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JMS Overview

Java Message Service (JMS) is a Java framework specification for messaging between applications. This specification was developed to supply a uniform messaging interface among enterprise applications.

Using a message service allows you to integrate the applications within an enterprise. For example, you may have several applications: one for customer relations, one for product inventory, and another for raw materials tracking. Each application is crucial to the operation of the enterprise, but even more crucial is communication between the applications to ensure the smooth flow of business processes. Message-oriented-middleware (MOM) creates a common communication protocol between these applications and allows you to easily integrate new and existing applications in your enterprise computing environment.

The JMS framework (an interface specification, not an implementation) is designed to supply a basis for MOM development. TIBCO Enterprise Message Service implements JMS and integrates support for connecting other message services, such as TIBCO FTL, TIBCO Rendezvous, and TIBCO SmartSockets. This chapter describes the concepts of JMS and its implementation in TIBCO Enterprise Message Service. For more information on JMS requirements and features, see the following sources:

•	Java Message Service specification, available through http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/jms/index.html.

•	Java Message Service by Richard Monson-Haefel and David A. Chappell, O’Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol, California, 2001.

JMS Compliance

TIBCO Enterprise Message Service 8.2 has passed Oracle Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) for Java Message Service 2.0 (JMS 2.0). Therefore, EMS 8.2 is compliant with the JMS 2.0 specification, assuming the following requirements are met:

•	Both the Java client and EMS server must be software release 8.0 or higher.

•	All EMS software must be run on a supported operating system. Supported systems are listed in the readme file.

•	The EMS software must be properly installed to include correct versions of software the EMS is dependent on.

•	The EMS server configuration parameter jms_2_0_compliance must be set to true.

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