Concepts

Concepts

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This section explains the core concepts behind DxMessaging. Concepts are the foundational ideas and mental models that inform how you design and structure your messaging -- understanding these will help you make better architectural decisions and avoid common pitfalls.

Start Here

• Mental-Model -- How to think about DxMessaging. Covers the philosophy, the three message types with analogies, tokens and lifecycle, and when to use what. Read this first.

Core Concepts

• Message-Types -- The three categories (Untargeted, Targeted, Broadcast) with code examples and decision guides.

• Targeting-And-Context -- How DxMessaging uses GameObjects and Components as message context, and the role of InstanceId.

• Listening-Patterns -- All the ways to receive messages: targeted, untargeted, broadcast, and "without targeting/source" patterns.

• Interceptors-And-Ordering -- Control message flow with priorities, post-processors, and interceptors.

Quick Reference

Concept	One-Line Summary
[[Mental-Model	Mental Model]]
[[Message-Types	Message Types]]
[[Targeting-And-Context	Targeting]]
[[Listening-Patterns	Listening]]
[[Interceptors-And-Ordering	Ordering]]

Related Sections

• ..-Getting-Started -- Hands-on walkthrough
• ..-Guides-Patterns -- Practical patterns and recipes
• ..-Reference-Reference -- API documentation