Clarify debug rate limit method

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Nick O'Leary 2015-11-21 21:30:03 +00:00
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<p>Introduces a delay into a flow or rate limits messages.</p> <p>Introduces a delay into a flow or rate limits messages.</p>
<p>Default delay is 5 seconds and rate limit of 1 msg/second, but both can be configured.</p> <p>The default delay is 5 seconds and rate limit of 1 msg/second, but both can be configured.</p>
<p>If you select a rate limit you may optionally discard any intermediate messages that arrive.</p> <p>When set to rate limit messages, they are spread across the configured time period. It can
also be set to discard any intermediate messages that arrive.</p>
<p>The "topic based fair queue" adds messages to a release queue tagged by their <b>msg.topic</b> property. <p>The "topic based fair queue" adds messages to a release queue tagged by their <b>msg.topic</b> property.
At each "tick", derived from the rate, the next "topic" is released. At each "tick", derived from the rate, the next "topic" is released.
Any messages arriving on the same topic before release replace those in that position in the queue. Any messages arriving on the same topic before release replace those in that position in the queue.