Sending and Receiving STOMP Messages

In this lesson, we'll learn how to send messages from a client to our Spring server and how the server can then send messages back, either to a general topic or a specific user.

STOMP provides a clear, structured way to route these real-time messages, making our applications more predictable and easier to manage.

Think of messaging in terms of producers and consumers:

• Producers send messages (e.g., a chat client sending a message).
• Consumers receive messages (e.g., another chat client displaying the message).

In a real-time app, clients often act as both!