You can build enterprise applications that use Java™
Message Service (JMS) APIs directly to provide asynchronous messaging services. You can also use
message-driven beans as asynchronous message consumers. If you are writing messaging programs that
interoperate between WebSphere® Application Server and WebSphere MQ, there are some environmental differences that you need to
take into account.
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Enterprise applications can use JMS APIs directly to explicitly poll for messages on a JMS
destination, then retrieve messages for processing by business logic beans (enterprise beans).
Message-driven beans can also be used as asynchronous message consumers. When a message arrives
at the destination, the EJB container invokes the message-driven bean automatically without an
application having to explicitly poll the destination.
Procedure
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Use JMS and messaging directly.
Your enterprise applications can use Java Message Service (JMS) programming interfaces directly to
provide messaging services, and methods that implement business logic.
If you choose not to use JNDI to obtain configuration information for your messaging provider,
for example for connection factories or destinations, you can instead use an API provided by your
messaging provider to specify that configuration information programmatically.
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Learn about interoperating with WebSphere MQ
There are some differences between the WebSphere Application Server environment and
the WebSphere MQ environment. If you are writing messaging programs
that interoperate between these two environments, you should be aware of these differences and take
them into account when designing, coding and deploying your programs.
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Use message-driven beans.
Applications can use message-driven beans as asynchronous message consumers. You deploy a
message-driven bean as a message listener for a destination. When a message arrives at the
destination, the EJB container invokes the message-driven bean automatically without an application
having to explicitly poll the destination.