Instant Apache ActiveMQ Messaging Application Development How-to

Using the JMS request/response pattern (Intermediate)

In this recipe we are going to take a look at a messaging pattern known as request/response messaging.

Getting ready

We will use two examples for this recipe: jms-requester and jms-responder. Together they implement a simple request/response application.

How to do it...

To run the samples for this recipe, you will need to perform the following steps:

1. Open a terminal and start a broker.
2. Open a second terminal, change to the directory where the jms-responder example is located, and run it by typing mvn compile exec:java. (You can shut down the example by pressing Ctrl + C when done or allow it to stop on its own after five minutes.)
3. Open a third terminal, change to the directory where the jms-requester ...