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| // understanding-message-routing.adoc |
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| [id='addresses-message-routing-{context}'] |
| = Addresses |
| |
| Addresses determine how messages flow through your router network. An address designates an endpoint in your messaging network, such as: |
| |
| * Endpoint processes that consume data or offer a service |
| * Topics that match multiple consumers to multiple producers |
| * Entities within a messaging broker: |
| ** Queues |
| ** Durable Topics |
| ** Exchanges |
| |
| When a router receives a message, it uses the message's address to determine where to send the message (either its destination or one step closer to its destination). |
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| {RouterName} considers addresses to be _mobile_ in that any user of an address may be directly connected to any router in the router network and may even |
| move around the topology. In cases where messages are broadcast to or |
| balanced across multiple consumers, the users of the address may be connected to multiple routers in the network. |
| |
| Mobile addresses may be discovered during normal router operation or |
| configured through management settings. |
