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Jakarta Messaging
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<p>The Jakarta Messaging API (formerly Java Message Service or JMS API) is a <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a> <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">application programming interface</a> (API) for <a href="/facts/Message-oriented_middleware/jI3NVb5b">message-oriented middleware</a>. It provides generic messaging models, able to handle the <a href="/facts/Producer%25E2%2580%2593consumer_problem/RsVzTSPl">producer–consumer problem</a>, that can be used to facilitate the sending and receiving of messages between <a href="/facts/Software_system/mglVMfTA">software systems</a>. Jakarta Messaging is a part of <a href="/facts/Jakarta_EE/7AAStd35">Jakarta EE</a> and was originally defined by a specification developed at Sun Microsystems before being guided by the <a href="/facts/Java_Community_Process/LFQVV4Ik">Java Community Process</a>. </p>