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Package javax.jms

The Java Message Service (JMS) API provides a common way for Java programs to create, send, receive and read an enterprise messaging system's messages.

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Interface Summary
BytesMessage A BytesMessage object is used to send a message containing a stream of uninterpreted bytes.
Connection A Connection object is a client's active connection to its JMS provider.
ConnectionConsumer For application servers, Connection objects provide a special facility for creating a ConnectionConsumer (optional).
ConnectionFactory A ConnectionFactory object encapsulates a set of connection configuration parameters that has been defined by an administrator.
ConnectionMetaData A ConnectionMetaData object provides information describing the Connection object.
DeliveryMode The delivery modes supported by the JMS API are PERSISTENT and NON_PERSISTENT.
Destination A Destination object encapsulates a provider-specific address.
ExceptionListener If a JMS provider detects a serious problem with a Connection object, it informs the Connection object's ExceptionListener, if one has been registered.
MapMessage A MapMessage object is used to send a set of name-value pairs.
Message The Message interface is the root interface of all JMS messages.
MessageConsumer A client uses a MessageConsumer object to receive messages from a destination.
MessageListener A MessageListener object is used to receive asynchronously delivered messages.
MessageProducer A client uses a MessageProducer object to send messages to a destination.
ObjectMessage An ObjectMessage object is used to send a message that contains a serializable object in the Java programming language ("Java object").
Queue A Queue object encapsulates a provider-specific queue name.
QueueBrowser A client uses a QueueBrowser object to look at messages on a queue without removing them.
QueueConnection A QueueConnection object is an active connection to a point-to-point JMS provider.
QueueConnectionFactory A client uses a QueueConnectionFactory object to create QueueConnection objects with a point-to-point JMS provider.
QueueReceiver A client uses a QueueReceiver object to receive messages that have been delivered to a queue.
QueueSender A client uses a QueueSender object to send messages to a queue.
QueueSession A QueueSession object provides methods for creating QueueReceiver, QueueSender, QueueBrowser, and TemporaryQueue objects.
ServerSession A ServerSession object is an application server object that is used by a server to associate a thread with a JMS session (optional).
ServerSessionPool A ServerSessionPool object is an object implemented by an application server to provide a pool of ServerSession objects for processing the messages of a ConnectionConsumer (optional).
Session A Session object is a single-threaded context for producing and consuming messages.
StreamMessage A StreamMessage object is used to send a stream of primitive types in the Java programming language.
TemporaryQueue A TemporaryQueue object is a unique Queue object created for the duration of a Connection.
TemporaryTopic A TemporaryTopic object is a unique Topic object created for the duration of a Connection.
TextMessage A TextMessage object is used to send a message containing a java.lang.String.
Topic A Topic object encapsulates a provider-specific topic name.
TopicConnection A TopicConnection object is an active connection to a publish/subscribe JMS provider.
TopicConnectionFactory A client uses a TopicConnectionFactory object to create TopicConnection objects with a publish/subscribe JMS provider.
TopicPublisher A client uses a TopicPublisher object to publish messages on a topic.
TopicSession A TopicSession object provides methods for creating TopicPublisher, TopicSubscriber, and TemporaryTopic objects.
TopicSubscriber A client uses a TopicSubscriber object to receive messages that have been published to a topic.
XAConnection The XAConnection interface extends the capability of Connection by providing an XASession (optional).
XAConnectionFactory The XAConnectionFactory interface is a base interface for the XAQueueConnectionFactory and XATopicConnectionFactory interfaces.
XAQueueConnection An XAQueueConnection provides the same create options as QueueConnection (optional).
XAQueueConnectionFactory An XAQueueConnectionFactory provides the same create options as a QueueConnectionFactory (optional).
XAQueueSession An XAQueueSession provides a regular QueueSession, which can be used to create QueueReceiver, QueueSender, and QueueBrowser objects (optional).
XASession The XASession interface extends the capability of Session by adding access to a JMS provider's support for the Java Transaction API (JTA) (optional).
XATopicConnection An XATopicConnection provides the same create options as TopicConnection (optional).
XATopicConnectionFactory An XATopicConnectionFactory provides the same create options as a TopicConnectionFactory (optional).
XATopicSession An XATopicSession provides a regular TopicSession.
 

Class Summary
QueueRequestor The QueueRequestor helper class simplifies making service requests.
TopicRequestor The TopicRequestor helper class simplifies making service requests.
 

