This book describes how to develop programs that use MQSeries with VisualAge for Java. It contains examples that help you write your first Java applet and Java application, with and without VisualAge. Another example explains, in detail, how to invoke MQSeries APIs. The final example shows how a Java applet connects to an IMS application via a Java application running in the Web server.

The Internet technology provides low-cost easy access to global communications, while MQSeries connectivity provides high integrity with assured message delivery and time independence.

Java is considered to be the premier programming language for Internet applications. The MQSeries Client for Java is written in this object-oriented language. With this software, the user of an internet terminal can become a true participant in transactions, rather than just a giver and receiver of information.

VisualAge for Java is the newest member of the IBM VisualAge family. This development tool helps you to build Java-compatible applications, applets and JavaBean components. This redbook demonstrates how easy it is to build graphical user interfaces and internet programs using this powerful product.

With MQSeries Version 5, IBM delivers the MQSeries bindings for Java. This software enables you to write Java server applications that use MQSeries for messaging. This book includes examples on how server programs make use of the bindings to communicate with clients, other server programs and the host.