JMS interfaces

WebSphere® Application Server supports applications that use JMS 1.1 domain-independent interfaces (referred to as common interfaces in the JMS specification) and JMS 1.0.2 domain-specific interfaces.

With JMS 1.1, the preferred approach for implementing applications is to use common interfaces because they provide a simpler programming model than domain-specific interfaces. Also, applications can create both queues and topics in the same session and coordinate their use in the same transaction. Common interfaces are parents of domain-specific interfaces.

Note: Domain-specific interfaces (provided for JMS 1.0.2 in WebSphere Application Server Version 5) are supported only to provide compatibility for applications that have already been implemented to use those interfaces.

Table 1. The point-to-point and publish/subscribe versions of JMS common interfaces. The first column of the table lists the JMS common interfaces. The second column lists the point-to-point versions of the JMS common interfaces. The third column lists the publish/subscribe versions of the JMS common interfaces.
JMS common interfaces	Point-to-point interfaces	Publish/subscribe interfaces
ConnectionFactory	QueueConnectionFactory	TopicConnectionFactory
Connection	QueueConnection	TopicConnection
Destination	Queue	Topic
Session	QueueSession	TopicSession,
MessageProducer	QueueSender	TopicPublisher
MessageConsumer	QueueReceiver, QueueBrowser	TopicSubscriber

For more information about JMS interfaces, see the JMS specification.