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Differences between Point to Point Messaging Model and Publish Subscribe Messaging Model is explained in this article. Point to Point Messaging Model and Publish Subscribe Messaging Model are the two different messaging paradigms supported by Java Message Service (JMS). These messaging paradigms are programming models that support asynchronous way of messaging between diverse systems.

Listed below are the differences between Point to Point Messaging Model and Publish Subscribe Messaging Model is explained in this article. Point to Point Messaging Model and Publish Subscribe Messaging Model:

Point to Point Messaging Model	Publish Subscribe Messaging Model
JMS Destination is Queue	JMS Destination is Topic
JMS Producer is called as Sender	JMS Producer is referred as Publisher
JMS Consumer is called as Receiver	JMS Consumer is referred as Subscriber
In Point to Point Messaging Model, message can be received by only one JMS Consumer	In Publish Subscribe Messaging Model, a message can be received by several JMS Consumers
There is no time dependency laid for the receiver to receive the message. If in case the receiver is unavailable to receive the message at any point of time, then queue will store the message until receiver is ready to receive it	There is a time dependency that is laid between the Producer and Consumer in Publish Subscribe Messaging Model
When the Consumer receives the message, it will send an acknowledgement back to the Producer	No acknowledgement is sent by the Consumers when they receive the message
There is no further classification of Point to Point Messaging Model	Publish Subscribe Messaging Model is further classified into Persistent Messaging Model and Non-Persistent Messaging Model. In Persistent Messaging Model, messages are stored in the JMS Server until there are delivered to the Destination, but in Non-Persistent Messaging Model, there is no intermediate storage option
Point to Point Messaging Model contains four possible architectures namely: One Producer connected with one Consumer One Producer connected to several Consumers Several Producers connected to one Consumer Several Producers connected to several Consumers In all these possible architectures, a Producer has a limitation to send a message to only one Consumer. This is because, Point to Point Messaging Model enforces one to one relationship between the Producer and Consumer	Publish Subscribe Messaging Model contains only three possible architectures namely: One Producer connected to several Consumers Several Producers connected to one Consumer Several Producers connected to several Consumers In all these possible architectures, Producer has the leverage to send a message to one or more (many) Consumers. This is because, Publish Subscribe Messaging Model enforces one to many relationship between the Producer and Consumer

Publish Subscribe Messaging Model is a messaging paradigm supported by JMS (Java Message Service). It is intended to provide asynchronous message transmission between publisher and subscriber using topics. In this article, lets discuss about Publish Subscribe Messaging Model Architecture in detail.

In Publish Subscribe Messaging Model, the components are:

Destination: Topic
JMS Producer: Publisher
JMS Consumer: Subscriber(s)

Publish Subscribe Messaging Model Architecture

In Publish Subscribe Messaging Model, JMS Publisher and JMS Subscriber will be configured to a Topic. JMS Publisher will create messages and publish those messages in Topics. Different JMS Subscribers will subscribe to the Topics of their interest and consume all the messages that are published in those Topics. The Publish Subscribe Messaging Model architecture is diagrammatically represented below:

Unlike Point to Point Messaging Model, the Publish Subscribe Model has a timeline dependency. The messages can be consumed by the Subscribers if the Subscriber is active at that time and only if the Subscriber is subscribed to that Topic in which the message is published.

Possible Ways to Implement Publish Subscribe Messaging Model

Publish Subscribe Messaging Model Architecture can be implemented in the following ways:

Single publisher and several subscribers connected to a Topic
Several publishers and single subscriber connected to a Topic
Several publishers and several subscribers connected to a Topic

Any number of Publishers and Subscribers can be configured to a Topic as listed above, but the JMS Message published by one publisher will be consumed by all the subscribers who have subscribed to that Topic. This is because Publish Subscribe Messaging Model establishes a 1 to Many relationship between the Publisher and Subscriber.

Publish Subscribe Messaging Model Classification

Publish Subscribe Messaging Model can further be classified into two different models namely:

Persistent Messaging Model – It is also called as Durable Messaging Model. This model has the capability to store messages in the JMS Server until it is delivered to the destination.
Non-Persistent Messaging Model – It is also called as Non-Durable Messaging Model. This model does not store messages in the JMS Server.

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