | 2013-07-25 10:32:06 -0300 |
| commit | c22072f6a12a9d896eb324a848043011b0ea30c5 (patch) | |
| tree | 62626661cf063af8bf4143e981c489f3e73a2b2f /src/leap/common/events/README.rst | |
| parent | f659de6e98073dc738b8d245e0ddb897f5bd3779 (diff) | |
| parent | e7fa419f13e0afbb3f2653a4b0d8330dd45bbfd0 (diff) | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'drebs/feature/3246-refactor-events-so-components-become-clients' into develop
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diff --git a/src/leap/common/events/README.rst b/src/leap/common/events/README.rst index 813be8b..2e7f254 100644 --- a/src/leap/common/events/README.rst +++ b/src/leap/common/events/README.rst @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ Events mechanism ================ -The events mechanism allows for "components" to send signal events to each -other by means of a centralized server. Components can register with the +The events mechanism allows for clients to send signal events to each +other by means of a centralized server. Clients can register with the server to receive signals of certain types, and they can also send signals to -the server that will then redistribute these signals to registered components. +the server that will then redistribute these signals to registered clients. Listening daemons ----------------- -Both components and the server listen for incoming messages by using a +Both clients and the server listen for incoming messages by using a listening daemon that runs in its own thread. The server daemon has to be -started explicitly, while components daemon will be started whenever a -component registers with the server to receive messages. +started explicitly, while clients daemon will be started whenever a +client registers with the server to receive messages. How to use it |