The bridges resource is responsible for maintaining a list of bridge resources. It provides a single-resource which can be started and stopped, where starting and stopping a bridges resource can start and stop all the resources beneath it in the resource hierarchy. It is "owned" by the WebSphere MQ Everyplace queue manager. If the WebSphere MQ Everyplace queue manager is bridge-enabled, then a bridges resource is automatically created, and present. This resource has no persistent information associated with it. It has the following properties:
Property | Explanation |
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Bridgename | List of bridge names |
Run state | Status: running or stopped |
The bridges, and the other bridge resources can be started and stopped independently of the WebSphere MQ Everyplace queue manager. If such a bridge resource is started (or stopped) the action also applies to all of its children, that is all bridges, queue manager proxies, client connections, and transmission queue listeners.
More detail of these properties can be found in the WebSphere MQ Everyplace Java Programming Reference in the administration class com.ibm.mqe.mqbridge.MQeMQBridgesAdminMsg. The bridges resource supports the Inquire and InquireAll, start, and stop operations. Create, delete, and update are not appropriate actions to use with this resource. Examples of how to inquire, start, and stop a bridges resource can be found in the java class examples.mqbridge.administration.programming.AdminHelperBridges