Pattern match as a value in a map. from: https://medium.com/@lasseebert/subscribe-to-messages-with-pattern-matching-8723f5121135

hub.ex

defmodule Hub do
  @moduledoc """
  Publish/subscribe server.

  Subscription is done with a pattern.

  Example:

    {:ok, _pid} = Hub.start_link(name: :hub)
    Hub.subscribe(:hub, %{count: count} when count > 42)
    Hub.publish(:hub, %{count: 45, message: "You rock!"})
  """

  @doc """
  Starts the Hub GenServer process
  """
  @spec start_link(Genserver.options) :: GenServer.on_start
  def start_link(options \\ []) do
    GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, :ok, options)
  end

  @doc """
  Convenience macro for subscribing without the need to unquote the pattern.

  example:

    Hub.subscribe(:hub, %{count: count} when count > 42)
  """
  defmacro subscribe(hub, pattern, pid \\ nil) do
    quote do
      pid = unquote(pid) || self()
      Hub.subscribe_quoted(unquote(hub), unquote(Macro.escape(pattern)), pid)
    end
  end

  @doc """
  Subscribes the given pid to the quoted pattern

  example:

    Hub.subscribe(:hub, quote do: %{count: count} when count > 42)
  """
  @spec subscribe_quoted(pid, any, pid) :: :ok
  def subscribe_quoted(hub, quoted_pattern, pid \\ self()) do
    GenServer.call(hub, {:subscribe, {pid, quoted_pattern}})
  end

  @doc """
  Publishes the term to all subscribers that matches it
  """
  @spec publish(pid, any) :: :ok
  def publish(hub, term) do
    GenServer.cast(hub, {:publish, term})
  end

  def init(:ok) do
    {:ok, []}
  end

  def handle_call({:subscribe, subscriber}, _from, subscribers) do
    {:reply, :ok, [subscriber | subscribers]}
  end

  def handle_cast({:publish, term}, subscribers) do
    subscribers
    |> Enum.each(fn {pid, pattern} ->
      if pattern_match?(pattern, term) do
        send(pid, term)
      end
    end)
    {:noreply, subscribers}
  end

  defp pattern_match?(pattern, term) do
    ast = {:case, [], [
      Macro.escape(term), [
        do: [
          {:->, [], [[pattern], true]},
          {:->, [], [[{:_, [], Elixir}], false]}
        ]
      ]
    ]}

    {result, _} = Code.eval_quoted(ast)
    result
  end
end

pattern_match.exs

def pattern_match?(quoted_pattern, term) do
  ast = {:case, [], [
    Macro.escape(term), [
      do: [
        {:->, [], [[quoted_pattern], true]},
        {:->, [], [[{:_, [], Elixir}], false]}
      ]
    ]
  ]}
  {result, _} = Code.eval_quoted(ast)
  result
end