Using JNDI name for ActiveMQ queue in MDB?

[hwellmann.de]

I've set up JBoss AS 7.1.3 to work with a stand-alone ActiveMQ 5.7.0 broker, following the instructions in

https://community.jboss.org/wiki/JBoss6EAPOr7xxToApacheActiveMQ56Or7

So far, the only way I could get MDBs to work is by using the physical queue name as destination, but I'd like to use the JNDI name to decouple my application from actual queue names in a given deployment. Is there a way to achieve that?

Here is my queue definition in the resource adapter configuration:

{code:xml}
                    
<admin-object class-name="org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQQueue" jndi-name="java:jboss/exported/jms/queue/jboss-test" use-java-context="true" pool-name="jboss-test">
                        
<config-property name="PhysicalName">
                            
jboss-test
                        
</config-property>
                    
</admin-object>
 {code}

And this is the MDB:

{code}
@MessageDriven(
activationConfig = { 
  @ActivationConfigProperty(propertyName = "destinationType", propertyValue = "javax.jms.Queue"),
  @ActivationConfigProperty(propertyName = "useJNDI", propertyValue = "true"), 
  @ActivationConfigProperty(propertyName = "destination", propertyValue = "jboss-test")
})
public class JmsQueueConsumer implements MessageListener {
   ...
}
{code}

The sample does not work when setting the destination property to jms/queue/jboss-test. Any ideas...?

Best regards,

Harald

[jbertram]

Whether or not you can use a JNDI name in your activation configuration properties depends on whether or not the ActiveMQ JCA RA supports that option.  You should consult the ActiveMQ documentation on this or ask on their forum.

[hwellmann.de]

Ok, it seems the ActiveMQ RA does not currently support JNDI lookup, see

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/activemq-users/201302.mbox/%3CCAH+vQmNH3ak8d0Ud+qq1rZ=[e-mail]%3E01302.mbox/%3CCAH+vQmNH3ak8d0Ud+qq1rZ=[e-mail]%3E

I've raised a feature request for that: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-4305.

Best regards,

Harald

[clymbon]

The answer given is correct.  However, the latest information on ActiveMQ RA indicates that it DOES support JNDI naming of JMS destinations.  Your example code is, I think, the right way to do it, with one minor bug which is probably why it didn't work for you.  The activation property you need to set is "useJndi", not "useJNDI".