Contents

1    Overview

1.1    What Is Messaging?

1.2    What Is the JMS API?

1.3    When Can You Use the JMS API?

1.4    How Does the JMS API Work with the J2EE^TM Platform?

2   Basic JMS API Concepts

2.1    JMS API Architecture

2.2    Messaging Domains

2.2.1    Point-to-Point Messaging Domain

2.2.2    Publish/Subscribe Messaging Domain

2.3    Message Consumption

3   The JMS API Programming Model

3.1    Administered Objects

3.1.1    Connection Factories

3.1.2    Destinations

3.2    Connections

3.3    Sessions

3.4    Message Producers

3.5    Message Consumers

3.5.1    Message Listeners

3.5.2    Message Selectors

3.6    Messages

3.6.1    Message Headers

3.6.2    Message Properties

3.6.3    Message Bodies

3.7    Exception Handling

4    Writing Simple JMS Client Applications

4.1    Setting Your Environment for Running Applications

4.2    A Simple Point-to-Point Example

4.2.1    Writing the PTP Client Programs

4.2.2    Compiling the PTP Clients

4.2.3    Starting the JMS Provider

4.2.4    Creating the JMS Administered Objects

4.2.5    Running the PTP Clients

4.2.6    Deleting the Queue

4.3    A Simple Publish/Subscribe Example

4.3.1    Writing the Pub/Sub Client Programs

4.3.2    Compiling the Pub/Sub Clients

4.3.3    Starting the JMS Provider

4.3.4    Creating the JMS Administered Objects

4.3.5    Running the Pub/Sub Clients

4.3.6    Deleting the Topic and Stopping the Server

4.4    Running JMS Client Programs on Multiple Systems

5    Creating Robust JMS Applications

5.1    Using Basic Reliability Mechanisms

5.1.1    Controlling Message Acknowledgment

5.1.2    Specifying Message Persistence

5.1.3    Setting Message Priority Levels

5.1.4    Allowing Messages to Expire

5.1.5    Creating Temporary Destinations

5.2    Using Advanced Reliability Mechanisms

5.2.1    Creating Durable Subscriptions

5.2.2    Using JMS API Local Transactions

6    Using the JMS API in a J2EE Application

6.1    Using Enterprise Beans to Produce and Synchronously Receive Messages

6.2    Using Message-Driven Beans

6.3    Managing Distributed Transactions

6.4    Using the JMS API with Application Clients and Web Components

7    A Simple J2EE Application that Uses the JMS API

7.1    Writing and Compiling the Application Components

7.1.1    Coding the Application Client: SimpleClient.java

7.1.2    Coding the Message-Driven Bean: MessageBean.java

7.1.3    Compiling the Source Files

7.2    Creating and Packaging the Application

7.2.1    Starting the J2EE Server and Deploytool

7.2.2    Creating a Queue

7.2.3    Creating the J2EE Application

7.2.4    Packaging the Application Client

7.2.5    Packaging the Message-Driven Bean

7.2.6    Checking the JNDI Names

7.3    Deploying and Running the Application

7.3.1    Looking at the Deployment Descriptor

7.3.2    Adding the Server

7.3.3    Deploying the Application

7.3.4    Running the Client

7.3.5    Undeploying the Application

7.3.6    Removing the Application and Stopping the Server

8    A J2EE Application that Uses the JMS API with a Session Bean

8.1    Writing and Compiling the Application Components

8.1.1    Coding the Application Client: MyAppClient.java

8.1.2    Coding the Publisher Session Bean

8.1.3    Coding the Message-Driven Bean: MessageBean.java

8.1.4    Compiling the Source Files

8.2    Creating and Packaging the Application

8.2.1    Starting the J2EE Server and Deploytool

8.2.2    Creating a Topic

8.2.3    Creating a Connection Factory

8.2.4    Creating the J2EE Application

8.2.5    Packaging the Application Client

8.2.6    Packaging the Session Bean

8.2.7    Packaging the Message-Driven Bean

8.2.8    Specifying the JNDI Names

8.3    Deploying and Running the Application

8.3.1    Adding the Server

8.3.2    Deploying the Application

8.3.3    Running the Client

8.3.4    Undeploying the Application

8.3.5    Removing the Application and Stopping the Server

9    A J2EE Application that Uses the JMS API with an Entity Bean

9.1    Overview of the Human Resources Application

9.2    Writing and Compiling the Application Components

9.2.1    Coding the Application Client: HumanResourceClient.java

9.2.2    Coding the Message-Driven Beans

9.2.3    Coding the Entity Bean

9.2.4    Compiling the Source Files

9.3    Creating and Packaging the Application

9.3.1    Starting the J2EE Server and Deploytool

9.3.2    Creating a Queue

9.3.3    Starting the Cloudscape Database Server

9.3.4    Creating the J2EE Application

9.3.5    Packaging the Application Client

9.3.6    Packaging the Equipment Message-Driven Bean

9.3.7    Packaging the Office Message-Driven Bean

9.3.8    Packaging the Schedule Message-Driven Bean

9.3.9    Packaging the Entity Bean

9.3.10    Specifying the Entity Bean Deployment Settings

9.3.11    Specifying the JNDI Names

9.4    Deploying and Running the Application

9.4.1    Adding the Server

9.4.2    Deploying the Application

9.4.3    Running the Client

9.4.4    Undeploying the Application

9.4.5    Removing the Application and Stopping the Server

10    An Application Example that Uses Two J2EE Servers

10.1    Overview of the Applications

10.2    Writing and Compiling the Application Components

10.2.1    Coding the Application Client: MultiAppServerRequester.java

10.2.2    Coding the Message-Driven Bean: ReplyMsgBean.java

10.2.3    Compiling the Source Files

10.3    Creating and Packaging the Application

10.3.1    Starting the J2EE Servers and Deploytool

10.3.2    Creating a Connection Factory

10.3.3    Creating the First J2EE Application

10.3.4    Packaging the Application Client

10.3.5    Creating the Second J2EE Application

10.3.6    Packaging the Reply Message-Driven Bean

10.3.7    Checking the JNDI Names

10.4    Deploying and Running the Applications

10.4.1    Adding the Server

10.4.2    Deploying the Applications

10.4.3    Running the Client

10.4.4    Undeploying the Applications

10.4.5    Removing the Applications and Stopping the Servers

A   JMS Client Examples

A.1    Durable Subscriptions

A.2    Transactions

A.3    Acknowledgment Modes

A.4    Utility Class