I don't think there is a way. What do you need to do in the MDB when there are no messages to process? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4008500#4008500 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4008500