var bindingsResolver = {
    cache: { },

    compare: function(binding, topic) {
        if(this.cache[topic] && this.cache[topic][binding]) {
            return true;
        }
	    //  binding.replace(/\./g,"\\.")             // escape actual periods
	    //         .replace(/\*/g, ".*")             // asterisks match any value
	    //         .replace(/#/g, "[A-Z,a-z,0-9]*"); // hash matches any alpha-numeric 'word'
        var rgx = new RegExp("^" + binding.replace(/\./g,"\\.").replace(/\*/g, ".*").replace(/#/g, "[A-Z,a-z,0-9]*") + "$"),
            result = rgx.test(topic);
        if(result) {
            if(!this.cache[topic]) {
                this.cache[topic] = {};
            }
            this.cache[topic][binding] = true;
        }
        return result;
    }
};