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Interface MapMessage

  • All Superinterfaces:
    Message


    public interface MapMessage
    extends Message
    A MapMessage object is used to send a set of name-value pairs. The names are String objects, and the values are primitive data types in the Java programming language. The names must have a value that is not null, and not an empty string. The entries can be accessed sequentially or randomly by name. The order of the entries is undefined. MapMessage inherits from the Message interface and adds a message body that contains a Map.

    The primitive types can be read or written explicitly using methods for each type. They may also be read or written generically as objects. For instance, a call to MapMessage.setInt("foo", 6) is equivalent to MapMessage.setObject("foo", new Integer(6)). Both forms are provided, because the explicit form is convenient for static programming, and the object form is needed when types are not known at compile time.

    When a client receives a MapMessage, it is in read-only mode. If a client attempts to write to the message at this point, a MessageNotWriteableException is thrown. If clearBody is called, the message can now be both read from and written to.

    MapMessage objects support the following conversion table. The marked cases must be supported. The unmarked cases must throw a JMSException. The String-to-primitive conversions may throw a runtime exception if the primitive's valueOf() method does not accept it as a valid String representation of the primitive.

    A value written as the row type can be read as the column type.

     |        | boolean byte short char int long float double String byte[]
     |----------------------------------------------------------------------
     |boolean |    X                                            X
     |byte    |          X     X         X   X                  X
     |short   |                X         X   X                  X
     |char    |                     X                           X
     |int     |                          X   X                  X
     |long    |                              X                  X
     |float   |                                    X     X      X
     |double  |                                          X      X
     |String  |    X     X     X         X   X     X     X      X
     |byte[]  |                                                        X
     |----------------------------------------------------------------------
     

    Attempting to read a null value as a primitive type must be treated as calling the primitive's corresponding valueOf(String) conversion method with a null value. Since char does not support a String conversion, attempting to read a null value as a char must throw a NullPointerException.

    Since:
    JMS 1.0
    See Also:
    Session.createMapMessage(), BytesMessage, Message, ObjectMessage, StreamMessage, TextMessage
    • Method Detail

      • getBoolean

        boolean getBoolean(java.lang.String name)
                    throws JMSException
        Returns the boolean value with the specified name.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the boolean
        Returns:
        the boolean value with the specified name
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to read the message due to some internal error.
        MessageFormatException - if this type conversion is invalid.
      • getByte

        byte getByte(java.lang.String name)
              throws JMSException
        Returns the byte value with the specified name.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the byte
        Returns:
        the byte value with the specified name
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to read the message due to some internal error.
        MessageFormatException - if this type conversion is invalid.
      • getShort

        short getShort(java.lang.String name)
                throws JMSException
        Returns the short value with the specified name.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the short
        Returns:
        the short value with the specified name
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to read the message due to some internal error.
        MessageFormatException - if this type conversion is invalid.
      • getChar

        char getChar(java.lang.String name)
              throws JMSException
        Returns the Unicode character value with the specified name.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the Unicode character
        Returns:
        the Unicode character value with the specified name
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to read the message due to some internal error.
        MessageFormatException - if this type conversion is invalid.
      • getInt

        int getInt(java.lang.String name)
            throws JMSException
        Returns the int value with the specified name.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the int
        Returns:
        the int value with the specified name
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to read the message due to some internal error.
        MessageFormatException - if this type conversion is invalid.
      • getLong

        long getLong(java.lang.String name)
              throws JMSException
        Returns the long value with the specified name.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the long
        Returns:
        the long value with the specified name
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to read the message due to some internal error.
        MessageFormatException - if this type conversion is invalid.
      • getFloat

        float getFloat(java.lang.String name)
                throws JMSException
        Returns the float value with the specified name.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the float
        Returns:
        the float value with the specified name
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to read the message due to some internal error.
        MessageFormatException - if this type conversion is invalid.
      • getDouble

        double getDouble(java.lang.String name)
                  throws JMSException
        Returns the double value with the specified name.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the double
        Returns:
        the double value with the specified name
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to read the message due to some internal error.
        MessageFormatException - if this type conversion is invalid.
      • getString

        java.lang.String getString(java.lang.String name)
                            throws JMSException
        Returns the String value with the specified name.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the String
        Returns:
        the String value with the specified name; if there is no item by this name, a null value is returned
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to read the message due to some internal error.
        MessageFormatException - if this type conversion is invalid.
      • getBytes

        byte[] getBytes(java.lang.String name)
                 throws JMSException
        Returns the byte array value with the specified name.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the byte array
        Returns:
        a copy of the byte array value with the specified name; if there is no item by this name, a null value is returned.
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to read the message due to some internal error.
        MessageFormatException - if this type conversion is invalid.
      • getObject

        java.lang.Object getObject(java.lang.String name)
                            throws JMSException
        Returns the value of the object with the specified name.

