Joseph Amrith Rajs

WebSphere & SOA

Library

WebSphere MQ
Basic and Advanced
Training

Chapter 1 : MQ Introduction and Basics

What is Websphere MQ?

IBM WebSphere MQ is a family of network communication

software products launched by IBM. It allows independent and
potentially non-concurrent applications on a distributed
systems to communicate with each other.

A middleware product that implements a messaging and

queuing framework.

Middleware - an intermediate software component that

bridges dissimilar computing environments.
Unix, MVS, OS/400 Tandem, VMS, NT, etc.
SNA, NetBios, TCP/IP
Cobol, C, JAVA

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Messaging and Queueing

Messaging - programs communicate by sending data in
messages rather than by calling each other directly.
Queuing - messages are put on queues in storage, eliminating
the need for programs to be logically connected.
A
messaging
and queuing
framework
is inherently
ASYNCHRONOUS!
Messaging means that programs communicate by sending each
other messages (data), rather than by calling each other
directly.
Queuing means that the messages are placed on queues in
storage, so that programs can run independently of each other,
at different speeds and times, in different locations, and
without having a logical connection between them.

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Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Communications

Synchronous: App sends request, then blocks until

request is processed.
Requires service available at EXACTLY same time
as client needs service.
Asynchronous: App sends request and checks at some
future time if complete.
Service need not be available when client sends
request

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Synchronous: Adv/DisAdv

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Asynchronous: Adv/DisAdv

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Messaging Advantages
Messaging vs. Procedure Calls
As programmers, many of us think procedurally, so using
procedures is natural extension of how we think.
Messages are an abstract concept: harder for us to conceptualize
relationship between actions and messages!
We are free to concentrate on the design of the application itself.
We are no longer concerned with details of the environment.
Our application is suddenly portable and to some degree,
extensible.

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How Messaging &Queuing Works

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Messaging and Queuing Characteristics

Three key facts about Messaging and Queuing differentiate it
from other communication styles:
1) Communicating programs can run at different times.
2) There are no constraints on application structure.
3) Programs are insulated from environmental differences.

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 Applications Shielded
from Environmental
Differences
Dont care what OS is
used.
Dont care what
language theyre written
in
Dont care what the
underlying
communication protocol
is used.

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