WebSphere Application Server supports applications that use JMS 1.1 domain-independent interfaces and domain-specific interfaces as provided for JMS 1.0.2 in WebSphere Application Server.
WebSphere Application Server supports applications that use JMS 1.1 domain-independent interfaces (referred to as the "common interfaces" in the JMS specification). With JMS 1.1, the preferred approach for implementing applications is to use the common interfaces. The JMS 1.1 common interfaces provide a simpler programming model than domain-specific interfaces. Also, applications can create both queues and topics in the same session and coordinate their use in the same transaction.
The common interfaces are also parents of domain-specific interfaces. These domain-specific interfaces (provided for JMS 1.0.2 in WebSphere Application Server version 5) are supported only to provide backward compatibility for applications that have already been implemented to use those interfaces.
| Common interfaces | point-point interfaces | publish/subscribe interfaces |
|---|---|---|
| ConnectionFactory | QueueConnectionFactory | TopicConnectionFactory |
| Connection | QueueConnection | TopicConnection |
| Destination | Queue | Topic |
| Session | QueueSession | TopicSession |
| MessageProducer | QueueSender | TopicPublisher |
| MessageConsumer | QueueReceiver, QueueBrowser | TopicSubscriber |
For more information about JMS interfaces, see the JMS documentation at
http://java.sun.com/products/jms/docs.html.
Related tasks
Programming to use JMS and messaging directly
Programming to use message-driven beans
Related reference
JMS and WebSphere MQ message structures