MessageDriven (Java EE 8)

```
@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface MessageDriven
```
Component-defining annotation for a message driven bean.
The message driven bean must implement the appropriate message listener interface for the messaging type that the message-driven bean supports or specify the message listener interface using the messageListenerInterface element of this annotation.

Since:

EJB 3.0

See Also:

ActivationConfigProperty

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements
Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
`ActivationConfigProperty[]`	`activationConfig`	Activation config properties.
`java.lang.String`	`description`	A string describing the message driven bean.
`java.lang.String`	`mappedName`	A product specific name(e.g.
`java.lang.Class`	`messageListenerInterface`	Message-listener interface.
`java.lang.String`	`name`	The ejb-name for this bean.

- Element Detail
  - name
```
java.lang.String name
```
    The ejb-name for this bean. Defaults to the unqualified name of the message driven bean class.
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - messageListenerInterface
```
java.lang.Class messageListenerInterface
```
    Message-listener interface. If the message-driven bean class implements more than one interface other than java.io.Serializable, java.io.Externalizable, or any of the interfaces defined by the javax.ejb package, the message listener interface must be specified.
    
    Default:
    
    java.lang.Object.class
- - activationConfig
```
ActivationConfigProperty[] activationConfig
```
    Activation config properties.
    
    Default:
    
    {}
- - mappedName
```
java.lang.String mappedName
```
    A product specific name(e.g. global JNDI name of a queue) that this message-driven bean should be mapped to. Application servers are not required to support any particular form or type of mapped name, nor the ability to use mapped names. The mapped name is product-dependent and often installation-dependent. No use of a mapped name is portable.
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - description
```
java.lang.String description
```
    A string describing the message driven bean.
    
    Default:
    
    ""