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| |
| |
| package javax.jms; |
| |
| /** A <CODE>Destination</CODE> object encapsulates a provider-specific |
| * address. |
| * The JMS API does not define a standard address syntax. Although a standard |
| * address syntax was considered, it was decided that the differences in |
| * address semantics between existing message-oriented middleware (MOM) |
| * products were too wide to bridge with a single syntax. |
| * |
| * <P>Since <CODE>Destination</CODE> is an administered object, it may |
| * contain |
| * provider-specific configuration information in addition to its address. |
| * |
| * <P>The JMS API also supports a client's use of provider-specific address |
| * names. |
| * |
| * <P><CODE>Destination</CODE> objects support concurrent use. |
| * |
| * <P>A <CODE>Destination</CODE> object is a JMS administered object. |
| * |
| * <P>JMS administered objects are objects containing configuration |
| * information that are created by an administrator and later used by |
| * JMS clients. They make it practical to administer the JMS API in the |
| * enterprise. |
| * |
| * <P>Although the interfaces for administered objects do not explicitly |
| * depend on the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) API, the JMS API |
| * establishes the convention that JMS clients find administered objects by |
| * looking them up in a JNDI namespace. |
| * |
| * <P>An administrator can place an administered object anywhere in a |
| * namespace. The JMS API does not define a naming policy. |
| * |
| * <P>It is expected that JMS providers will provide the tools an |
| * administrator needs to create and configure administered objects in a |
| * JNDI namespace. JMS provider implementations of administered objects |
| * should implement the <CODE>javax.naming.Referenceable</CODE> and |
| * <CODE>java.io.Serializable</CODE> interfaces so that they can be stored in |
| * all JNDI naming contexts. In addition, it is recommended that these |
| * implementations follow the JavaBeans<SUP><FONT SIZE="-2">TM</FONT></SUP> |
| * design patterns. |
| * |
| * <P>This strategy provides several benefits: |
| * |
| * <UL> |
| * <LI>It hides provider-specific details from JMS clients. |
| * <LI>It abstracts JMS administrative information into objects in the Java |
| * programming language ("Java objects") |
| * that are easily organized and administered from a common |
| * management console. |
| * <LI>Since there will be JNDI providers for all popular naming |
| * services, JMS providers can deliver one implementation |
| * of administered objects that will run everywhere. |
| * </UL> |
| * |
| * <P>An administered object should not hold on to any remote resources. |
| * Its lookup should not use remote resources other than those used by the |
| * JNDI API itself. |
| * |
| * <P>Clients should think of administered objects as local Java objects. |
| * Looking them up should not have any hidden side effects or use surprising |
| * amounts of local resources. |
| * |
| * @version 1.0 - 3 August 1998 |
| * @author Mark Hapner |
| * @author Rich Burridge |
| * |
| * @see javax.jms.Queue |
| * @see javax.jms.Topic |
| */ |
| |
| public interface Destination { |
| } |