Application-defined properties of a message

An XMS application can create and use its own set of message properties. When an application sends a message, these properties are also transmitted with the message. A receiving application, using message selectors, can then select which messages it wants to receive based on the values of these properties.

To allow a WebSphere JMS application to select and process messages sent by an XMS application, the name of an application-defined property must conform to the rules for forming identifiers in message selector expressions. for more information, see Message selectors in JMS. The value of an application-defined property must have one of the following data types: System.Boolean, System.SByte, System.Int16, System.Int32, System.Int64, System.Float, System.Double, or System.String.