Chapter 12. Enterprise Messaging with JMS

by Paul J. Perrone

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Brief Introduction to Enterprise Messaging

• Brief Introduction to JMS

• JMS Core Architecture

• JMS Point-to-Point Queue Model

• JMS Publish-Subscribe Model

• JMS Unified Messaging Domain Model

• Advanced WebLogic JMS Configuration

• Best Practices for Enterprise Messaging

Passing messages between applications in a distributed system is a very common service for an enterprise information system. In an abstract sense, this is precisely what happens when you make a distributed object call using communication models such as CORBA, RMI, and Web Services using JAX-RPC. Messaging services can be distinguished from these remote procedure–oriented communication models by the added layer of abstraction that is provided above a communications paradigm to uncouple the connection between distributed message sender and receiver. Rather, an intermediate service exists between a message producer and a message consumer that handles the delivery of messages. Furthermore, producers do not block on messages they deliver. Instead, messages are sent asynchronously by the producer. This chapter describes the core concepts behind messaging services, the standard means for tapping into such services within Java and J2EE via the Java Message Service (JMS), and how such applications can be built using BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 as a messaging service provider as well as messaging client platform.