You can specify a messageSelector property and give it a value to check. Example, here is the MDB declaration: @MessageDriven(activationConfig = { | . . . | @ActivationConfigProperty(propertyName = "messageSelector", propertyValue = "Stuff = 'interesting'")}) | public class SomeMdb implements MessageListener { ... } To get this MDB to process a message, the client must set the 'Stuff' property on the message: message.setStringProperty("Stuff", "interesting"); View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4186519#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...