Using Apache ActiveMQ with COBOL

Fernando RibeiroSolution Architect

Summary

• Overview• Samples– COBOL-IT, GNU COBOL, Visual COBOL

• References

Overview

• Apache ActiveMQ provides protocol support that can be used in COBOL

• Messaging brokers should be preferred over bridges, for example, for application integration

COBOL-IT

COBOL-IT

GNU COBOL

• Send to Queue – http://simplesassim.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/how-to-send-a-message-to-an-apache-activemq-queue-with-gnu-cobol/

• Send to Topic – http://simplesassim.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/how-to-send-a-message-to-an-apache-activemq-topic-with-gnu-cobol/

GNU COBOL

• Receive from Queue – http://simplesassim.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/how-to-receive-a-message-from-an-apache-activemq-queue-with-gnu-cobol/

• Receive from Topic – http://simplesassim.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/how-to-receive-a-message-from-an-apache-activemq-topic-with-gnu-cobol/

Visual COBOL

• Send to a Queue – http://simplesassim.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/how-to-send-a-message-to-an-apache-activemq-queue-with-visual-cobol/

• Send to a Topic – http://simplesassim.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/how-to-send-a-message-to-an-apache-activemq-topic-with-visual-cobol/

Visual COBOL

• Receive from a Queue – http://simplesassim.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/how-to-receive-a-message-from-an-apache-activemq-queue-with-visual-cobol/

• Receive from a Topic – http://simplesassim.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/how-to-receive-a-message-from-an-apache-activemq-topic-with-visual-cobol/

References

• Red Hat JBoss A-MQ – http://www.redhat.com/products/jbossenterprisemiddleware/amq/

• Apache ActiveMQ – http://activemq.apache.org/

• COBOL-IT – http://www.cobol-it.com/

References

• GNU COBOL – http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnucobol

• OpenEZA – https://code.google.com/p/ezasoket/

• Visual COBOL – http://www.microfocus.com/products/micro-focus-developer/visual_cobol/