Building an XML-based message server

public synchronized Message get(Message m) {
   status = Message.STATUS_OK;
   Message qm = (Message) queue.get(m.getMessageId());
   //apply client requested transformation rule
   if (m.getProcessingRule() != "" && qm != null) {
      try {
         qm = new Message(xslTransformation(qm.toString(), m.getProcessingRule()));
      } catch (Exception e) {
         System.out.println("QueueManager:get:1:" + e.toString());
      }
   }
	
   log("QueueManager: retrieved " + m.getMessageId() + " from " + m.getQueueName() + " queue");
   return qm;
}