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Routing keys:
Routing keys are used to filter received messages. A routing key
- may contain any byte, whoever there are three bytes with special
- meaning: '*', '.', and '!'. '*' should not be used in routing keys,
- but only in routing key patterns, it matches until the next '.' or
- end if there are not more '.'s. Additionally if a routing key
- pattern ends with '.' that '.' will match to a '.' and any
- subsequent byte. For example 'a.*.c.' will match 'a.b.c.' and
+ may contain any byte other than the NUL, whoever there are three
+ bytes with special meaning: '*', '.', and '!'. '*' should not be
+ in routing keys, but only in routing key patterns, it matches until
+ the next '.' or end if there are not more '.'s. Additionally if a
+ routing key pattern ends with '.' that '.' will match to a '.' and
+ any subsequent byte. For example 'a.*.c.' will match 'a.b.c.' and
'a.b.c.d.e' but not 'a.b.c' or 'a.c.d'. And empty routing key
pattern shall match everything. The token '!' is reserved, a client
should never use '!' for any other purpose than specified in the