Connection.stop(). It's a standard part of JMS. See JMS spec or JMS javadoc for more details View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4167936#4167936 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4167936