Chapter 2. Principles of event processing

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Robert L. Kruse

In the previous chapter we briefly introduced event processing. In this chapter we explore the technical concepts behind event processing in more detail. The chapter is divided into three main sections:

  • In section 2.1 we look at the event-based programming part of event processing. This covers the event aspect of event processing. The remainder of the chapter then discusses the processing part of event ...

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