Hi, you can create blob message from File, URL or InputStream so you can theoretically send any byte[] as a blob message. ActiveMQ will underneath send it to the remote http or ftp server and send that link in a JMS message. So consumer can receive it.
Cheers -- Dejan Bosanac - http://twitter.com/dejanb Open Source Integration - http://fusesource.com/ ActiveMQ in Action - http://www.manning.com/snyder/ Blog - http://www.nighttale.net On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:27 AM, watcher <patr...@daly.ws> wrote: > > I'm trying to understand the use of blobmessage and if it could be a possible > solution to a requirement I have. > > From reading the ActiveMQ in Action I can see that you can send a file via > blobmessage > > BlobMessage message = session.createBlobMessage(new > URL("http://some.shared.site.com/bigfile > producer.send(message); > > 1. Is it possible to send the file as part of the message or does it have to > sent out of band before creating the message. ie. The blob message is really > a link to an remote resource which will be automatically loaded by the > consumer. > > 2. Is it possible to send an object (POJO) along with the blobmessage. The > idea that the consumer could receive a pojo and an remote file. > > To give you an idea of what I thinking. I have a object that contains an > image. I'd like to send the image along with its properties to a queue and > the consumer would retrieve the image via blobmessage and its properties. If > I set a prefetch = 2 , will the consumer have a second message loaded and > ready to be consumed. What I hoping is to reduce the delay between > retrieving the image remotely. > > -Paddy > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Blobmessage-question-tp29354676p29354676.html > Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
