Message::Priority Property

 

Gets or sets the message priority, which determines where in the queue the message is placed.

Namespace:   System.Messaging
Assembly:  System.Messaging (in System.Messaging.dll)

public:
[MessagingDescriptionAttribute("MsgPriority")]
property MessagePriority Priority {
	MessagePriority get();
	void set(MessagePriority value);
}

Property Value

Type: System.Messaging::MessagePriority

One of the MessagePriority values, which represent the priority levels of non-transactional messages. The default is Normal.

Exception Condition
InvalidOperationException

The message queue is filtered to ignore the Priority property.

The Priority property affects how Message Queuing handles the message both while it is en route and once it reaches its destination. Higher-priority messages are given preference during routing and inserted toward the front of the destination queue. Messages with the same priority are placed in the queue according to their arrival time.

You can set a meaningful priority only for non-transactional messages. Message Queuing automatically sets the priority for transactional messages to Lowest, which causes transactional message priority to be ignored.

The following code example sends two messages of different priorities to the queue, and retrieves them subsequently.


#using <system.dll>
#using <system.messaging.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Messaging;

/// <summary>
/// Provides a container class for the example.
/// </summary>
ref class MyNewQueue
{
   //**************************************************
   // Sends a string message to a queue.
   //**************************************************
public:
   void SendMessage( MessagePriority priority, String^ messageBody )
   {
      // Connect to a queue on the local computer.
      MessageQueue^ myQueue = gcnew MessageQueue( ".\\myQueue" );

      // Create a new message.
      Message^ myMessage = gcnew Message;
      if ( priority > MessagePriority::Normal )
      {
         myMessage->Body = "High Priority: {0}",messageBody;
      }
      else
      {
         myMessage->Body = messageBody;
      }

      // Set the priority of the message.
      myMessage->Priority = priority;

      // Send the Order to the queue.
      myQueue->Send( myMessage );

      return;
   }

   //**************************************************
   // Receives a message.
   //**************************************************
   void ReceiveMessage()
   {
      // Connect to the a queue on the local computer.
      MessageQueue^ myQueue = gcnew MessageQueue( ".\\myQueue" );

      // Set the queue to read the priority. By default, it
      // is not read.
      myQueue->MessageReadPropertyFilter->Priority = true;

      // Set the formatter to indicate body contains a String^.
      array<Type^>^ p = gcnew array<Type^>(1);
      p[ 0 ] = String::typeid;
      myQueue->Formatter = gcnew XmlMessageFormatter( p );
      try
      {
         // Receive and format the message. 
         Message^ myMessage = myQueue->Receive();

         // Display message information.
         Console::WriteLine( "Priority: {0}",
            myMessage->Priority );
         Console::WriteLine( "Body: {0}",
            myMessage->Body );
      }
      catch ( MessageQueueException^ ) 
      {
         // Handle Message Queuing exceptions.
      }
      // Handle invalid serialization format.
      catch ( InvalidOperationException^ e ) 
      {
         Console::WriteLine( e->Message );
      }

      // Catch other exceptions as necessary.

      return;
   }
};

//**************************************************
// Provides an entry point into the application.
//		 
// This example sends and receives a message from
// a queue.
//**************************************************
int main()
{
   // Create a new instance of the class.
   MyNewQueue^ myNewQueue = gcnew MyNewQueue;

   // Send messages to a queue.
   myNewQueue->SendMessage( MessagePriority::Normal, "First Message Body." );
   myNewQueue->SendMessage( MessagePriority::Highest, "Second Message Body." );

   // Receive messages from a queue.
   myNewQueue->ReceiveMessage();
   myNewQueue->ReceiveMessage();

   return 0;
}

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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