Alan- On 1/29/07 5:08 AM, "admarrs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > For testing I've been using the trial download of SonicMQ version 7. The > legacy client code was written for version 6, so I guess its JMS 1.1 > compliant. JNDI bindings refer to > progress.message.jclient.QueueConnectionFactory so, from what your saying I > take it I should just change those bindings to point to the ActiveMQ > versions? > > One further Q: At the moment this is just for testing purposes at my end, > the legacy code I have is a validation suite against which the client I > write has to be validated before access to the live system will be granted. > If access is granted the live system will be running Sonic v6 at their end - > do I simply go for a JMS to JMS bridge to connect? In short I'm trying to > ascertain whether ActiveMQ will meet our needs or whether we'll need to fork > out for a SonicMQ licence. > > I'm relatvely new to JMS so apologise if my questions reflect my lack of > knowledge. Another thing you will need to watch is that Sonic has "extended" JMS with some concepts such as XMLMessage and Multi-part Message. If your system is using these, it will not be able to be ported simply and will require code (and likely logic) changes. > > Alan > > > Adrian Co wrote: >> >> IMHO, it really depends on how the legacy code was written. >> >> If it was written using vanilla JMS, then it should be easy. Generally, >> you just have to change where the administered objects (connection >> factories, destinations) are created (usually from JNDI). >> It its from JNDI, then you can just use the ActiveMQ version of it and >> *hopefully* it should work. It also depends I guess if the SonicMQ >> version you are using is JMS 1.1 compliant or not. >> >> admarrs wrote: >>> I'm fairly new to this, so could use some help/pointers. >>> >>> I have some legacy client code (no source) that was written to use >>> SonicMQ >>> as its JMS broker (connection, users, passwords, ports etc all >>> predefined). >>> Is it possible to easily configure ActiveMQ to replace SonicMQ as the JMS >>> broker without the need to re-write the legacy code? >>> >> >> >> -- Daryl http://itsallsemantics.com
