Using the JMS Point-to-Point Model

Up to this point you have not seen a complete example of a JMS application. The focus has been to understand the concepts and interfaces of the JMS APIs. Now we will take a look at a complete example using JMS.

The JMS application example that you will see here is one based on the Auction example that runs throughout this book. The Auction service will allow e-mail messages to be sent to auction participants based on the normal events that occur throughout the life cycle of an auction. The normal events that the application will support are

  • A user’s bid has become a trailing bid

  • A user’s bid is the winning bid for an auction

First, you will see how a queue can be used to support this functionality and then later, ...

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