Method and system for selecting amongst a plurality of processes to send a message
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for selecting amongst a plurality of processes to send a message (e.g. a message for updating an endpoint system, etc.). These mechanisms and methods for selecting amongst a plurality of processes to send a message can enable embodiments to utilize more than one queue for sending such message. The ability of embodiments to provide such multi-process feature can, in turn, prevent latency that typically accompanies a mounting number of messages.
1. A method, comprising:
detecting, by a system, a trigger for automatically sending a message in association with a subscriber of a service provided by the system, wherein the trigger is associated with a change made to data stored by the system;
retrieving, by the system, message information from a portion of a database of the system;
in response to the detection of the trigger, generating, by the system, a message utilizing the retrieved message information that reflects the change made to the data stored by the system; and
sending, to the subscriber by the system, the generated message in conjunction with a pointer identifying the data to which the change was made.
2. The method of claim 1 , and further comprising determining a type of the at least one change made to the data.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the message information is conditionally retrieved, based on the determined type of the at least one change made to the data.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is initiated utilizing a workflow rule.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of triggers are different for a plurality of different subscribers of the system.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generated message is stored in a queue before being sent.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the generated message is retrieved from the queue for being sent.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the message is grouped with at least one other message according to an associated subscriber of the system.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the messages are grouped utilizing a subscriber identifier.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting one of a plurality of processes for sending the generated message, wherein the generated message is sent to the subscriber by the system using the selected process.
11. A non-transitory machine-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:
detecting, by a system, a trigger for automatically sending a message in association with a subscriber of a service provided by the system, wherein the trigger is associated with a change made to data stored by the system;
retrieving, by a system, message information from a portion of a database of the system;
in response to the detection of the trigger, generating, by the system, a message utilizing the retrieved message information that reflects the change made to the data stored by the system; and
sending, to the subscriber by the system, the generated message in conjunction with a pointer identifying the data to which the change was made.
12. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and
one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of:
retrieving, by a system, message information from a portion of a database of the system;
in response to the detection of the trigger, generating, by the system, a message utilizing the retrieved message information that reflects the change made to the data stored by the system; and
sending, to the subscriber by the system, the generated message in conjunction with a pointer identifying the data to which the change was made.