Hermes is a useful tool which allows you to browse JMS topics and queues. I use WebLogic as my JMS provider and it was not trivial trying to connect to my topic using Hermes, so I thought I'd post instructions to help others trying to do the same.
Here are the steps you need to take, in order to browse WebLogic queues and topics using Hermes:
1. Install HermesJMS
Download Hermes from here .
It comes as an installer jar file which you can run using the command: java -jar hermes-installer-1.13.jar.
Once installed, start it using hermes.bat.
2. Add WebLogic Provider
On the menubar go to Actions > New > New session... to open the Preferences dialog.
Click on the Providers tab.
Right-click to Add Group and call it "weblogic92", for example.
Right-click on Library to Add JAR(s) and select your weblogic jar file from the file chooser dialog.
Select Don't Scan when prompted to scan the jar file.
Click Apply and close the dialog.
3. Create WebLogic Session
On the menubar go to Actions > New > New session... to open the Preferences dialog.
Click on the Sessions tab.
Type a name for the session. For example, "myweblogic".
In the Plug In list select BEA WebLogic.
Under Connection Factory class, pick hermes.JNDITopicConnectionFactory.
Select weblogic92 (defined in step 2) from the Loader dropdown.
Add property: initialContextFactory with a value of weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory.
Add property: providerURL with a value of your URL e.g. t3://myhost:2120.
Add property: binding with a value of the name of your connection factory e.g. myConnectionFactory.
Add any other properties you may have e.g. securityCredentials etc.
Remove all Destinations by right-clicking and selecting Remove.
Press OK.
4. Discover Topics/Queues
On the left navigation tree, go into jms > sessions > myweblogic.
Right-click "myweblogic" (the new session created in step 3), and click Discover. You will see a list of queues and topics appear.
Click on any one of them to browse.
