Sun Java System Message Queue 4.1 Developer's Guide for Java Clients

Related Documentation

The documents that comprise the Message Queue documentation set are listed in the following table in the order in which you would normally use them.

Table P–2 Message Queue Documentation Set


Document	Audience	Description
Sun Java System Message Queue 4.1 Installation Guide	Developers and administrators	Explains how to install Message Queue software on Solaris, Linux, and Windows platforms.
Sun Java System Message Queue 4.1 Release Notes	Developers and administrators	Includes descriptions of new features, limitations, and known bugs, as well as technical notes.
Sun Java System Message Queue 4.1 Technical Overview	Developers and administrators	Describes Message Queue concepts, features, and components.
Sun Java System Message Queue 4.1 Developer’s Guide for Java Clients	Developers	Provides a quick-start tutorial and programming information for developers of Java client programs using the Message Queue implementation of the JMS or SOAP/JAXM APIs.
Sun Java System Message Queue 4.1 Administration Guide	Administrators, also recommended for developers	Provides background and information needed to perform administration tasks using Message Queue administration tools.
Sun Java System Message Queue 4.1 Developer’s Guide for C Clients	Developers	Provides programming and reference documentation for developers of C client programs using the Message Queue C implementation of the JMS API (C-API).

Online Help

Message Queue 4.1 includes command-line utilities for performing Message Queue message service administration tasks.

Message Queue 4.1 also includes a graphical user interface (GUI) administration tool, the Administration Console (imqadmin). Context-sensitive help is included in the Administration Console; see Administration Console Online Help in Sun Java System Message Queue 4.1 Administration Guide.

JavaDoc

JMS and Message Queue API documentation in JavaDoc format is provided at the following location:

Platform	Location
Solaris	`/usr/share/javadoc/imq/index.html`
Linux	`/opt/sun/mq/javadoc/index.html`
Windows	`IMQ_HOME/javadoc/index.html`

This documentation can be viewed in any HTML browser. It includes standard JMS API documentation, as well as Message Queue-specific APIs for Message Queue administered objects, which are of value to developers of messaging applications.

Example Client Applications

Example Java client applications are located in the following directories, depending on platform. See the README file located in these directories and in each of their subdirectories.

Platform	Location
Solaris	`/usr/demo/imq/`
Linux	`/opt/sun/mq/examples`
Windows	`IMQ_HOME/demo/`

The Java Message Service (JMS) Specification

The JMS specification can be found at the following location:

The specification includes sample client code.

The SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) Specification

The SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) Specification can be found at the following location:

http://java.sun.com/xml/downloads/saaj.html

The specification includes sample client code.

Books on JMS Programming

For background on using the JMS API, you can consult the following publicly-available books:

Java Message Service by Richard Monson-Haefel and David A. Chappell, O’Reilly and Associates, Inc., Sebastopol, CA
Professional JMS by Scott Grant, Michael P. Kovacs, Meeraj Kunnumpurath, Silvano Maffeis, K. Scott Morrison, Gopalan Suresh Raj, Paul Giotta, and James McGovern, Wrox Press Inc., ISBN: 1861004931
Practical Java Message Service by Tarak Modi, Manning Publications, ISBN: 1930110138