6.1. Using Enterprise Beans to Produce and to Synchronously Receive Messages
A J2EE application that produces messages or synchronously receives them may use any kind of enterprise bean to perform these operations. The example in Chapter 8 uses a stateless session bean to publish messages to a topic.
Because a blocking synchronous receive ties up server resources, it is not a good programming practice to use such a receive call in an enterprise bean. Instead, use a timed synchronous receive, or use a message-driven bean to receive messages asynchronously. For details about blocking and timed synchronous receives, see Section 4.2.1 on page 29.
Using the JMS API in a J2EE application is in many ways similar to using it in a standalone client. The ...
Get Java™ Message Service API Tutorial and Reference: Messaging for the J2EE™ Platform now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
