Appendix C. Message Properties
Message properties are additional headers that can be assigned to a
message. They provide the application developer or JMS vendor with the
ability to attach more information to a message. The Message
interface provides several accessor and
mutator methods for reading and writing properties. Properties can have a
String
value, or one of several
primitive (boolean
, byte
, short
,
int
, long
, float
,
double
) values. The naming of
properties, together with their values and conversion rules, are strictly
defined by JMS.
Property Names
Properties are name-value pairs. The name, called the identifier,
can be just about any String
that is
a valid identifier in the Java language. With a couple of exceptions,
the rules that apply to naming a property are the same as those that
apply to the naming of variables. One difference between a JMS property
name and a Java variable name is that a property name can be any length.
In addition, property names are prohibited from using one of the message
selector reserved words. These words include NOT
, AND
,
OR
, BETWEEN
, LIKE
, IN
,
IS
, NULL
, TRUE
,
and FALSE
.
The property names used in JMS-defined properties and
provider-specific properties use predefined prefixes. These prefixes
(JMSX
and JMS_
) may not be used for application
property names.
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