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authorSimon MacMullen <simon@rabbitmq.com>2012-06-25 18:05:51 +0100
committerSimon MacMullen <simon@rabbitmq.com>2012-06-25 18:05:51 +0100
commit8b5585b1bdda0e07afe8bc2029d14a23cccfb19c (patch)
treec491d69f9aa3e2ead3252da1850f8df6dc05491b
parent74306f9bb5b1c6132402b724dced28379c24c8d5 (diff)
downloadrabbitmq-server-git-8b5585b1bdda0e07afe8bc2029d14a23cccfb19c.tar.gz
Explain this a bit.
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diff --git a/src/rabbit_exchange_decorator.erl b/src/rabbit_exchange_decorator.erl
index bfb782012e..b40ceda918 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_exchange_decorator.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_exchange_decorator.erl
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@
-module(rabbit_exchange_decorator).
+%% This is like an exchange type except that:
+%%
+%% 1) It applies to all exchanges as soon as it is installed, therefore
+%% 2) It is not allowed to affect validation, so no validate/1 or
+%% assert_args_equivalence/2
+%% 3) It also can't affect routing
+%%
+%% It's possible in the future we might relax 3), or even make these
+%% able to manipulate messages as they are published.
+
-ifdef(use_specs).
-type(tx() :: 'transaction' | 'none').