JMS - Going from one to multiple consumers

Question

I have a JMS client which is producing messages and sending over a JMS queue to its unique consumer.

What I want is more than one consumer getting those messages. Th

Answer 1

You may not have to modify the code; it depends on how you wrote it.

For example, if your code sends messages using MessageProducer rather than QueueSender, then it will work for topics as well as queues. Similarly if you used MessageConsumer rather than QueueReceiver.

Essentially, it is good practice in JMS applications to use non-specific interfaces to interact with the JMS system, such as MessageProducer, MessageConsumer, Destination, etc. If that's the case, it's a "mere" matter of configuration.