1.1. Programming with MQSeries

MQSeries applications can be developed using a variety of programming languages and styles. Procedural and object-oriented programming can be performed using Visual Basic, C, C++, Java, and COBOL. Microsoft Windows NT ActiveX/COM technology is also supported.

No matter how large or complex an MQSeries application is, it always has to perform certain common operations just the same as any other MQSeries application. These are the building blocks of any messaging application and at its simplest messages have to be constructed, put onto queues, and be consumed from the queues.

Of course, there will always need to be special code to check for errors and exceptions as well as the code needed to interpret the messages ...

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