Chapter 6. WebSphere Messaging

Messaging in a large enterprise is common and a WebSphere administrator needs to understand what WebSphere Application Server can do for Java Messaging and/or WebSphere Message Queuing (WMQ) based messaging. Here, we will learn how to create Queue Connection Factories (QCF) and Queue Destinations (QD) which we will use in a demonstration application where we will demonstrate the Java Message Service (JMS) and also show how WMQ can be used as part of a messaging implementation.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Java messaging

• Java Messaging Service (JMS)

• WebSphere messaging

• Service integration bus (SIB)

• WebSphere MQ

• Message providers

• Queue connection factories

• Queue destinations

Java messaging

Messaging is a method of communication between software components or applications. A messaging system is often peer-to-peer, meaning that a messaging client can send messages to, and receive messages from, any other client. Each client connects to a messaging...