        This method can be used to return, in objectified format, an object in the Java programming language ("Java object") that had been stored in the Map with the equivalent setObject method call, or its equivalent primitive settype method.

        Note that byte values are returned as byte[], not Byte[].

        Parameters:
        name - the name of the Java object
        Returns:
        a copy of the Java object value with the specified name, in objectified format (for example, if the object was set as an int, an Integer is returned); if there is no item by this name, a null value is returned
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to read the message due to some internal error.
      • getMapNames

        java.util.Enumeration getMapNames()
                                   throws JMSException
        Returns an Enumeration of all the names in the MapMessage object.
        Returns:
        an enumeration of all the names in this MapMessage
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to read the message due to some internal error.
      • setBoolean

        void setBoolean(java.lang.String name,
                        boolean value)
                 throws JMSException
        Sets a boolean value with the specified name into the Map.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the boolean
        value - the boolean value to set in the Map
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to write the message due to some internal error.
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null or if the name is an empty string.
        MessageNotWriteableException - if the message is in read-only mode.
      • setByte

        void setByte(java.lang.String name,
                     byte value)
              throws JMSException
        Sets a byte value with the specified name into the Map.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the byte
        value - the byte value to set in the Map
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to write the message due to some internal error.
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null or if the name is an empty string.
        MessageNotWriteableException - if the message is in read-only mode.
      • setShort

        void setShort(java.lang.String name,
                      short value)
               throws JMSException
        Sets a short value with the specified name into the Map.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the short
        value - the short value to set in the Map
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to write the message due to some internal error.
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null or if the name is an empty string.
        MessageNotWriteableException - if the message is in read-only mode.
      • setChar

        void setChar(java.lang.String name,
                     char value)
              throws JMSException
        Sets a Unicode character value with the specified name into the Map.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the Unicode character
        value - the Unicode character value to set in the Map
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to write the message due to some internal error.
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null or if the name is an empty string.
        MessageNotWriteableException - if the message is in read-only mode.
      • setInt

        void setInt(java.lang.String name,
                    int value)
             throws JMSException
        Sets an int value with the specified name into the Map.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the int
        value - the int value to set in the Map
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to write the message due to some internal error.
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null or if the name is an empty string.
        MessageNotWriteableException - if the message is in read-only mode.
      • setLong

        void setLong(java.lang.String name,
                     long value)
              throws JMSException
        Sets a long value with the specified name into the Map.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the long
        value - the long value to set in the Map
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to write the message due to some internal error.
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null or if the name is an empty string.
        MessageNotWriteableException - if the message is in read-only mode.
      • setFloat

        void setFloat(java.lang.String name,
                      float value)
               throws JMSException
        Sets a float value with the specified name into the Map.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the float
        value - the float value to set in the Map
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to write the message due to some internal error.
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null or if the name is an empty string.
        MessageNotWriteableException - if the message is in read-only mode.
      • setDouble

        void setDouble(java.lang.String name,
                       double value)
                throws JMSException
        Sets a double value with the specified name into the Map.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the double
        value - the double value to set in the Map
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to write the message due to some internal error.
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null or if the name is an empty string.
        MessageNotWriteableException - if the message is in read-only mode.
      • setString

        void setString(java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.String value)
                throws JMSException
        Sets a String value with the specified name into the Map.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the String
        value - the String value to set in the Map
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to write the message due to some internal error.
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null or if the name is an empty string.
        MessageNotWriteableException - if the message is in read-only mode.
      • setBytes

        void setBytes(java.lang.String name,
                      byte[] value)
               throws JMSException
        Sets a byte array value with the specified name into the Map.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the byte array
        value - the byte array value to set in the Map; the array is copied so that the value for name will not be altered by future modifications
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to write the message due to some internal error.
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null, or if the name is an empty string.
        MessageNotWriteableException - if the message is in read-only mode.
      • setBytes

        void setBytes(java.lang.String name,
                      byte[] value,
                      int offset,
                      int length)
               throws JMSException
        Sets a portion of the byte array value with the specified name into the Map.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the byte array
        value - the byte array value to set in the Map
        offset - the initial offset within the byte array
        length - the number of bytes to use
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to write the message due to some internal error.
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null or if the name is an empty string.
        MessageNotWriteableException - if the message is in read-only mode.
      • setObject

        void setObject(java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.Object value)
                throws JMSException
        Sets an object value with the specified name into the Map.

        This method works only for the objectified primitive object types (Integer, Double, Long ...), String objects, and byte arrays.

        Parameters:
        name - the name of the Java object
        value - the Java object value to set in the Map
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to write the message due to some internal error.
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null or if the name is an empty string.
        MessageFormatException - if the object is invalid.
        MessageNotWriteableException - if the message is in read-only mode.
      • itemExists

        boolean itemExists(java.lang.String name)
                    throws JMSException
        Indicates whether an item exists in this MapMessage object.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the item to test
        Returns:
        true if the item exists
        Throws:
        JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to determine if the item exists due to some internal error.
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