see S.identity

see S.key

see S.server_notif

see S.client_notif

prepare f transforms server notifications into client notifications. It provides the identity as a parameter which identifies the client. You can suppress notifications for a specific client (for instance because of missing authorisation) by having f return None.

equal_key is a function testing the equality between two values of type key.

equal_identity is the same as equal_key but for values of type identity.

get_identity is a function returning a value of type identity corresponding to a client.

max_resource is the initial size for the hash table storing the data of clients listening on resources, for best results it should be on the order of the expected number of different resources one may want to be able to listen to.

max_identity_per_resource is the initial size for the tables storing the data of clients listening on one given resource, fo best results it should be on the order of the expected number of clients that may listen on a given resource.