Multiple DefaultMessageListenerContainer same queue

Question

Would there be any issues with using two instances of DefaultMessageListenerContainer listening on the same queue with different messageSelector? Is this scenario supported (have you experimented with it)?

I want the two listeners to be able to process messages independent from the other in parallel (simultaneously). Messages will go to each listener depending on a messageSelector condition.

My setup is like this:

<bean id="messageListener1" class="com.xyz.MyListener" scope="singleton"/>
<bean id="messageListener2" class="com.xyz.MyListener" scope="singleton"/>

<bean id="listenerContainer1" class="org.springframework.jms.listener.DefaultMessageListenerContainer" scope="singleton">
    <property name="connectionFactory" ref="credentialsconnectionfactory"/>
    <property name="destination" ref="serialQueue"/>
    <property name="messageListener" ref="messageListener1"/>
    <property name="concurrentConsumers" value="1"/>
    <property name="sessionAcknowledgeModeName" value="AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE"/>
    <property name="sessionTransacted" value="false"/>
    <property name="messageSelector" 
        value="msgName IN ('SomeMessageName1','SomeMessageName2')" />
    <property name="taskExecutor">
        <bean id="serialTaskExecutor" class="org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor" scope="singleton">
            <property name="corePoolSize" value="1"/>
        </bean>
    </property> 
</bean>


<bean id="listenerContainer1" class="org.springframework.jms.listener.DefaultMessageListenerContainer" scope="singleton">
    <property name="connectionFactory" ref="credentialsconnectionfactory"/>
    <property name="destination" ref="serialQueue"/>
    <property name="messageListener" ref="messageListener2"/>
    <property name="concurrentConsumers" value="1"/>
    <property name="sessionAcknowledgeModeName" value="AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE"/>
    <property name="sessionTransacted" value="false"/>
    <property name="messageSelector" value="msgName NOT IN ('SomeMessageName1','SomeMessageName2')" />
    <property name="taskExecutor">
        <bean id="serialSCMTaskExecutor" class="org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor" scope="singleton">
            <property name="corePoolSize" value="1"/>
        </bean>
    </property> 
</bean>

I am using JBOSS EAP 6.2 (HornetQ) messaging server, Spring Framework 3.2.4 and Spring-jms- 3.0.7. I can't change technology, third-party jars or release version. Also, I cannot use a separate queue. Thanks!

Rohit Rohit · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-23T18:21:49

No there should not be any problems with this approach. The message selectors are there to provision selective message consumption like you configured.

Multiple DefaultMessageListenerContainer same queue

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