JMS Temporary Queue Example

This example shows you how to use a TemporaryQueue with ActiveMQ. First a temporary queue is created to send and receive a message and then deleted. Then another temporary queue is created and used after its connection is closed to illustrate its scope.

A TemporaryQueue is a JMS queue that exists only within the lifetime of its connection. It is often used in request-reply type messaging where the reply is sent through a temporary destination. The temporary queue is often created as a server resource, so after using, the user should call delete() method to release the resources. Please consult the JMS 1.1 specification for full details.

Example step-by-step

To run the example, simply type mvn verify -Pexample from this directory

  1. First we need to get an initial context so we can look-up the JMS connection factory from JNDI. This initial context will get it's properties from the client-jndi.properties file in the directory ../common/config
    2.            initialContext = getContext();
  2. We look-up JMS connection factory from JNDI
    3.            ConnectionFactory cf = (ConnectionFactory)initialContext.lookup("/ConnectionFactory");
  3. We Create a JMS connection
    4.            connection = cf.createConnection();
  4. We start the connection. In order for delivery to occur on any consumers or subscribers on a connection, the connection must be started
    5.            connection.start();
  5. We create a JMS session. The session is created as non transacted and will auto acknowledge messages.
    6.            Session session = connection.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
  6. We create a Temporary Queue
    7.            Queue tempQueue = session.createTemporaryQueue();
  7. We create a JMS message producer to the temporary queue. This will be used to send the messages.
    8. 	        MessageProducer messageProducer = session.createProducer(tempQueue);
  8. We create a JMS text message to send 
    9.            TextMessage message = session.createTextMessage("This is a text message");
  9. We send the message to the temporary queue
    10.            messageProducer.send(message);
  10. We create a message consumer of the temporary queue
    11.            MessageConsumer messageConsumer = session.createConsumer(tempQueue);
  11. We receive the message from the temporary queue
    12.            message = (TextMessage) messageConsumer.receive(5000);
  12. We close the consumer and producer before destroying the temporary queue
    13.            messageConsumer.close();
           messageProducer.close();
  13. We delete the temporary queue
    14.            tempQueue.delete();
  14. We create another temporary queue
    15.            TemporaryQueue tempQueue2 = session.createTemporaryQueue();
  15. We close the connection
    16.            connection.close();
  16. We create a new connection
    17.            connection = cf.createConnection();
  17. We create a new session
    18.            session = connection.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
  18. We try to access the tempQueue2 outside its lifetime, this will cause exception thrown
    19.            
         try
         {
            messageConsumer = session.createConsumer(tempQueue2);
            throw new Exception("Temporary queue cannot be accessed outside its lifecycle!");
         }
         catch (InvalidDestinationException e)
         {
            System.out.println("Exception got when trying to access a temp queue outside its scope: " + e);
         }
  19. And finally, always remember to close your JMS connections and resources after use, in a finally block. Closing a JMS connection will automatically close all of its sessions, consumers, producer and browser objects
    20.            finally
           {
              if (initialContext != null)
              {
                initialContext.close();
              }
              if (connection != null)
              {
                 connection.close();
              }
           }