JMS defines five message body types:
StreamMessage
MapMessage
TextMessage
ObjectMessage
BytesMessage
Of these message types, BytesMessage
(a stream of uninterpreted
bytes) is the fastest, while ObjectMessage
(serialization of a Java object) is the slowest.
For best performance, therefore, it is recommended that you use
BytesMessage
whenever possible. We suggest that you use Google's
Protobuf, which has
excellent performance characteristics.