webMethods Broker used as a JMS provider provides JMS clients the support for application servers as described in the Java Message Service standard. It provides this support through Java EE Connector Architecture (JCA) and JMS Application Server Facilities (ASF).

When you use webMethods Broker as a JMS provider, configuring the supported application server allows the components hosted by the server, such as message-driven beans (MDBs), to access the services and functions of the webMethods Broker that is used as a JMS provider, thus enhancing their feature set.

webMethods Broker used as a JMS provider supports the ConnectionConsumer interface as described by the Java Message Service standard. webMethods Broker used as a JMS provider is a Java Transaction API (JTA)-capable provider that supports XA interfaces. This enables webMethods Broker to participate in distributed transactions in conjunction with the application server, using a transaction manager supplied by the application server.