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Message exchange through a WebSphere MQ link

This topic describes the WebSphere MQ link which enables messaging engines on a service integration bus to exchange messages with a WebSphere MQ network.

The figure below shows a high level view of the function of a WebSphere MQ link: it allows messages to be exchanged between a WebSphere Application Server and a WebSphere MQ network. Subsequent figures add more detail to this simple representation.

Figure 1. Exchanging messages between WebSphere Application Server and a WebSphere MQ network.
The graphic shows (on the left) shows a WebSphere Application Server with service integration, connected to a WebSphere MQ network (on the right).

A WebSphere MQ link is a configurable object that describes the attributes required to connect to, and send or receive messages to or from, a WebSphere MQ queue manager. It is an administrative entity in WebSphere Application Server, not in WebSphere MQ. A WebSphere MQ link connects to a specific foreign bus which represents a WebSphere MQ network. A WebSphere MQ link is defined on a WebSphere Application Server messaging engine in a service integration bus. The messaging engine that supports the WebSphere MQ link is known as the WebSphere MQ link engine.

To define a WebSphere MQ link see Defining a WebSphere MQ link.


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