Tap Into WebSphere MQ Messaging Using the JMS Interfaces You Already Know : Page 4

Understanding the Sample Classes

If you have written a JMS application, the sample classes JNDIUtil and Tester (click here to download Java source files and the compiled classes) will be easy to understand. The JMS-administered objects you have created hide any proprietary vendor implementation.

JNDIUtil Class

JNDIUtil includes methods to retrieve objects by name through JNDI lookup (see Listing 1). You will use methods in this class to retrieve references to the JMS objects you have already defined using MQ Explorer.

Tester Class

The Tester class writes a message to OUT.QUEUE and reads a message from IN.QUEUE (see Listing 2).

The starting point is a connection factory lookup. The factory is used to create a connection:

factory= jndiUtil.getQueueConnectionFactory("TestQM_QCF");
connection = factory.createQueueConnection();

The connection object is used to create a session:

session = connection.createQueueSession( transacted, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);	

To write messages to the IN.QUEUE queue, you look up the destination object created (OutputTestQueue):

oQueue= jndiUtil.getQueue("OutputTestQueue");

Finally, you create a QueueSender object to write messages to the queue:

queueSender = session.createSender(oQueue);
TextMessage oMsg = session.createTextMessage();
oMsg.setText("www.devx.com");
queueSender.send(oMsg);  

The same procedure applies to reading messages from OUT.QUEUE, but you use a QueueReceiver.

Compiling and Running the Sample Classes

The JAR files required to compile and run the sample classes are automatically added to the CLASSPATH environment variable when you install WMQ. The needed JARs are located in C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ\Java\lib, including the JARs you need for JMS and JNDI.

Before you run the Tester class, add a test message to IN.QUEUE using MQ Explorer:

1. Right-click IN.QUEUE and select Put Test Message.
2. Write any text and then click Put Message.

If you haven't placed any message on the IN.QUEUE queue, the Tester class displays: "No messages in queue."

To run the Tester class, add Tester.class and JNDIUtil.class to the CLASSPATH and then, using a command-line console, type:

java devx.articles.mqjms.Tester

The application writes a message to OUT.QUEUE and displays a message retrieved from IN.QUEUE. To check the messages sent to OUT.QUEUE, go to MQ Explorer, right-click OUT.QUEUE, and select Browse Messages.

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