WebSphere MQ Client for Mac OS

Mac OS Integration with the Enterprise

The WebSphere MQ Client for Mac OS is a fully conforming MQI client that enables applications written for, or ported to, Mac OS to communicate with one or more WebSphere MQ Queue Managers running on any
supported platform through the MQI interface. The Mac OS client consists of a MQClient shared library,
a Control Panel (to set up MQ environment variables and configuration information), and a Trigger Monitor application. The Mac OS client supports all WebSphere MQ V2 functions and works with all V2 and V5
WebSphere MQ Queue Managers

The WebSphere MQ Client for Mac OS is developed by Willow Technology under license from IBM.

WebSphere MQ

The IBM WebSphere MQ range of products provides application programming services that enable application programs to communicate with each other using messages and queues. This form of communication
is referred to as commercial messaging. It provides assured, once-only delivery of messages. Using WebSphere MQ means that you can separate application programs, so that the program sending a message
can continue processing without having to wait for a reply from the receiver. If the receiver, or the communication channel to it, is temporarily unavailable, the message can be forwarded at a later time. WebSphere MQ also provides mechanisms for providing acknowledgments of messages received.

Message Queue Interface

The programs that comprise a WebSphere MQ application can be running on different computers, on different operating systems, and at different locations. The applications are written using a common programming interface known as the Message Queue Interface (MQI), so that applications developed on one platform
can be transferred to another. When two applications communicate using messages and queues, one application puts a message on a queue, and the other application gets that message from the queue.

Queue Managers

In WebSphere MQ, queues are managed by a component called a queue manager. The queue manager
provides messaging services for the applications and processes the MQI calls they issue. The queue manager ensures that messages are put on the correct queue or that they are routed to another queue manager.

MQI Clients

An MQI client is an independently installable component of the WebSphere MQ product line that allows a user to run WebSphere MQ applications, where the MQI client has the ability, by means of a communications protocol, to interact with one or more MQI servers and connect to their Queue Managers.

Development Requirements

Applications to access the MQI on Mac OS systems can be written in C or C++ using Metrowerks CodeWarrior 10 or later or Microsoft Visual C++ Cross Development Environment version 4.0 or later.
Other development environments available on request.

Software Requirements

Mac OS System 7.5 or later.
Open Transport Release 1.1 or later.
A WebSphere MQ Server for the Mac OS client to connect to.

Hardware Requirements

WebSphere MQ for Mac OS ships with both 68k and native PowerPC systems support.