AUDIENCE:   This course is for experienced application developers who will be writing programs that use the messaging and queuing techniques provided by the WebSphere MQ Series. Systems and Business analysts will also benefit. PREREQUISITES:   Prospective delegates are expected to be experienced application developers and attending our Introduction to WebSphere MQ course or equivalent knowledge is required. DURATION:   3 days. Hands on. FOLLOW ON:   WebSphere MQ Advanced Programming OBJECTIVES:   The course will help delegates prepare for the IBM WebSphere MQ exams and will develop the skills needed to design and write programs that issue calls to the Message Queue Interface (MQI). The hands on exercises will give delegates practice of coding WebSphereMQ calls in COBOL, PL1, RPG, C, C++, C#, .Net or Java. The operating system platform can be either Windows, Linux, UNIX, iSeries or z/OS using WebSphereMQ v7 (v6 and 5.3 also available on request). On completion of the course delegates will be able to: - Describe and use the Message Queue Interface. - Design and write programs to use MQI as implemented on their chosen platform. - Explain the differences in program design necessitated by the messaging and queuing paradigm. - Describe, in detail, the different MQI calls. - Explain the differences in MQI across the different WebSphereMQ platforms. - Design and write programs that use the advanced features of the MQI including security, message groups, segmentation and distribution. COURSE CONTENT:   • Introduction and Consolidation of Terms   The Big Picture   Queue Manager   Queues    Local queues    Model/Dynamic queues    Alias queues    Transmission queues    Remote queues    Initiation queues    Dead Letter Queue    Reply to queue    Repository Queue    Messages   Distribution List   Process Definition   Channels   Message Channel Agent   Message Queue Interface • Handling MQ objects (Platform dependant)    Mainframe   CSQUTIL   i/SERIES   MQEXPLORER   Creating a Queue Manager   Creating a Queue   Sending a message to your local default queue    To view what is on the queue   Useful Programs   Message Sets   • Error Handling   Locally Determined Errors   Remotely Determined Errors   Debugging   Common Return Codes • Application Programming   Message Queue Interface   Connecting to a Queue Manager   Disconnecting from a Queue Manager  • Application Programming (Cont)   Opening a Queue   Security   MQMD    Options    Closing a Queue   Putting a Message on a Queue    MQMD Contents    Msgtype    Message expiry    Feedback Field    Encoding Field    Coded Character Set Id    Format Field    Priority    Persistence    Message ID    Correlation ID    Reply To Queue    No Syncpoint/Syncpoint    Fail If Quiescing    Context Information    MQPUT1   Getting a message from a Queue    MQGET    Options    No Wait/Wait    Accept Truncated Msg    Match Msg/Correl Id    Waitinterval     Browsing a Queue Other Commands    MQCMIT/MQBACK    MQINQ/MQ • Development & Testing  • Triggers • Dead Letter Queue • Distribution/Name Lists & Clusters • Reports  • Message Broker Overview • Java Messaging Services • JMS Concept     JMS Components     API’s • Accounting • Publish & Subscribe     Terms    Publish Applications     Subscribe Application    Sample Programs    Creating a Topic    Creating a Subscription    Alter a Subscription     Delete a Subscription    Display a Subscription    Topic Alias IC09/01