From 84cfe089c45ffa2baed357fb0b6f76f46c6cef5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnout Engelen Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 16:33:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Avoid 'anycast' in Publish-Subscribe description --- akka-docs-new/src/main/paradox/guide/modules.md | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/akka-docs-new/src/main/paradox/guide/modules.md b/akka-docs-new/src/main/paradox/guide/modules.md index 6d5f96dfeb3..d2b20d728a4 100644 --- a/akka-docs-new/src/main/paradox/guide/modules.md +++ b/akka-docs-new/src/main/paradox/guide/modules.md @@ -89,11 +89,12 @@ The Singleton module can be used to solve these problems: For coordination among systems it is often necessary to distribute messages to all, or one system of a set of interested systems in a cluster. This pattern is usually called publish-subscribe and this module solves this exact -problem. It is possible to subscribe to topics and receive messages published to that topic and it is also possible -to broadcast or anycast messages to subscribers of that topic. +problem. It is possible to broadcast messages to all subscribers of a topic, or send a message to an arbitrary actor that has expressed interest. + +Cluster Publish-Subscribe is intended to solve the following problems: * How do I broadcast messages to an interested set of parties in a cluster? -* How do I anycast messages to a member from an interested set of parties in a cluster? +* How do I send a message to a member from an interested set of parties in a cluster? * How to subscribe and unsubscribe for events of a certain topic in the cluster? ### Persistence