Release Notes Revision History
Message Queue 4.5 Supported Platforms and Components
New Features in Message Queue 4.5
Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.5
Issues Related to the Next Major Release of Message Queue
Version Anomalies in the Installer
Administration/Configuration Issues
Documentation Updates in Message Queue 4.5
Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation
Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Access to Oracle Support Services
New Features in Previous Message Queue 4 Releases
New Features in Message Queue 4.4.2
New Features in Message Queue 4.4 Update 1
Transaction Log Support for Clusters
New Features in Message Queue 4.4
New Universal Message Service (UMS) Functions
Audit Logging Feature Reinstated
New Features in Message Queue 4.3
Universal Message Service (UMS)
New Directory Structure on Windows Platform
JMX Administration API Enhancements
Listing Durable Subscriptions for Wildcard Subscribers
New Features in Message Queue 4.2
Multiple Destinations for a Publisher or Subscriber
Schema Validation of XML Payload Messages
C-API Support for Distributed Transactions
Installer Support for Sun Connection Registration
New Features in Message Queue 4.1
High-Availability Broker Clusters
Persistent Data Store Format Change
Broker Environment Configuration
Java ES Monitoring Framework Support
Enhanced Transaction Management
Fixed Ports for C Client Connections
New Features in Message Queue 4.0
Support for JMX Administration API
Connection Event Notification API
Broker Administration Enhancements
Displaying Information About a JDBC-Based Data Store
Persistent Data Store Format Changes
Bugs Fixed in Previous Message Queue 4 Releases
Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.4.2
Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.4 Update 1
Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.4
Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.3
Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.2
The following features will be deprecated in a future release:
Solaris SVR4 and Linux RPM package-based distributions of the Message Queue software
With the release of the new multi-platform installer based on the pkq(5), or IPS, system in version 4.4 Update 1, distributions of Message Queue as Solaris SVR4 packages and as Linux RPM packages are being deprecated.
Message-based monitoring
Message-based monitoring makes use of the broker's configurable Metrics Message Producer to write metrics data into JMS messages, which are then sent to metrics topic destinations, depending on the type of metrics information contained in the messages. This metrics information can then be accessed by writing a client application that subscribes to the appropriate metrics topic destination, consumes its messages, and processes the data as desired.
The message-based monitoring feature has been supplanted by the JMX Administration API that was introduced in MQ 4.0 (see Support for JMX Administration API). The JMX API is more comprehensive (it includes more metrics data than is written to topic destinations) and is based on the JMX industry standard.
There is no compelling reason to use message-based monitoring now that Message Queue supports the JMX API. Information about message-based monitoring will remain in the Message Queue documentation until the feature is formally deprecated.
Text-based installer
The text mode of the Message Queue installer (installer -t) will be eliminated on all operating system platforms. In text mode, plain text is displayed in your terminal window to simulate the appearance of the graphical user interface (GUI) mode. The GUI mode and silent mode will continue to be supported.
Platform Support
Windows 2000 and Red Hat Linux 3 will no longer be supported in future releases.
JMSRA Resource Adapter
Message Queue's resource adapter, imqjmsra.rar, usually referred to as JMSRA, will be replaced in a future release of Message Queue by a new resource adapter. JMSRA is used to integrate Message Queue with GlassFish Server.
The new resource adapter, which will combine the existing features of JMSRA with the features of other Oracle JMS resource adapters, will provide specialized support for Message Queue, as well as other providers, in a Java EE application server environment. As such, it will be used to integrate Message Queue into GlassFish Server and Oracle Java CAPS Suite.