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Java™ Message Service API Tutorial and Reference: Messaging for the J2EE™ Platform
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Java™ Message Service API Tutorial and Reference: Messaging for the J2EE™ Platform

by Mark Hapner, Rich Burridge, Rahul Sharma, Joseph Fialli, Kim Haase
February 2002
Beginner to intermediate
544 pages
10h 23m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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1.2. What Is the JMS API?

The Java Message Service is a Java API that allows applications to create, send, receive, and read messages. Designed by Sun and several partner companies, the JMS API defines a common set of interfaces and associated semantics that allow programs written in the Java programming language to communicate with other messaging implementations.

The JMS API minimizes the set of concepts a programmer must learn to use messaging products but provides enough features to support sophisticated messaging applications. It also strives to maximize the portability of JMS applications across JMS providers in the same messaging domain.

The JMS API enables communication that is not only loosely coupled but also

  • Asynchronous. A JMS provider ...

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