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Sun GlassFish Message Queue 4.4 Release Notes

New Features in Message Queue 4.2

Message Queue 4.2 was a minor release that included a number of new features, some feature enhancements, and bug fixes. This section describes the new features in the 4.2 release and provides further references for your use:

For information about features introduced in Message Queue 4.1 and 4.0, see New Features in Message Queue 4.1 and New Features in Message Queue 4.0, respectively.

Multiple Destinations for a Publisher or Subscriber

With Message Queue 4.2, a publisher can publish messages to multiple topic destinations and a subscriber can consume messages from multiple topic destinations. This capability is achieved by using a topic destination name that includes wildcard characters, representing multiple destinations. Using such symbolic names allows administrators to create additional topic destinations, as needed, consistent with the wildcard naming scheme. Publishers and subscribers automatically publish to and consume from the added destinations. (Wildcard topic subscribers are more common than publishers.)

Note –

This feature does not apply to queue destinations.

The format of symbolic topic destination names and examples of their use is described in Supported Topic Destination Names in Sun GlassFish Message Queue 4.4 Administration Guide.

Schema Validation of XML Payload Messages

This feature, introduced in Message Queue 4.2, enables validation of the content of a text (not object) XML message against an XML schema at the point the message is sent to the broker. The location of the XML schema (XSD) is specified as a property of a Message Queue destination. If no XSD location is specified, the DTD declaration within the XML document is used to perform DTD validation. (XSD validation, which includes data type and value range validation, is more rigorous than DTD validation.)

For information on the use of this feature, see Schema Validation of XML Payload Messages in Sun GlassFish Message Queue 4.4 Developer’s Guide for Java Clients.

C-API Support for Distributed Transactions

According to the X/Open distributed transaction model, support for distributed transactions relies upon a distributed transaction manager which tracks and manages operations performed by one or more resource managers. With Message Queue 4.2, the Message Queue C-API supports the XA interface (between a distributed transaction manager and Message Queue as a XA-compliant resource manager), allowing Message Queue C-API clients running in a distributed transaction processing environment (such as BEA Tuxedo) to participate in distributed transactions.

This distributed transaction support consists of the following new C-API functions (and new parameters and error codes) used to implement the XA interface specification: 

MQGetXAConnection()
MQCreateXASession()

If a C-client application is to be used in the context of a distributed transaction, then it must obtain a connection by using MQGetXAConnection() and create a session for producing and consuming messages by using MQCreateXASession(). The start, commit, and rollback, of any distributed transaction is managed through APIs provided by the distributed transaction manager.

For details of using the distributed transaction functions, see Working With Distributed Transactions in Sun GlassFish Message Queue 4.4 Developer’s Guide for C Clients.

Message Queue 4.2 provides programming examples based on the Tuxedo transaction manager. For information on the use of these sample programs, see Distributed Transaction Sample Programs in Sun GlassFish Message Queue 4.4 Developer’s Guide for C Clients.

Note –

The distributed transaction functionality is supported on Solaris, Linux, and Windows platforms, however, to date it has only been certified on the Solaris platform.

Installer Support for Sun Connection Registration

The Message Queue installer has been enhanced to allow for registration of Message Queue with Sun Connection, a Sun-hosted service that helps you track, organize, and maintain Sun hardware and software.

As part of Message Queue installation, you can choose to register Message Queue with Sun Connection. Information about the installed Message Queue, such as the release version, host name, operating system, installation date, and other such basic information is securely transmitted to the Sun Connection database. The Sun Connection inventory service can help you organize your Sun hardware and software, while the update service can inform you of the latest available security fixes, recommended updates, and feature enhancements.

For details of registering Message Queue with Sun Connection, see Sun Java System Message Queue 4.3 Installation Guide.

Support for MySQL Database

Message Queue 4.2 introduced support for MySQL database as a JDBC-based data store. MySQL Cluster Edition can be used as a JDBC database for a standalone broker, and MySQL Cluster Edition can be used as the highly-available shared data store needed for an enhanced broker cluster. For information on configuring Message Queue to use MySQL, see Configuring a JDBC-Based Data Store in Sun GlassFish Message Queue 4.4 Administration Guide and also Enhanced Broker Cluster Properties in Sun GlassFish Message Queue 4.4 Administration Guide.

Additional Enhancements

In addition to the features described above, Message Queue 4.2 included the following enhancements: