TIBCO ActiveSpaces Features

ActiveSpaces combines some of the important features of a database and a messaging system in a single integrated interface.

ActiveSpaces provides the following features that are similar to a database:

Has a data definition language
Has SQL-like where clause filters
Can be made fault-tolerant using data
Implements a form of horizontal partitioning
Has locks for concurrent access control
Has full ACID properties and includes support for transactions
Supports Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) operations.
If you have purchased and installed the TIBCO ActiveSpaces Remote Client version, allows you to connect to TIBCO ActiveSpaces from remote clients

ActiveSpaces provides the following features that are similar to a messaging system:

Listeners give applications the ability to subscribe to changes in the data
One or multiple recipients
Changes to the data are immediately distributed to all intended recipients at the same time.
Browsers let applications use a space as a queue

Additional features:

Beyond the simplicity and convenience of having a single unified interface for both data storage features and messaging features, ActiveSpaces provides the ability to:

Receive initial values when creating a listener.
Run continuously updated queries in real-time.
Trigger code execution transparently on the processes storing the data, either in parallel or using the distribution algorithm to direct a query directly to one of the nodes.