Helpers

Messaging

The backbone of the local messaging system is a dispatching mechanism based on the publish-subscribe analogy. Once a dispatcher object is created, objects can Dispatcher.subscribe() to messages from other objects and be notified when other objects Dispatcher.send() a message to the dispatcher:

from concert.helpers import Dispatcher

def handle_message(sender):
    print("{0} send me a message".format(sender))

dispatcher = Dispatcher()

obj = {}
dispatcher.subscribe(obj, 'foo', handle_message)
dispatcher.send(obj, 'foo')

If not stated otherwise, users should use the global dispatcher for sending and receiving messages.

concert.helpers.dispatcher

A global Dispatcher instance used by all devices.