Spring: Messaging with JMS

Course details

The Java Message Service (JMS) is a Java API that defines a common set of interfaces that allow applications to securely pass along and receive messages. In this course, learn how to implement messaging within your enterprise Spring applications using JMS. Learn the basics of the JMS specification within Spring and review how to send messages to ActiveMQ, view messages in the ActiveMQ Web Console, and use Spring JMS message converters. Plus, learn how to configure connections, approach response management, and more.

Learning objectives
Spring API advantages over JMS 1.1 Spec
Message queues and servers
Configuring ActiveMQ server
Sending messages to ActiveMQ
Using Spring JMS message converters
Connection configuration best practices
Transaction management with Spring JMS
Using custom headers
Response management

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know
03 - Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started with Spring JMS

04 - Understanding JMS 1.1 Spec
05 - JMS 1.1 versus Spring JMS API
06 - Spring JMS basic connection, part 1
07 - Spring JMS basic connection, part 2

2. MQ Server, Message Queues, and Topics

08 - Understanding message queues and servers
09 - Configure ActiveMQ server
10 - Send messages to ActiveMQ
11 - View messages in ActiveMQ Web Console
12 - Read from ActiveMQ message queue

3. Message Types and Converters

13 - Spring JMS message converters
14 - Project work for JMS message converter
15 - Example code using Spring JMS converter
16 - Demonstrate app with changes
17 - Message converter for XML messages
18 - Create custom message listener with Spring
19 - Register custom message listener with Spring

4. Configs, Pooling, and Transactions

20 - Connection configuration practices with application properties
21 - Connection configuration using SingleConnectionFactory
22 - Connection configuration using CachedConnectionFactory
23 - Transaction management with Spring JMS (transactions)
24 - Transaction management with dead letter queue

5. Sessions, Headers, and Response Management

25 - JMS headers and ways to use them
26 - JMS headers and response management
27 - Response management using @sendTo('destination')
28 - Response management using MessageBuilder sending JMS headers
29 - Response management using JmsResponse

Conclusion

30 - Next steps

Spring: Messaging with JMS

Authors

Michael D. Rodgers, Jr