Message adapters

Message adapters allow you to send or receive discrete units of information, typically identified by a unique name. The naming conventions are adapter specific. For example, IBM® WebSphere® MQ names or message identifiers are 24-byte text items. SAP R/3 message names are called transaction identifiers. The storage mechanism for a message is also adapter-specific. For example, IBM WebSphere MQ uses queues to store messages.

When a source message adapter is used with an Launcher, the adapter notifies the Launcher when specific source event messages are available.

To use message adapters, you must have message adapters for the server where the Launcher is installed. For information about command options, see the Resource Adapters documentation.