How to define priority on a message?

[michals]

Hi.
if I want messages on queues to be handled according to priority,
it seems like the only thing that works is to call:

 jmsTemplate.setPriority

before each send with the required priority.
However, there is also a configuration on the AMQ broker:
prioritizedMessages

<destinationPolicy>
            <policyMap>
             <policyEntries>
			<policyEntry queue=">" prioritizedMessages="true">

This seems to have no influence on anything from my testings.
Should this be used or is it enough to set the jms template?

thanks

[Mark Fisher]

You need to also enable QoS on that template by setting the 'explicitQosEnabled' property to true.

[michals]

I know. i did, this is why the jmsTemplate.setPriority works.
However, i don't understand what is the use for setting the prioritizedMessages in the activemq xml. is this needed or is it enough to set the jms template with a priority?
And is there a way to set the message itself with a priority instead of jmstemplate? when i did

message.setJMSPriority

it did not work.