Destination.java

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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
{
}