java - What is the right Maven dependency for javax.jms.* classes?

Question

I need to import javax.jms.* classes. What is the right dependency to include into a Maven project? I'm trying javax.jms:jms:1.1, but no luck (it's pom, not jar).

ps. The only workaround I've found so far is: javax:javaee-api:6.0 (from Maven Central).

Answer 1

In ActiveMQ as well as some other projects like Qpid JMS we pull in the JMS spec classes from Apache Geronimo JARs, the 1.1 APIs are available in this dependency:

  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
    <artifactId>geronimo-jms_1.1_spec</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.1</version>
  </dependency>

For JMS 2 APIs you'd need to use a different dependency, for instance

  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
    <artifactId>geronimo-jms_2.0_spec</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
  </dependency>

These are both Apache 2.0 licensed dependencies.

Another option which is not Apache licensed is here as others have pointed out.

<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.jms</groupId>
    <artifactId>javax.jms-api</artifactId>
    <version>2.0.1</version>
</dependency>