<div class="docbook"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">7.8. Consumers</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Queues.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 7. Managing Entities</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Producers.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Consumers"></a>7.8. Consumers</h2></div></div></div><p>A Consumer represents an application's live <span class="emphasis"><em>subcription</em></span> to a queue.  Its presence
    in the model indicates that an application is currently connected to the queue <span class="emphasis"><em>at this moment</em></span>.
  </p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Consumers-Context"></a>7.8.1. Context</h3></div></div></div><p>
      </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p><span class="emphasis"><em>consumer.suspendNotificationPeriod</em></span> Governs the length of
           time that a consumer may remain suspended before the the Broker begins to
           produce <a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Appendix-Operation-Logging.html#Java-Broker-Appendix-Operation-Logging-Message-SUB-1003">SUB-1003</a>
            operational log messages.</p></li></ul></div><p>
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