Sun GlassFish Message Queue 4.4 Technical Overview

How This Book Is Organized

This guide is designed to be read from beginning to end; each chapter builds on information contained in earlier chapters. The following table briefly describes the contents of each chapter.

Table P–1 Book Contents


Chapter	Description
Chapter 1, Messaging Systems: An Introduction	Introduces messaging middleware technology, discusses the JMS standard, and describes the Message Queue service implementation of that standard.
Chapter 2, Client Programming Model	Describes the JMS programming model and how you can use the Message Queue client runtime to create JMS clients. Describes runtime support for C++ clients and for the transport of SOAP messages.
Chapter 3, The Message Queue Broker	Discusses administrative tasks and tools and describes broker services used to configure connections, routing, persistence, security, and monitoring.
Chapter 4, Broker Clusters	Discusses the architecture and use of Message Queue broker clusters.
Chapter 5, Message Queue and Java EE	Explores the ramifications of implementing JMS support in a Java EE platform environment.
Appendix A, Message Queue Implementation of Optional JMS Functionality	Describes how the Message Queue product handles JMS optional items.
Appendix B, Message Queue Features	Lists Message Queue features, summarizes steps needed to implement these, and provides reference for further information.
Glossary	Provides information about terms and concepts you might encounter while using Message Queue.