What software do I need in order to add JMS message passing to my enterprise's existing distributed applications?

Created May 3, 2012

Jerry Smith

The "J" in JMS stands for Java, so the first prerequisite is a Java development and runtime environment.

The second prerequisite is Java-based distributed applications, as opposed to C++/CORBA applications. Examples include applications developed using the distributed computing framework that accompanies popular Java application servers such as Gemstone/J, ObjectSpace's Voyager, the WebLogic server, and others. EJB applications are, of course, distributed applications. Enterprise JavaBeans are often deployed in EJB-only servers, or in EJB-capable Java application servers.

Third, if not provided by the existing distributed computing software, you must have a JMS implementation. Note that some Java application servers include JMS; hence, they provide virtually seamless access to JMS functionality.