Data transport and the integration broker

When a WebSphere Business Integration adapter uses a message broker as its integration broker, WebSphere MQ queues and standard Java Messaging Service (JMS) software are used as the communication transport mechanism between the connector framework and the integration broker. Connectors read messages from and write messages to pre-defined queues, managed by the WebSphere MQ Queue manager. The integration broker communicates with the connector's connector framework using the same methods.

This chapter describes in detail the messaging interfaces and protocols used to exchange data among applications in the WebSphere business integration system. It includes the following sections:

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