Java Message Service (JMS) API

The Java Message Service (JMS) API defines a common set of interfaces for interacting with messaging systems. The JMS API ensures asynchronous communication and reliable delivery between an application component and a messaging system. The JMS API supports two types of messaging that can take place:

  • Point-to-Point Protocol— The Point-to-Point (P2P) Protocol consists of peer communication between two application components. The JMS API defines P2P as a set of interfaces that can be used by application components to interact with messaging systems. Since P2P is a peer communication, there is only a single sender and a single receiver.

  • Publish-subscribe— The other messaging mechanism, publish-subscribe, is also supported ...

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