When to use Java and Message Broker?

I am a developer at my office where SOA development is at its peaks. We use IBM MQ, IBM Message Broker and Java/J2EE Technologies.

I have been currently put into project where Message Broker is used to develop a middleware which interacts between two applications. I am not quite sure if Message Broker is the right option for such kind of a project since Java can do the same piece of work in a much efficient way, which led me to search Internet for advantages in using the two.

I read in different sites that Message Broker is used to transform,route and enhance messages, this can very well be done using java efficiently. So this led me to this question "When to use Java and When to use Message Broker for development?" It would be great if someone can help me with the advantages of using the two.

-RDJ

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From a more practical standpoint, websphere message broker offers a way to integrate non-java applications (C, COBOL, PHP, VB ...) which is often difficult to accomplish with java.

Also, Java is not particularly well suited to process XML. Both ESQL and XSLT are much better vehicles for xml transformation that Java.

Webshpere message broker is also able to deal with messaging outside the limitations of JMS (it can do JMS as well).

You might look at Websphere ESB which is kind of like a Java implementation of message broker. This product expect external non-java applications to adapt themselves to the Java world, so it has less integration capability, but I think java people will find it comfortable to work with.

answered 2012-01-09T13:55:21.750

When to use Java and Message Broker?

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