1.4. How Does the JMS API Work with the J2EE Platform?
When the JMS API was introduced in 1998, its most important purpose was to allow Java applications to access existing messaging-oriented middleware (MOM) systems, such as MQSeries from IBM. Since that time, many vendors have adopted and implemented the JMS API, so that a JMS product can now provide a complete messaging capability for an enterprise.
At the 1.2 release of the J2EE platform, a service provider based on J2EE technology (“J2EE provider”) was required to provide the JMS API interfaces but was not required to implement them. Now, at the 1.3 release of the J2EE platform (“the J2EE 1.3 platform”), the JMS API is an integral part of the platform, and application developers can use ...
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