Consider the scenario in which an application is using messaging to make a remote procedure call. In this situation, it is necessary to ensure that only one receiver will perform the call. This is where the point-to-point channel pattern helps us. If a message is sent through a point-to-point channel, it ensures that only one receiver will receive the message. In case the channel has multiple receivers, only one of them will be able to receive the message. If multiple receivers try to consume the message, the channel will make sure that only one of them will be successful in their attempts. But this does not prevent the channel from having multiple receivers and them receiving multiple messages concurrently. The only criteria here is that only one receiver will receive a specific message: