Can't add JMS topics using weblogic.Admin

Question

I have seen a similar problem being mentioned before on this board, except it occurred more directly through management APIs. I'm working with Weblogic 6.1, and trying to create a JMSTopic from command-line using weblogic.Admin
First I create a JMSServer (using CREATE operation) and set its Targets attribute (using SET). Then I create a JMSTopic (again, using CREATE) and set its JNDIName attribute (again, using SET). All of this works fine, and I see the new JMSServer in the console correctly targeting the right server, and I see both the JMSServer and JMSTarget entries in the config.xml of my domain.
Now, I try to add the topic under the server using addDestination method (through weblogic.Admin operation INVOKE). addDestination returns "false" with no further explanation or exceptions. If I try to go through the SET operation and target the Destinations property of JMSServer, again I get a silent failure with no further info.
Is this a bug? Has someone ever succeeded in doing this before? Any Ideas?
Thanks!
-Boris

Answer 1

I'm replying to my own message because a kind soul gave me the solution. Apparently
it's not documented (or at least not well enough that I could find it), so I'm reiterating
it for the benefit of others.
In order to register a JMSTopic (or a JMSQueue) under a JMSServer, you do not use
the addDestination or setDestinations methods on the JMSServer. Instead, you set
the (un-exposed) Parent property on the topic or queue MBean. For example, if I
had created a JMSServer MyJmsServer and a JMSTopic MyJmsTopic, I would need to issue
the following command:
weblogic.admin <usual url/username/password stuff> SET -mbean "mydomain:Name=MyJmsTopic,Type=JMSTopic"
-property Parent "mydomain:Name=MyJmsServer,Type=JMSServer"
My heartfelt thanks to you, Ajay!