12.1. JMS Features
JMS is a set of APIs that supports two different modes of messaging operation. In the first mode, point-to-point, messages are sent from a single source to a single destination. In the second mode, publish-subscribe, a single source can send messages that are replicated to any number of recipients.
The ability to send messages, either to a single recipient or to multiple recipients, can be written fairly easily just using sockets. So what are the benefits provided by using MOM software such as a JMS provider?
The sender and receiver of a JMS message are frequently described as being loosely coupled. In a sockets application, the sender and receiver are tightly coupled—they are generally designed as a unit. For a message to ...
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