Exception Summary
IllegalStateException This exception is thrown when a method is invoked at an illegal or inappropriate time or if the provider is not in an appropriate state for the requested operation.
InvalidClientIDException This exception must be thrown when a client attempts to set a connection's client ID to a value that is rejected by a provider.
InvalidDestinationException This exception must be thrown when a destination either is not understood by a provider or is no longer valid.
InvalidSelectorException This exception must be thrown when a JMS client attempts to give a provider a message selector with invalid syntax.
JMSException This is the root class of all JMS API exceptions.
JMSSecurityException This exception must be thrown when a provider rejects a user name/password submitted by a client.
MessageEOFException This exception must be thrown when an unexpected end of stream has been reached when a StreamMessage or BytesMessage is being read.
MessageFormatException This exception must be thrown when a JMS client attempts to use a data type not supported by a message or attempts to read data in a message as the wrong type.
MessageNotReadableException This exception must be thrown when a JMS client attempts to read a write-only message.
MessageNotWriteableException This exception must be thrown when a JMS client attempts to write to a read-only message.
ResourceAllocationException This exception is thrown when a provider is unable to allocate the resources required by a method.
TransactionInProgressException This exception is thrown when an operation is invalid because a transaction is in progress.
TransactionRolledBackException This exception must be thrown when a call to Session.commit results in a rollback of the current transaction.
 

Package javax.jms Description

The Java Message Service (JMS) API provides a common way for Java programs to create, send, receive and read an enterprise messaging system's messages.

JMS Applications

A JMS application is composed of the following parts:

Administration

JMS providers differ significantly in their implementations of underlying messaging technology. There are also major differences in how a JMS provider's system is installed and administered.

For JMS clients to be portable, they must be isolated from these proprietary aspects of a provider. This is done by defining JMS administered objects that are created and customized by a provider's administrator and later used by clients. The client uses them through JMS interfaces that are portable. The administrator creates them using provider-specific facilities.

There are two types of JMS administered objects:

Administered objects are placed in a Java Naming and Directory InterfaceTM (JNDI) namespace by an administrator. A JMS client typically notes in its documentation the JMS administered objects it requires and how the JNDI names of these objects should be provided to it.

Two Messaging Styles

The JMS specification defines two styles of messaging: the point-to-point (PTP) or the publish-and-subscribe (Pub/Sub). These styles can be combined in a single application, or a given application can use just one of these styles.

The JMS API defines these two styles because they represent two of the dominant approaches to messaging currently in use. While the domains have many similarities, they also have some differences. JMS provides a unified programming interface to allow the client programmer to easily send and receive message using either domain, but the client programmer must also be aware of the differences between the domains. The key differences relate to how message persistence is handled, and the meaning of certain message attributes.

JMS Interfaces

When programming an application client, the programmer may either program using the domain specific interfaces, or may use the common interfaces. The key interfaces are listed in the table below. The preferred model is to use the common interfaces. The advantage to using the common interfaces is that both point-to-point and pub/sub tasks can be combined in one session, allowing transactions to operate over both domains.

In earlier versions of JMS, there were separate class hierarchies for the pub/sub and point-to-point programming models that had to be used. These class hierarchies are retained to support backward compatibility with earlier versions of the JMS API, but client developers are encouraged to use the common interfaces.

Relationship of PTP and Pub/Sub interfaces
JMS Common PTP Domain Pub/Sub Domain
ConnectionFactory QueueConnectionFactory TopicConnectionFactory
Connection QueueConnection TopicConnection
Destination Queue Topic
Session QueueSession TopicSession
MessageProducer QueueSender TopicPublisher
MessageConsumer QueueReceiver TopicSubscriber

The following provides a brief definition of these JMS concepts. See the PTP and Pub/Sub chapters of the JMS specification for more information.

The term consume is used in this document to mean the receipt of a message by a JMS client; that is, a JMS provider has received a message and has given it to its client. Since the JMS API supports both synchronous and asynchronous receipt of messages, the term consume is used when there is no need to make a distinction between them.

The term produce is used as the most general term for sending a message. It means giving a message to a JMS provider for delivery to a destination.

Developing a JMS Application

Broadly speaking, a JMS application is one or more JMS clients that exchange messages. The application may also involve non-JMS clients; however, these clients use the JMS provider's native API in place of the JMS API.

A JMS application can be architected and deployed as a unit. In many cases, JMS clients are added incrementally to an existing application.

The message definitions used by an application may originate with JMS, or they may have been defined by the non-JMS part of the application.

Developing a JMS Client

A typical JMS client executes the following setup procedure:

At this point a client has the basic setup needed to produce and consume messages.

Package Specification

Java Message Service Specification - Version 1.1

Related Documentation

Java Message Service Tutorial


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