Administration using the administrator API

To create and administer Queue Managers and their associated objects (queues etc.), the Java API uses the MQeQueueManagerConfigure class and admin messages. In the C API, admin activities are performed using an Administrator API. The native codebase responds to admin messages correctly but no provision is provided for creating them and hence the Administrator API is the recommended method for local administration.

This chapter explains the basics of the Administrator API, under the following headings:

The Administrator API is used in later chapters of this book to perform simple tasks. For complete documentation on the Administrator API and all the available options, refer to the WebSphere MQ Everyplace C Programming Reference.



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