If you apply an inquireAll operation to a queue manager, a bridge-capable property is returned. This field is boolean. A true value indicates that the classes required to support the bridge function are present on the class path. A false value indicates that required classes are missing from the class path.
If the queue manager is reporting that it is bridge-capable, bridge resources can be configured and manipulated on that queue manager. If the queue manager reports that it is not bridge-capable, any attempt to administer bridge resources will fail. Such situations are often indicative that the required WebSphere MQ Java classes, or parts of the WebSphere MQ bridge software are not available on the classpath.
Changing the classpath to reference the WebSphere MQ Java and WebSphere MQ bridge classes, and restarting the JVM in which the WebSphere MQ Everyplace queue manager is running should result in the queue manager reporting that it is bridge-capable. The code in examples.mbridge.administration.commandline.IsQueueManagerBridgeCapable provides an example of how to code this query.