Peer-to-Peer Messaging

TIBCO FTL features peer-to-peer communication. Messages flow directly from a publisher object in one program to subscriber objects in other programs.

FTL messages do not flow through the realm server. Contrast this paradigm against TIBCO EMS. In EMS, all messages flow through the EMS server, which is a centralized store-and-forward server.

Notice that FTL messages travel immediately from publisher to subscriber. In contrast, EMS messages travel in two steps, from publisher to EMS server, and then from server to subscriber.