Nigel,
Sorry for the delay in getting this to you. I was tied up with a few
things and it look me longer than expected to get the analysis itself
done. I figured getting this right the first time around is better than
getting something out in a hurry. Here is the proposal:
http://java.net/projects/jms-spec/pages/JMS2UtilityAPIProposal.
I wound up not writing a proposal to make big changes to the basic JMS
API itself. I really do not think it is warranted given the proposals we
have at hand. Do let me know how you would like to proceed. If needed,
we could have another conference call to discuss things in person.
Cheers,
Reza