WebSphere MQ as middleware

The WebSphere MQ adapter allows you to integrate back-end and external systems with WebSphere Commerce using WebSphere MQ as middleware. The MQSeries adapter allows WebSphere Commerce to receive messages from back-end systems and external systems. The supported software is MQSeries Version 5.2 or higher, with the MA88 product extension.

You can set up MQSeries as your middleware through the use of MQ Java in one of two modes:

bindings mode
WebSphere Commerce is installed on the same machine as the MQSeries server and it connects to the MQSeries server through MQSeries Java using the Java Native Interface (JNI). Since communication is through direct JNI calls to the queue manager API rather than through a network, bindings mode provides better performance than client mode done using network connections.
client mode
WebSphere Commerce is installed on one machine and the MQSeries server is installed on a back-end system.

To verify WebSphere MQ connections, queues, and channels, run test programs to put messages into and get messages from MQSeries queues. For details, refer to your WebSphere MQ documentation.