Long lived JMS sessions. Is Keeping JMS connections / JMS sessions always opened a bad practice?

Question

Is keeping JMS connections / sessions / consumer always open a bad practice?

Code draft example:

// app startup code

ConnectionFactory cf = (ConnectionF         


        

Answer 1

Agreed. Here are some good tips on how to use JMS efficiently which includes keeping around connections/sessions/producers/consumers.

You might also want to check the recommendation on using transactions too if you are interested in maximising performance.