/*
 * Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package javax.jms;

/** A <CODE>TemporaryTopic</CODE> object is a unique <CODE>Topic</CODE> object 
  * created for the duration of a <CODE>TopicConnection</CODE>. It is a 
  * system-defined topic that can be consumed only by the 
  * <CODE>TopicConnection</CODE> that created it.
  *
  * @version     1.0 - 9 March 1998
  * @author      Mark Hapner
  * @author      Rich Burridge
  *
  * @see TopicSession#createTemporaryTopic()
  */

public interface TemporaryTopic extends Topic {

    /** Deletes this temporary topic. If there are existing subscribers
      * still using it, a <CODE>JMSException</CODE> will be thrown.
      *  
      * @exception JMSException if the JMS provider fails to delete the
      *                         temporary topic due to some internal error.
      */

    void 
    delete() throws JMSException; 
}