Complete JMS Reference including Spring Framework

If you wanted to start learning JMS from scratch and be able to run a small, but real-life application, then this is the book for you. Authors do a great job of explaining Java Message Service theory. I guess this comes from their real-life experiences in running mission-critical, transaction oriented applications.

In the beginning, the book explains the innards of a JMS Message. Then both type of messaging Point-to-Point and Publish-and-Subscribe are detailed. Next chapters
cover Message Filtering, Guaranteed Messaging and Transactions.

Later two chapers provide information on advanced topics like design and deployment issues. These include Performance, Scalability, and Reliability, Security. Also explained are mostly overlooked topics like Multicasting and Inter-System Messaging. The last chapter highlights Request/Reply Messaging Design and most importantly, Messaging Design Anti-Patterns (DON'TS).

The book teaches you how to use JMS with Spring Framework and Apache ActiveMQ. Rarely, one comes across a book that has working code examples. With little background, I could set up the sample code with apache ActiveMQ in half an hour. Authors have also included examples of the same code with IBM Websphere MQ, that should be useful in corporate environments.

Other Reviews

• Good explanation for Integration of Spring and MQ Series
• Everything About the Standard, Little About its Implementations
• Useful for learning JMS client programming, but NOT ActiveMQ configuration
• Complete JMS Reference including Spring Framework
• Solid update to a standard reference