MaxMessages Property

The maximum number of messages retrieved from the queue.

Syntax

public int getMaxMessages();
public void setMaxMessages(int maxMessages);

Remarks

The maximum number of messages retrieved by ListMessages. This is not the number of messages that will be returned, but just the maximum number that will be returned.

Amazon's SQS service dictates that this parameter should be between 1 to 10, all other values are illegal.

Default Value

1