Monitor jms resource

Question

Ok, is there a quick/simple way to monitor a jms topic/queue. You know, just to see if any messages are in the topic/queue and how many are being sent, etc...
I check out the docs for montoring and snmp and OH MY GOD... you've got to be kidding, if this is the only way. Not that I think this is even a way, as I didn't see anything in there that would tell me how many messages may be in my topic.
This is related to another post I sent where I'm trying to figure out why my mdb ejb won't load. Unfortunetly I can't even tell if somthing is getting on the stupid topic, so I don't know if the mdb is loading and just not getting the message from the topic, or if the message is getting to the topic, but the mdb never loads to handle it.
I don't want to be a broken record here, but have you guys at sun looked at how this all works in weblogic? It's so intuitive, the web console interface allows you to examine the status of any deployed ejbs, and also the status and statistics for jms resources. Perhaps by Sun Appserver 10 or 11 you guys will finally get it.
Tony F

Answer 1

Look,
Sorry to "needlessly flame the product", but so far my experience with it is that nothing matches exactly the documentation, nothing really works (except thier sample apps, but no example of anything other then thier sample apps), and the only way to get answers to simple questions is to post on forums, because the documantion that comes with the installation doesn't help.
The link you sent me had instructions on using the Admin console of IMQ. Of course, no documentation that came with the installation mentioned it. So, right off the bat I get the part of Adding a broker, and instead of seeing the screen shown in the tutorial, I get the Add Broker screen , but the textboxes are missing - you can't enter anything. So right away it doesn't work. Just another example of how evertime I try to do somthing with this product I run into a wall.
Anyway, as far as flaming the product before I fully investigate the options, I guess my answer is I shouldn't have to spend 3 weeks pouring thru documenation, samples, and newgroups just to figure out how to do somthing simple, like monitor messages in a queue. And when I finally get an answer, it simple doesn't work.
However, I will curb my frustration with this product and refrain from commenting on it. On the positive side, the sun employees seem to actually monitor this topic and respond frequently and quickly, which is more then I could say for other vendors such as bea.