JORAM: Java (TM) Open Reliable Asynchronous Messaging

JORAM has been made available for download since May 2000.

JORAM incorporates a 100% pure Java implementation of JMS 1.1 (Java Message Service API released by Sun Microsystem, Inc.) specification. It provides access to a really distributed MOM (Message Oriented Middleware), built on top of the ScalAgent D.T. agents based platform.

JORAM is a mature project started in 1999, it is an open source software released under the LGPL license since May 2000.

It provides a production ready distributed MOM already used within many critical operational applications.

Professional Support is available from Scalagent D.T..

Stable versions of JORAM are JMS 1.1 certified. Moreover JORAM is used by JOnAS to undergo the J2EE 1.4 certification, and has passed all tests concerning JMS 1.1 certification in this J2EE TCK.

Latest News

November 19th and 20th, 2008: JORAM Training Session, Grenoble, France

A two-day training session about JORAM is scheduled in Grenoble; it will be delivered in french language.

The session is entitled "Design and Deploy a Distributed JORAM Messaging System".

This training session is targeted at architects and system designers that intend to integrate the JORAM component within a global distributed solution. It includes a significant part of experimentations and case studies based on real-world application scenarios.

The session is conducted by ScalAgent Distributed Technologies, the leading developer of the JORAM component. We offer to share our expertise through a training session aiming at providing the key knowledge to use and deploy a JORAM system that fits your own requirements. This two-day session details the design principles of JORAM and describes the best practices that will enable to take advantage of its advanced properties for complex networked environments.

Detailed information about this training session is available online (PDF, in french only)

September 16, 2008: JORAM 5.1.0 is released

This version is available for download, and in Maven repository.

It introduces many improvements and some bug fixes:

• Improves DMQ behavior and handling of faulty messages,
• Adds message swap in/out facility,
• Supplies the MonitoringTopic,
• Adds flow control and compression in PoolNetwork component,
• Releases a new J2ME MIDP client,
• Removes a thread leak with the JCA connector.

It is tagged in SVN (JORAM_5_1_0), the complete list of changes can be viewed either in code updates or in SVN history.

August 1st, 2008: JORAM 4.3.34 is released

This version is available for download, it basically fixes some bug and adds improvements and configuration tips.

It is tagged in SVN (JORAM_4_3_34), the complete list of changes can be viewed either in code updates or in SVN history.

April 22, 2008: JORAM 5.0.9 is released

This version is available for download, and in Maven repository.

It is tagged in SVN (JORAM_5_0_9), the complete list of changes can be viewed either in code updates or in SVN history.

April 10, 2008: JORAM is released on Ohloh

Joram has been added on ohloh a funny website offering automated metrics on open source projects. If you are using Joram, please stack it.

February 12, 2008: JORAM 4.3.32 is released

This version is available for download, it basically fixes some bug and adds improvements and configuration tips.

This version is bundled in Jonas 4.9.

It is tagged in SVN (JORAM_4_3_32), the complete list of changes can be viewed either in code updates or in SVN history.

January 18, 2006

JORAM is acknowledged as the best open source MOM implementation, according to JDJ's readers, challenging proprietary products from IBM, Sun and TIBCO.

September 26th, 2005: JORAM Survey Synthesis

A synthesis of the JORAM Survey is available here.

Several users have expressed their need for various forms of services (support, consulting, training, etc.). Therefore we would like to remind that a description of professional services on JORAM is available here. Do not hesitate to contact us for any further question you may have on JORAM : contact@scalagent.com.