Message Patterns

This chapter describes how to provide message pattern information to the ToolTalk service. The ToolTalk service uses message patterns to determine message recipients. After receiving a message, the ToolTalk service compares the message to all current message patterns to find a matching pattern. Once a match is made, the message is delivered to the application that registered the message pattern.

You can provide message pattern information to the ToolTalk service using either dynamic or static methods, or both. The method you choose depends on the type of messages you want to receive.

• If the types of messages you want to receive will vary while your application is running, the dynamic method allows you to add, change, or remove message pattern information after your application has started.

• If you want a message to start your application or to be queued if your application is not running, the static method provides an easy way to specify these instructions. The static method also provides an easy way to specify the message pattern information if you want to receive a defined set of messages. For more information, see .

Regardless of the method you choose to provide message patterns to the ToolTalk service, you will want to update these patterns with each current session and file information so that you receive all messages that reference the session or file in which you are interested.