Listeners

Listener objects are used to accept incoming network requests from remote queue managers, or client applications. Once accepted, a listener starts the associated receiver or server connection channels to allow the queue manager to receive messages.

An alternative to listener objects, are listener processes. Listener processes are started using the STRMQMLSR control command. If you start a listener as a process, you do not inherit the benefits of listener objects, such as:

• We cannot guarantee the running environment of the listener.

• We cannot automatically startup, and shutdown, the listener with the queue manager.