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* Moves partial-response to Java 11 * Moves pipeline to Java 11 * Moves poison-pill to Java 11 * Moves priority-queue to Java 11 * Moves private-class-data to Java 11 * Moves producer-consumer to Java 11 * Moves promise to Java 11 * Moves property to Java 11 * Moves prototype to Java 11 * Moves proxy to Java 11 * Corrects checkstyle errors * Fixes build for pipeline pattern
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| layout | title | folder | permalink | categories | tags | |
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| pattern | Priority Queue Pattern | priority-queue | /patterns/priority-queue/ | Behavioral |
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Intent
Prioritize requests sent to services so that requests with a higher priority are received and processed more quickly than those of a lower priority. This pattern is useful in applications that offer different service level guarantees to individual clients.
Explanation
Applications may delegate specific tasks to other services; for example, to perform background processing or to integrate with other applications or services. In the cloud, a message queue is typically used to delegate tasks to background processing. In many cases the order in which requests are received by a service is not important. However, in some cases it may be necessary to prioritize specific requests. These requests should be processed earlier than others of a lower priority that may have been sent previously by the application.
Class diagram
Applicability
Use the Property pattern when
- The system must handle multiple tasks that might have different priorities.
- Different users or tenants should be served with different priority..
Real world examples
- Priority Queue Pattern Microsoft Azure does not provide a queuing mechanism that natively support automatic prioritization of messages through sorting. However, it does provide Azure Service Bus topics and subscriptions, which support a queuing mechanism that provides message filtering, together with a wide range of flexible capabilities that make it ideal for use in almost all priority queue implementations.