path: root/plugins/org.eclipse.net4j.jms.api/src/javax/jms/TemporaryTopic.java

/*
 * The contents of this file are subject to the terms
 * of the Common Development and Distribution License
 * (the License).  You may not use this file except in
 * compliance with the License.
 *
 * You can obtain a copy of the license at
 * https://glassfish.dev.java.net/public/CDDLv1.0.html or
 * glassfish/bootstrap/legal/CDDLv1.0.txt.
 * See the License for the specific language governing
 * permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 * When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL
 * Header Notice in each file and include the License file
 * at glassfish/bootstrap/legal/CDDLv1.0.txt.
 * If applicable, add the following below the CDDL Header,
 * with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by
 * you own identifying information:
 * "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]"
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 */

package javax.jms;

/** A <CODE>TemporaryTopic</CODE> object is a unique <CODE>Topic</CODE> object
 * created for the duration of a <CODE>Connection</CODE>. It is a
 * system-defined topic that can be consumed only by the
 * <CODE>Connection</CODE> that created it.
 *
 *<P>A <CODE>TemporaryTopic</CODE> object can be created either at the
 * <CODE>Session</CODE> or <CODE>TopicSession</CODE> level. Creating it at the
 * <CODE>Session</CODE> level allows the <CODE>TemporaryTopic</CODE> to participate
 * in the same transaction with objects from the PTP domain.
 * If a <CODE>TemporaryTopic</CODE> is  created at the
 * <CODE>TopicSession</CODE>, it will only
 * be able participate in transactions with objects from the Pub/Sub domain.
 *
 * @version     1.1 - February 2, 2002
 * @author      Mark Hapner
 * @author      Rich Burridge
 * @author      Kate Stout
 *
 * @see Session#createTemporaryTopic()
 * @see TopicSession#createTemporaryTopic()
 */

public interface TemporaryTopic extends Topic
{

  /** Deletes this temporary topic. If there are existing subscribers
    * still using it, a <CODE>JMSException</CODE> will be thrown.
    *
    * @exception JMSException if the JMS provider fails to delete the
    *                         temporary topic due to some internal error.
    */

  void delete() throws JMSException;
}