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External clients

IBM BPM can send messages to, or receive messages from, external clients using WebSphere MQ bindings.

An external client (for example, a web portal or an enterprise information system) can send a message to an SCA component in the application by way of an export or it can be invoked by an SCA component in the application by way of an import.

The WebSphere MQ export binding deploys message driven beans (MDBs) to listen to requests incoming to the receive destination specified in the export binding. The destination specified in the send field is used to send the reply to the inbound request if the invoked application provides a reply. Thus, an external client is able to invoke applications by way of the export binding.

WebSphere MQ imports bind to, and can deliver message to, external clients. This message might or might not demand a response from the external client.

More information on how to interact with external clients using WebSphere MQ can be found at the WebSphere MQ information center.

WebSphere MQ bindings