# FairMQ

Standard FairRoot is running all the different analysis tasks within one process. FairMQ ([Message Queue](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_queue)) allows starting tasks on different processes and provides the communication layer between these processes.

1. [Device](docs/Device.md#1-device)
   1. [Topology](docs/Device.md#11-topology)
   2. [Communication Patterns](docs/Device.md#12-communication-patterns)
   3. [State Machine](docs/Device.md#13-state-machine)
   4. [Multiple devices in the same process](docs/Device.md#15-multiple-devices-in-the-same-process)
2. [Transport Interface](docs/Transport.md#2-transport-interface)
   1. [Message](docs/Transport.md#21-message)
      1. [Ownership](docs/Transport.md#211-ownership)
   2. [Channel](docs/Transport.md#22-channel)
   3. [Poller](docs/Transport.md#23-poller)
3. [Configuration](docs/Configuration.md#3-configuration)
    1. [Device Configuration](docs/Configuration.md#31-device-configuration)
    2. [Communication Channels Configuration](docs/Configuration.md#32-communication-channels-configuration)
        1. [JSON Parser](docs/Configuration.md#321-json-parser)
        2. [SuboptParser](docs/Configuration.md#322-suboptparser)
    3. [Introspection](docs/Configuration.md#33-introspection)
4. [Development](docs/Development.md#4-development)
   1. [Testing](docs/Development.md#41-testing)
5. [Logging](docs/Logging.md#5-logging)
   1. [Log severity](docs/Logging.md#51-log-severity)
   2. [Log verbosity](docs/Logging.md#52-log-verbosity)
   3. [Color for console output](docs/Logging.md#53-color)
   4. [File output](docs/Logging.md#54-file-output)
   5. [Custom sinks](docs/Logging.md#55-custom-sinks)
6. [Examples](docs/Examples.md#6-examples)