Message-oriented technologies attempt to relax tightly coupled communication (such as TCP network sockets, CORBA or RMI) by the introduction of an intermediary component.
Benefits of this include message senders not needing to have precise knowledge of their receivers.
The advantages of messaging include the ability to integrate heterogeneous platforms, reduce system bottlenecks, increase scalability, and respond more quickly to change.
RFC 6167 defines a jms: URI scheme for the Java Message Service.
This can be implemented using the message inflow management of the Java EE Connector Architecture, which was first made available in that version.