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Developing user-defined extensions
A user-defined extension is a component that you design and implement to extend the function of WebSphere® Message Broker.
You can create and implement the following types of user-defined extension:
- User-defined nodes
- User-defined parsers
- User-defined exits
The user-defined nodes, parsers, and exits that you create can be used with the nodes and parsers that are supplied with the product, and with nodes and parsers that are supplied by independent software vendors.
For information about each type of user-defined extension that you can create, see the relevant topics listed under the related links. These topics help you to understand how your user-defined extension interacts with other components of WebSphere Message Broker, such as message flows and their associated execution groups. A good understanding of the broker architecture helps you to plan and construct user-defined extensions more effectively.