CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Integrating Distributed Applications

  Evolution of Distributed Computing

  Trend Toward Client/Server Computing

  Integration Through Message Queuing

  Support for Multivendor Environments

  2      Message Queuing Concepts

  Message Queuing Basics

  DECmessageQ Architecture

  Message Broadcasting

  Message Selection

  Message Recovery

  3      Programming Services

  Application Programming Interface (API)

  DECmessageQ API Services

  DECmessageQ Script Facility

  Testing and Debugging

  4      DECmessageQ System Management

  System Configuration

  Monitoring System Performance

  Troubleshooting System Problems

  FIGURES

  1-1        Application Distribution in Client/Server Computing

  1-2        DECmessageQ Multivendor Support

  2-1        Traditional Integration Versus Message Queuing

  2-2        DECmessageQ Message Broadcasting

  3-1        Common API for All Platforms

  4-1        Monitor Utility-Motif UI

  TABLES

  1-1        Need for Integrating Distributed Applications

  1-2        Benefits of Using DECmessageQ

  2-1        Phases of Message Broadcasting