ActiveMQ is the default JMS provider in Apache TomEE and OpenEJB.

Changing JMS implementation is as simple as using that implementation's Java EE Connector. The connector which will be a .rar file should be bundled with the application in a .ear file. All JMS usage in that .ear will favor the JMS ConnectionFactory and Topic and Queue implementations that are configured in the .rar file rather than ActiveMQ.

If the JMS implementation does not have a .rar file, there are still some options for wiring in an alternate implementation.

Generic JMS Resource Adapter

If the JMS implementation does not have a Resource Archive (.rar file) that defines a compliant Resource Adapter, the Generic Resource Adapter for JMS should work fine.

To use this Adapter in TomEE or OpenEJB you'll need to create a service-jar.xml file and include that in a jar file and add it to the <tomee.home>/lib/ directory. Then you can declare ConnectionFactory, Topic, and Queue and more via the tomee.xml file.

The one below should be considered boiler plate. Updating it to contain some useful default values for your JMS implementation would be good. These values can be overridden in the tomee.xml or openejb.xml

Let's say that the following file lives in the jar at META-INF/org.superbiz/service-jar.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ServiceJar>
  <ServiceProvider
      id="genericra"
      service="Resource"
      types="GenericJMSRA"
      class-name="com.sun.genericra.GenericJMSRA">
          UserName
          Password
          ProviderIntegrationMode
          ConnectionFactoryClassName
          QueueConnectionFactoryClassName
          TopicConnectionFactoryClassName
          XAConnectionFactoryClassName
          XAQueueConnectionFactoryClassName
          XATopicConnectionFactoryClassName
          UnifiedDestinationClassName
          TopicClassName
          QueueClassName
          SupportsXA
          ConnectionFactoryProperties
          JndiProperties
          CommonSetterMethodName
          RMPolicy
          LogLevel
          DeliveryType
          UseFirstXAForRedelivery
  </ServiceProvider>

  <ServiceProvider
      id="ConnectionFactory"
      service="Resource"
      types="javax.jms.ConnectionFactory, javax.jms.QueueConnectionFactory, javax.jms.TopicConnectionFactory, QueueConnectionFactory, TopicConnectionFactory"
      class-name="com.sun.genericra.outbound.ManagedJMSConnectionFactory">
          ConnectionFactoryJndiName
          ClientId
          ConnectionValidationEnabled
          ResourceAdapter
  </ServiceProvider>

  <ServiceProvider
      id="Queue"
      service="Resource"
      types="javax.jms.Queue, Queue"
      class-name="com.sun.genericra.outbound.QueueProxy">
          DestinationJndiName
          ResourceAdapter
          UserName
          Password
          JndiProperties
          QueueClassName
  </ServiceProvider>

  <ServiceProvider
      id="Topic"
      service="Resource"
      types="javax.jms.Topic, Topic"
      class-name="com.sun.genericra.outbound.TopicProxy">
          DestinationJndiName
          ResourceAdapter
          UserName
          Password
          JndiProperties
          TopicClassName
  </ServiceProvider>
</ServiceJar>

It is strongly recommended to not leave the values in the service-jar.xml file blank as shown above. It is possible to setup several sets of defaults in a service-jar.xml or via several service-jar.xml files.

Once this file is packed in a jar and added to the <tomee.home>/lib or <openejb.home>/lib directory, you can then declare and configure "instances" of these things in your tomee.xml or openejb.xml config file as follows:

<Resource id="My Generic Adapter" type="GenericJMSRA" provider="org.superbiz:genericra">
AdapterProperty1 PropertyValue1
AdapterProperty2 PropertyValue2
...
</Resource>

Or in properties like so:

myGenericAdapter = new://Resource?type=GenericJMSRA&provider=org.superbiz:genericra
myGenericAdapter.AdapterProperty1 = PropertyValue1
myGenericAdapter.AdapterProperty2 = PropertyValue2

This is basically the same as all configuration in TomEE/OpenEJB, but with the addition that you must specify the provider attribute so the server knows where to look for the service-jar.xml file that defines the resource and all its defaults.

In this example:

• the file is META-INF/org.superbiz/service-jar.xml
• so the provider attribute is org.superbiz

You can use whatever prefix you like for the provider id, though for obvious reasons we'd advise not using org.apache.openejb or org.apache.tomee in the prefix.